| Language |
1.
Encourage your students to write Nabisco with the results from
this project or with any questions they might have.
Nabisco -- Oreo Cookies
Three Lakes Drive
Northfield, IL 60093 |
| 2. Visit the Fun Trivia Facts
from Nabisco and create a wordsearch or game with the information
you have discovered. |
| 3. Cut two circles out of black
construction paper, insert several blank white circles between the
black paper, and have your students make a story book about their
experience with this project. |
| 4. Students write
a story/paragraph about the best way to eat an Oreo cookie. |
| 5. Have your students write
a paragraph on what flavor would they like to add to the Oreo Cookie
and why. |
6. Read the story "If You
Gave A Mouse a Cookie." Have your students rewrite the story
with "If You Gave A Mouse An Oreo."
ADDITIONAL IDEAS -- visit this
site for other ideas with the book!
Visit our message board to post you contributions to this story!! |
| 7. Write a poem, a haiku, a
limerick, or acrostic verse about Oreo Cookies. |
| 8. Make up a story about the
day in the life of an Oreo Cookie!! |
| 9. Take the words Oreo Double
Stuf Cookie and create as many words as you can. |
| 10. Create an ADJECTIVE BULLETIN BOARD and have your
students create word strips with words they think describe Oreo
Cookies! |
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| Math |
| 1. Using the data collected
from your oreos -- convert your data from ounces/pounds to grams/kilos. |
| 2. Directions: First, set up
a balance scale with hanger and plastic bags. Students should be
in groups of 3 - 4. Each student chooses an object in the room for
which other players will estimate the mass. The other players will
write down the number of oreos they think equals the mass of the
object chosen. They may pick up the object and examine it to help
estimate. The person whose object it is measures the mass using
oreos and the balance scale. The player with the closest estimate
picks the next object. |
3. Before you begin the project
-- have your student estimate how many Oreos will be in the Regular
bag and how many will be in the Double Stuf bag. Open the bags and
compare their estimations to the actual count.
THEN -- measure the bags and figure out how much larger the bag
would have to be to have the same amount of Double Stuf as the Regular
cookies. |
| 4. Would you have enough oreos
for all the students in the class with one bag?? Using addition
or multiplication -- figure out how many bags you would need to
have 3 cookies per students (regular), 3 cookies per student (double
stuf), or 4 cookies, or 5, etc etc etc!! |
| 5. Using your own data, compare
other school's data to your own. Are you high or low?? Who has the
exact same amount as you do??? |
| 6. Visit the COOL
COOKIE MATH website for a great class activity!! |
| 7. Create your own Othello game.
One student gets 1/2 of an oreo cookie WITH the creme filling. The
other student gets the 1/2 without the creme filling. Use an OLD
checkerboard (this will be a sticky game) and let the game begin.
(Game instructions: Click
HERE!) |
| 8. Visit this site in advance (Currency
convertor) to get current conversions. Write the actual cost
of your bag of OREOS on your blackboard and then have you students
convert the price into different currencies. (Check back 1 time
a week through the project to see how the amounts will fluctuate!)
OLDER STUDENTS -- create a graph to display your data!! |
| 9. Purchase the book "Cereal Math".
Boost kids' math skills with these irresistible, hands-on activities
using cereal! Students will create a cereal abacus, estimate how
many raisins are in "two scoops", use Venn diagrams to sort and
classify cereal by attributes, collect and graph data, explore patterns,
and more! $8.76
at Amazon.com. Gr. K - 2 |
| 10. Purchase the book "Oreo Math". Use with
the younger students!! On
sale at Amazon for $.49 (cents) and up!! |
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| Science (I need your
help -- any ideas appreciated) |
| 1. Oreo has been in the news
regarding its calorie count and contribution to obesity. Visit this
site, CBS
NEWS HEATLTH, and read the article. Then talk with your students
about the pros and cons of this debate. (Visit THIS
site as well!) |
| 2. Create moon phases by using Oreo
Cookies. Click
Here for detailed directions! |
| 3. Will an Oreo float? Place
it perpendicular to the water...what happens. Place it parallel
(flat) on the water...what happens? If it does float, how long will
it float before it becomes saturated and sink? Record your results.
Compare with other cookies to take it to the next level!! |
| 4. How far will an Oreo roll
from the top of an inclined plane set at 3 inches, 4 inches, 5 inches..etc |
| 5. Is an Oreo more dense crushed
up or whole? (Compare both regular and double stuf.) |
| 6. Create a Layers
of the Earth using one side of oreo with cream (after twising off
one side and eating!) Put a dab of chocolate syrup in the middle
of the white and then a M&M on top of that and you have the
crust = oreo cookie you can see, the mantle = white , the outer
core = syrup, and the inner core (hard) = the candy. |
| 7. Will cookie is the best for a
picnic? OR which cookie "lasts longer" in the sun? This
could be done with or compared to a solor oven made from a pizza
box (cut a square out of the lid and cover that opening with plastic
wrap. line the inside of the pizza box with black construction paper
or foil). |
| 8. How strong is
an oreo? How much weight could it take to "crush" an oreo? |
| 9. How fast does an oreo dissolve
in water, soda, milk, etc. |
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| Technology |
| 1. Save the data from the Results
Page into Excel and create graphs of the project. If you don't have
EXCEL, you can print out the data and use an online graphing program
called Create
A Graph! |
| 2. Using the downloaded data,
teach your students how to sort data and create graphs based on
state participation. |
| 3. Using Inspiration/Kidspiration,
create a color visual learning experience. Free 30 day trial available
here -- INSPIRATION KIDSPIRATION |
| 4. Create PowerPoint/Hyperstudio
presentation (including pictures) of your Oreo Project!! |
| 5. Visit the OURTIMELINES
website and create a timeline of your project or a timeline of the
history of the OREO cookie! (You can also use the software TIMELINER
to do this activity!) |
| 6. Visit Hot
Potatoes and have your students create an ONLINE QUIZ of Oreo
Information!! |
| 7. Visit Puzzlemaker.com and have
your students create an Oreo HTML word game. If they create a great
one -- then send it to me and we will post it on this site. |
| 8. Visit this link
and by using Paint Shop Pro -- create your own oreo!! |
| 9. Using a digital or regular
camera -- make a collage of your Oreo Day! Scan your pictures and
print them out on T-Shirt transfer paper as an added memory for
your kids!! |
| 10. Create a webpage of your Oreo Day! Send me the link
and we will list it on this website!! |
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