1. Please take out your SAFETY CONTRACT

2. M&M’ S AND THE S CIENTIFIC P ROCESS

3. E SSENTIAL Q UESTION Is one color found more often in a Fun Size bag of M&M’s than the rest of the colors? (1) Copy the essential question above in the LAB section of your notebook. (2) Write a HYPOTHESIS that answers this question.

4. (3) Copy the Data Table below in your lab notes: Color of CandyNumber in Fun Size bag Total Number of Candy in bag Percentage % Blue Brown Green Orange Purple Red Yellow

5. (4) Obtain a Fun Size bag of M&M’s and count the number of each color of the candy. DO NOT EAT THE DATA! (5) Record the number of each color and the total number of M&M’s found in your Fun Size bag in the Data Table.

6. (6) Calculate the percentage of each color using the following example: Percentage of Green M&M’s = Number of Green M&M’s X 100 Total Number of M&M’s (7) Record the percentage of each color in the Data Table. (8) Go back to your hypothesis and read it. Does the data support your hypothesis? Explain using the data. This is your conclusion. Please record this statement in your lab notes.

7. QUESTIONS: (1) How did the scientific process help you solve the problem described in the lab? (2) What could we have done with all the class data to increase the accuracy of our findings?