A great way to review many different math skills - especially before a holiday or vacation.
Students tally the colors of M&Ms in a bag. Using their data, they make a pictograph, a bar graph, and a pie chart. They list each color by its fraction, decimal, and percentage. They compare each color using > < or = to all the other colors.
They "test" each color for strength (it's my way of keeping them from eating their candies too quickly). They watch as the Ms rise in cold, warm, and ho