Brief Description

This is an on-line project sponsored by Crossroads Christian School. The students will roll a hard-boiled egg, measuring the distance rolled. They will find the average length of a roll. The data from several schools will be used to do data analysis. The students will also roll a plastic egg (optional), the challenge is to make it roll the same distance as the hard-boiled egg. Project runs from March 8-April 26, 2002. It is done every year around this time. Look for other online projects at http://www.lambeth.futureclass.net/projects/default.cfm

Standards and Frameworks

Technology Standards

3T-E3:  Publish and present information using technology tools.
4T-P3:  Using technology, collaborate with peers, experts, and others to contribute to a content related knowledge base.

1M-P1: Compare and contrast the real number system and its various subsystems with their structural characteristics.
2M-P1:  Construct and draw inferences including measures of central tendency, from charts, tables, graphs, and data plots that summarize data from real-world situations.
2M-P2:  Use appropriate technology to display and analyze data.
2M-P11: Apply the concepts of mean, median, mode and range to draw conclusions about data.

Academic

• Students will be able to measure to the nearest tenth of an inch.
• Students will be able to recognize the classification and structure of real numbers.
• Students will be able to calculate mean, mode, median and range.
• Students will compare their results for a hard-boiled egg to a plastic egg and construct a model so the plastic egg rolls the average length of the hard-boiled egg.

• Students will be able to analyze data from week to week as it is collected from other sources via the Internet.
• Students will E-mail their data from the egg rolling.
• Students will leave a message telling if they were successful or not in rolling the plastic egg. They will say what worked or did not work.
• Students will construct a Web Page, showing the experiment, eggs, winning egg/person (with permission of parent), data, graphs; which will be attached to my web site.

• Students should be able to access the Internet, put in a URL, and fill out the appropriate data in a form.
• Students should be able to use Excel, for data and graphs.
• Students should be able to use a digital camera and/or scanner.
• Students should be able to use Netscape composer or similar program to design a Web Page

• 1 hard-boiled egg per student
• Paint, food coloring to decorate eggs. (Do not use sequins, stickers or anything that will impede the rolling process.
• 1 plastic egg per student
• Measuring tool to measure at least 20feet (marked off in inches)
• At least 20feet of butcher paper (3ft wide)
• Digital camera/scanner (optional)
• Access to the Internet.
• Web Page program (Netscape composer, Frontline)- if making Web Page

Students will decorate their eggs with mathematical symbols and numbers as described in the student handout. Students will roll (not throw) their egg down the butcher paper. Where the egg stops (or leaves the butcher paper) is where the distance is marked. Measure the distance in inches to the nearest tenth of an inch.
Record the longest roll for the boys and the longest roll for the girls.
Average all the rolls for the boys and average all the rolls for the girls.
If you are taking the project to the X2 extreme, you will need to complete this first before sending your results.
Using the provided online form at http://www.crossroadsschool.org/eggrolltally.htm send the information to Crossroads Christian School.

X2 Extreme:
Students will roll a plastic egg for distance.
Record the longest roll for the boys and the longest roll for the girls.
Average all the rolls for the boys and average all the rolls for the girls.
Figure out if there is a way to make the plastic eggs roll the same length as the hard-boiled eggs. (You can weigh down the eggs if necessary by filling the inside with items of your choice)
Roll the eggs again and evaluate your results.
Write about the experiment…what worked and what didn’t!!
Send results using the online form above.

My students will use the data collected to find mean, median, mode and range. They will graph results (using appropriate technology) as they are posted by Crossroads Christian School.
They will create (in groups) using Netscape Composer a web page that I will use in my class web site.
 

The project provides Internet sites for information to do with eggs, worksheets as follows:
Word search
Identifying parts of the egg- students have to search a web site to find answers.
Egg Trivia- students have to search a web site to find answers.
An online game- chicken and eggs (you have to catch the eggs before they fall to the ground).

Assessment

Students will be assessed individually on:

• The appropriate decoration of their eggs.
• Accurate measurement of their egg rolls (to the nearest tenth of an inch)
• Paragraph on the experiment of how they tried to get the plastic egg to roll the same distance as their hard-boiled egg, with an explanation of why it worked or didn’t work.
• Finding mean, mode, median and range of the class data. (Working out shown).

• Graphs
• Web Page