The Halloween Candy Project
$4.00
Looking for a fun Fall project and investigation for your students? The Halloween Candy Project contains high interest tasks that will engage students in hands-on inquiry and problem solving! Students will engage in a candy ratio reasoning puzzle and comparing candy prices in several activities using proportional thinking and unit rates!
| Subject | Grade Levels | Resource Type | File Type |
| Math, Problem Solving, Ratios, Proportions, Reasoning | 6th, 7th, 8th | Activities, Project, Distance Learning | Slides, 23 slide, Doc, 10 pages |
Description
There are 4 sections to this project: 1) Writing Ratios 2) The Candy Exchange 3) The Best Candy Deal 4) Buying Candy. You can do all of the project or just work through one section.
In this project, students will solve a ratio/proportion reasoning puzzle as they exchange candy between the characters in the Halloween story. Students will be engaged as they manipulate the candy pieces to understand and reason with proportional thinking. Students will then use proportional reasoning to solve problems involving the cost and amount of various types of candy. Several problems are included so students can gain an understanding of unit rates, ratios and proportions.
Resources Included:
- Google Slides (23 slides)
- Google doc recording sheets (10 pages)
- Candy manipulatives
- Answer keys
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