This project is a 3-Day PROJECT FOR PREK - THIRD GRADE CLASSES!! Project dates: March 14 - 20, 2009 MATERIALS: Each participating class will need to have *1 box (per class) of General Mill's Lucky Charms. (14 oz size) *1 tally sheet per child *1 Class tally sheet for teacher to post results * Paper towels or some item to sort shapes on * Baggies (or plastic bags) to store Lucky Charms if you are pre bagging them (1 to 2 scoops each) for your students As a GROUP -- we will be trying to prove that there are more GREEN CLOVERS (you might call them hats) than any other shape. As a classroom -- you might wish to create your own hypothesis to prove as well. STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS: 1. The Teacher will need to register ONLINE for this project. 2. The Teacher will distribute Lucky Charms to their class. You are welcome to do this by separating into baggies, create a center area, or any other way you see will work within your classroom. 3. Each student will divide their Lucky Charms into the following marshmallow shapes: Pots of Gold Clovers HorseShoes Shooting Stars Moons Rainbows Hearts Balloons Click HERE for a picture of the shapes. **We are NOT counting the oat shapes!!** Also, if you have any other speciality shapes, please DO NOT include them in the final count. Thank You! Also, we will be calling the green shape a CLOVER on the tally sheets! 4. Students will count each marshmallow shape and write down their final tally count for that shape! Students should also create a graph to represent their count as well. 5. Students will add their individual count of each shape to a CLASS COUNT. 6. The class will create a final Class Count for their Lucky Charms. The class should also create a graph to represent their Class Count. 7. The teacher will visit the RESULT page to submit the Class results on with the total CLASS count of each shape between March 14 and March 20, 2009. (If your school is on break during this time, please contact Jennifer for an alternate submission plan.) 8. Final Results will be posted on Friday, March 20, 2009 (at 9pm) and the website will have an excel document will FINAL results for you to share with your students. 9. Each participating class that posts results will have their name added to the participant page and will receive a certificate of participation for their involvement! 10. Additional activity ideas and worksheets are provided for teachers to expand this project for the entire week. You are welcome to join the Projects By Jen Ning. Membership in this ning (online community) is not mandatory. However, there is a group called St. Patrick's 2009 where participants from this project are free to ask questions, share ideas, and more! Click HERE to join!   This project is now finished! See you in 2010!