Cookies and Treats

Fourth graders will help Cookies and Treats find cost-effective and eco-friendly packaging for its cookies. Students will organize data and compare prices using decimal notation in order to develop a procedure for choosing packaging for cookies.  Students will use multiplication and division of whole numbers to plan for how many packages to order.

Model Eliciting Activities, MEAs, are open-ended, interdisciplinary problem-solving activities that are meant to reveal students’ thinking about the concepts embedded in realistic situations. Click here to learn more about MEAs and how they can transform your classroom.
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General Information

Subject(s): Mathematics, English Language Arts, Science
Grade Level(s): 4
Intended Audience: Educators educators
Suggested Technology: Microsoft Office
Instructional Time: 3 Hour(s)
Resource supports reading in content area:Yes
Freely Available: Yes
Keywords: MEA, word problem, open ended, decimals, 4th grade, recycle, multiplication, division
Instructional Component Type(s): Lesson Plan,  Problem-Solving Task,  Data Set,  Model Eliciting Activity (MEA) STEM Lesson
Instructional Design Framework(s): Cooperative Learning
Resource Collection: STEM Lessons - Model Eliciting Activity

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