1. STEM Fair Project My Favorite M&M’s Candy Color
Deja Pemberton| Ms. Daskivich | Northview Elementary School

2. Statement of the Problem
What is the probability of reaching into a bin and selecting a particular color of M&M candy?

3. Project Overview
I thought it would be fun to see if I could select my favorite color of M&M candy every time I reached into the bowl while I was blindfolded.

4. Research Summarize your research here in three to five bullet points:
I realized the chances of selecting the same color of M&M candy is not easy.
With fewer candies in the bin, the chances of selecting the same color of M&M candy was greater.
The more trials I had, the better my chances were at selecting the same color.

5. Variables Controlled variables: Independent variable:
12” glass bowl
amount of M&M candies
Independent variable:
The color of M&M’s
Dependent variable:
Selecting a particular color of M&M’s candy (orange)

6. Hypothesis
I predict I will pull out 2 orange colored M&M’s candy. Of the 5 times of doing the trials I have a 1 in 3 chance based on the number of colors used during the experiment.

7. Materials 5 sandwich bags
25 each of orange, green, yellow, blue and red M&M’s candy
1 12” glass bowl
1 blindfold

8. Procedure
Count out 25 of each color of M&M’s candy, and place each color in a separate sandwich bag.
Mix 75 M&M’s candy in the bowl using the orange, green and yellow colors.
Put on blindfold.
Reach hand in bowl.
Pull out 1 M&M’s candy.
Record results.
Repeat steps 4-6 five times.
Repeat steps 1-7. However, change the colors of M&M’s candy to orange, red and blue.

9. Data/Observations ORANGE, RED AND BLUE M&M CANDIES
ORANGE, YELLOW, GREEN M&M CANDIES
PICK 1
PICK 2
PICK 3
PICK2
Trial 1
blue
red
orange
yellow
green
Trial 2
Trail 2
Trial 3
Trial 4
Trail 5
Trial 5

10. Conclusion
The number of times I blindly picked an orange M&M candy from the bowl was more than 2, which was my prediction. Of the five trials using the red, blue and orange colored M&M’s candy I picked orange 5 times. Whien I switched the colors to yellow, green and orange I picked orange 8 times. I conclude the changes of picking a particular color of M&M’s candy is higher than I thought.
I, also, tried the experiment using all of the colors of M&M’s candy. I wanted to see if my prediction would be correct since the number of candies was increased. I picked orange only 4 times using the same number of trials.

11. Works Cited
Parent Involvement in a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Fair Guide.