This year our class is participating in the O.R.E.O. Project! For this project, we started by making estimates about how many Oreo cookies we could stack on top of one another. Because we have been developing our estimating skills all year, most of us made very realistic estimates! Then we each got two attempts to stack the cookies as high as we could. We had a great time as we used our problem solving skills to figure out the best stacking technique. The hardest part was that once you place a cookie, you are not allowed to adjust it. Our highest stack of the day was 25 cookies tall!
We are working on graphing our results, then we’ll average them and enter our average on the results page. We are eager to see how our average compares to other classrooms around the world! On Thursday we’ll be Skyping with Mrs. Schmidt’s class in Pennsylvania to compare our data with theirs.
Did you know that the Oreo cookie is having its 100th birthday this year? Our state is also celebrating its 100th birthday! We made a video of our stacking and tried to make it look like the kind of movies people watched in 1912. Do you think it looks like an old-fashioned movie?
After we finished our stacking, we wondered about a few things:
- If we were stacking Double Stuff Oreos, how high would our stacks be?
- Would our results be different if we were allowed to place more than one cookie at a time on the stack?
- What other foods could we stack?
September 19, 2012 at 9:59 am
I love the oreo video.
September 19, 2012 at 10:00 am
i stacked 23 oreos if you did it how many do you think you could stack?
September 19, 2012 at 10:00 am
I like Oreo stacking.For the first question I think it is going to be big and hard.Probably.Crackers.
September 19, 2012 at 10:00 am
29 feet tall!
September 19, 2012 at 10:01 am
Wow Oreos are old.
September 19, 2012 at 10:02 am
I had 22 Oreos.
September 19, 2012 at 10:04 am
I think there would be more
September 19, 2012 at 10:05 am
I wish I could eat some Oreos.
September 19, 2012 at 10:06 am
It was so fun because I stacked 16 oreo’s and yes I have done double it is harder to do the double stuffed Oreo’s.
September 19, 2012 at 10:08 am
I like Oreos.I can’t wait to try the Halloween Oreos!
September 19, 2012 at 10:08 am
Guess how much oreos I got I got 19. It is going to be big. Yes. You could stack crackers.
September 19, 2012 at 10:09 am
Next we should stack marshmellows.
September 19, 2012 at 10:10 am
WOW! That was so cool and I like that Mrs. Hamman put it in black and white. Also yes it really looks like an old fashion film.
September 19, 2012 at 10:13 am
Mrs.Hamman how much do you spend in school?
September 19, 2012 at 5:40 pm
Not too much! I only spend money on things I think will be fun learning experiences for all of us 🙂
September 19, 2012 at 10:14 am
Next we should stack cookies.
September 19, 2012 at 10:17 am
Next we should stack rocks.
September 19, 2012 at 10:17 am
It was fun to do it.
September 21, 2012 at 8:53 am
Looks like you had fun stacking too! It was great talking to you and learning about your school and Arizona. We noticed that you had mushroom chairs in your classroom like we do. We like to sit in them during silent reading time. Maybe we can talk to you again some time on Skype!
Mrs. Schmidt’s Class
Yardley, PA
September 21, 2012 at 3:21 pm
Mrs. Hamman’s class,
We liked how you made your class video. The music made it exciting. it was creative and is a masterpiece!
We were wondering what your lowest stack was? We are asking because we are curious to know what happened to make it fall.
We are also wondering because we know your highest stack, so finding out your lowest will tell us what the range was. Do you know what your mode was? We learned that the mode is the number we got the most.
Have a nice weekend!
Ms. Myers’ class
September 25, 2012 at 10:31 am
Dear Mrs. Hamman’s class,
We liked your video because it looked like a real old-fashioned movie! We pondered the questions that you asked and we think you would put less cookies on the stack, since they are double stuffed, but the stack would be taller!
We came up with a ton of ideas for what other foods we could stack but our favorite was Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups!
If you were to stack Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups (the mini size) how many do you think you could stack?
From,
Mrs. Avery’s 3rd grade class
September 26, 2012 at 2:12 pm
Awsome Oreo project you guys
October 4, 2012 at 6:04 am
Hi its mya and wiktoria we love your pitures.Do you have eny school pets
October 4, 2012 at 6:10 am
what are you doing
October 4, 2012 at 6:24 am
Hi it look’s tricky to do a tall oreo tower.Did you eat them in the end?They look very yummy!Do you do pe?Reece and jace from england Norbridge academy
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February 6, 2013 at 12:36 pm
Wow, 25 Oreos! The funny thing is we did this project too. It was very fun! Our highest stack was 31.
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