Teamwork Makes the Dream Work.

Name:
M&M Quality Assurance
Project Rubric
Novice (1) Apprentice (2) Practitioner (3) Expert (4)
Gathering and Compare data Accurately count Accurately count Accurately count
comparing data with another M&Ms and M&Ms and M&Ms and
team or Mars compare data compare date compare data
website with 1 other with 2 other with more than 2
group and M&M groups and the groups and the
data from the M&M color data M&M color data
Mars website from the Mars from the Mars
website website

Charting the Create an Create accurate Create accurate All practitioner +

data accurate graph bar and pie bar and pie include keys,
on paper graphs on paper graphs on paper color coding to
for their bag and on the match the M&Ms,
computer of their and titles
bag, 1 other
group’s bag, and
Mars’ data
Math only one type of 2-3 types of Describe the data > 10 different
statements statement statements in fractions and math statements
percents; using the criteria
compare in the practitioner
quantities to one column
another and to
other groups’
results; and
compare their
data to actual
Mars M&M color
combination
plans
Hypotheses 1 hypothesis 1 feasible, logical 2 feasible, logical 2 feasible, logical
somewhat related hypothesis that hypotheses that hypotheses that
to the data explains the explain the explain the
collected variations variations variations;
strongly
supported by the
data
Statistics Find < 2 of the Find range, Find range, Write and submit
criteria in the median, mean, median, mean, an analysis of the
apprentice level and mode of their and mode of their statistical data
bag of M&Ms bag of M&Ms and found as it relates
1 other group’s to M&M color
bag comparisons
Presentation At least 2 types • At least 2 All member All of practitioner
of graphs are types of participate + do three or
presented graphs equally and more types of
• explain which present: graphs
type of graph • at least 2
is most types of
appropriate graphs
for the data • explain
Math Rocks!
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Teamwork Makes the Dream Work. Name:
which type
of graph is
most
appropriate
for the data

Total: / 18 =
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Math Rocks!
Miss Nair, I.S. 98