Taste Test

Designed by: Betty Melvin, Denny Terrace Elementary

 Grade Level: Three         Subject:  Math

1) Core Curriculum Objective: Use or make a table, chart, or graph - (3PS13C)

2) Overview: Students will use tally marks from a taste test of different
brands of peanut butter to create a bar graph to  display the results.

3) Focus Question: How can we create a bar graph to display results?

4) Time Frame: three 1 hour class periods

5) Resources/Materials

Peter Pan Peanut Butter

Jif Peanut Butter

Skippy Peanut Butter

Bar graph/Aims organizer(optional)

www.scholasticnetwork.com/max/hairy/activity.htm

www.webcom.com/hardy/cuis2/pets-kids.html

chart paper

Visa-v pen

markers

pencil

computer

different kinds of ice cream in cafeteria (e.g. drumstick, creamsicle)

6) Culminating Assessment: Students will create a bar graph by:  

Interviewing a group of students to find out what kind (e.g. drumstick, creamsicle) of ice cream sold in the cafeteria students like best.  

7) Graphing Rubric

0               no graph shown

1               Shows a graph that lacks adequate labeling and shows little or

no attempt at displaying the data

2               Shows a graph that is fairly well labeled but may contain minor inaccuracies in displaying the data

3               Shows a graph that accurately displays the data but is not well labeled

4               Shows a bar graph that accurately displays the data the student recorded. The titles (kinds of ice cream)

Are clearly indicated and the total number of students that like each kind of ice cream can be easily read from the graph.

8) Instructional Activities:

Activity One: Discuss with students ads stating that different
brands taste best. Find out from students if they think one brand taste better  than the other does.  List the brands of peanut butter the students best. Have students vote showing the peanut butter they like best. Use tally marks to show which peanut butter the students like best. Use the bar graph from the Aims organizer or a chart the teacher has made to display the results. Have students display the results on the graph using a visa-vi pen or marker. Ask students which peanut butter did most students like best. Why do you think students like one brand of peanut butter better than the other?

Activity two:    Divide the class into two groups. Assign each group one of the   following two websites. 

www.scholasticnetwork.com/max/hairy/index.htm

www.webcom.com/hardy/cuis2/pets-kids.html

Divide the class into two groups. Assign a leader and recorder to each  group.

www.scholasticnetwork.com/max/hairy/index.htm

This group will complete A Hairy Situation .Students can work in pairs or alone; they will need to use the above website. Discuss the directions with the group.  The students will make a bar graph using the hair color class survey.  After completing the internet portion of this lesson, the class will make a large graph using the data from the class surveys. Discuss the results with the class.

www.webcom.com./hardy/cuis2/pets-kids.html.

Assign a leader and recorder to each group. Discuss pets. Have students to make a prediction what they think will be the most popular pet in the classroom. Discuss the directions with each group.  After completing the internet portion of the lessons the class will make a large graph using the data from the class surveys.

Activity Three:    Divide the students into pairs. Allow them to take a survey of the kinds of ice cream sold in the cafeteria that students like best. Assign each pair of students to survey two homerooms. They are to make a bar graph to show their results. The students will share their results with the class. Each group’s graph will be used to make a large graph to be displayed in the cafeteria.