O.R.E.O. Project

  
 
 
 

        
"That's
        the Way the Cookie Tumbles..."
    
    

      
On Monday, October 
2nd,�the
        All-Stars team took part in an O.R.E.O. (Our Really Exciting Online
        Project) Day.� We were one of 556 registered classrooms/schools
        from 46 States plus....Australia, Canada, Germany, Japan, Puerto 
Rico,
        Scotland,�and Thailand who 
participated.�
        
All team subjects had 
lessons
        that had "Oreos" as a theme.��
        

          

            
Students
            stacked the original Oreo� cookie and
            counted how many Oreos� they
            could stack before the Oreos�
            tumble!
          

            
All 
math
            classes conducted the experiment in class.� They
            compiled the results to find the class average, as well
            as look for other measures of central tendency.� 
Students
            decided which type of display would be
            best to compare the results of 
the
            three classes. They also looked at data from the other
            participating schools and compared results. (SOL 6.18, 6.19)

          

          
          

            
All 
science
            classes applied the scientific
            method to what they did in 
math by
            writing up a report, and identifying
            each part of the process. (SOL 6.1)
          

            
In 
history,
            students located the participating countries using an 
atlas.�
            Then, they located them on a world map using the latitude and 
longitude
            coordinates. (SOL USI.1)
          

          
          
Language Arts 
had
            several choices as students 
could:
            

              
read an article about 
the
                history of the Oreo � cookie and answer 
questions.
              
play an adjective 
memory
                game - using adjectives to describe an Oreo � 
cookie.
              
use their creative 
writing
                skills to tell how the Oreo � cookie got its 
name.
              
use OREO cookies to
                connect with how they personally feel about specific issues
                rather than summarizing and/or regurgitating what was 
written.
            
            
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Our 
O.R.E.O.
            day was a huge success.
        
        
        
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Final Results!!!

Classes Posting Results ~ 351
Number of Participants ~ 8,494
Average Stack Count ~ 18 cookies 

8,494 participants x average of 18 cookies each = 
Drumroll, please.
about 152,892 cookies

Since each student had two attempts - there were about 305,784 cookies 
stacked around the world for this project!!!


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O.R.E.O. Project