Microsoft Power Point!
Chocolate Chip Cookies
October 2002
Objective:
To create an original slide show that explores
the quantity of chocolate chips found in various popular brand name chocolate
chip cookies.
Students will determine the average number of
chips found per cookie by using a sample of between five and ten cookies. They will then, with a partner, create a
slide show using their results as well as those of two other classmates (total
of at least four different cookie brands).
Aside from recommending the best cookie brand, the slide show must
also contain background music (midi), at least one table, clip art, unique
effects and slide transitions. Students
are encouraged to also explore other aspects of their chosen cookie brand such
as taste and appearance.
In addition to creating the slide show, students
will also be required to create a small poster (1/2 the size of a standard
poster board sheet) with a title, table and graphics.
Materials:
Steps To Follow:
Step 1)
Write down the brand of cookies you plan
to sample
Step 2)
Fill the bowl with cold water
Step 3)
Lay out your towel
Step 4)
Place one cookie in the strainer and
begin soaking it in the water
Step 5)
Eat one cookie while you wait
Step 6)
Gently swishing the strainer side to side
will speed up the dissolving process
Step 7)
When only the chips remain place them on
the towel by gently tapping on the towel
Step 8)
Using the knife separate the chips and
count them
Step 9)
Record your results
Step 10)
Eat another cookie and repeat steps 1 – 9
at least four more times
Step 11)
Share your results with your classmates
on the chart in the PC lab
Pictorial Directions
Step
1)
Brand:
Acme Brand Cookies
Step
2)
Supplies:
Step
3)
Strain
Cookie:
Step
4)
Gently
swish the strainer around:
Step
5)
Place chips on towel and begin counting
with the knife:
Step
6)
Don’t drink the strained cookie juice!
Step
7)
Record your results and repeat (Clean up when your done!)
Basic
Steps To Creating A Great Cookie Slide Show
Please note these are basic
instructions. I really want you to go way
beyond these instructions! Use your
imagination and be creative! Remember
you are trying to convince your viewer to buy the brand of cookie with the most
chips (or best taste)!
Day 1:
Find
Midi and Wave sounds using some of the web
sites I sent you (http://www2.bonet.co.id/cpr/MIDI/00index.html is very
good). Look for good pictures and
graphics using the Microsoft ClipArt tool, the school network and the Internet
(AltaVista’s Image search is very good).
a.
Compile
your research at home (count the chips).
b.
Look
for sounds and pictures at home.
Day 2:
With
a partner decide on the sound effects that you want to use as well as the
backgrounds and create the Master Slide.
Then create the title slide.
a.
Make
an outline at home of what you want to see in your slide show
b.
Put
together your cookie chip counts along with at least three others and bring
them to the next class.
Day 3:
In
excel or power point create a table or two showing all
your research. Then create a chart,
which graphically shows the chip counts. (That’s at least one slide with a
table and at least one with a chart)
a.
Create
an outline for your show on a piece of notepaper. Ask your parents for help. Follow a continuous train of thought.
b.
At
home you might want to conduct more research on things like taste, texture,
cost, etc. . .
Day 4:
Build
your slide show. Remember you want to persuade your viewer to buy a particular
brand of cookie! Visit various cookie manufactures web
sites for pictures and information to use in your show.
a.
Digitally
photograph yourself and a partner researching cookies if you have access to a
camera. Use this in your show.
b.
Begin
work on your persuasive poster.
Day 5:
Add
a slide with a clip art picture that appears or moves then disappears with a
sound associated with it. Add a slide or
work in with existing slides, cartoon type bubbles with text. Do not over do it
with the clip-arts -no
more than four to a slide on average.
Continue with the slide show.
Day 6:
Select
background music. Clean up and edit your
show. Set the event timings for your
show. When finished save it as a
PowerPoint show.
The Cookie Data Sheet:
