STEM FAIR PROJECT
My Favorite M&M’s Candy Color
Deja Pemberton| Ms. Daskivich | Northview Elementary School
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
• What is the probability of reaching into a
bin and selecting a particular color of M&M
candy?
PROJECT OVERVIEW
• I thought it would be fun to see if I could
select my favorite color of M&M candy
every time I reached into the bowl while I
was blindfolded.
RESEARCH
• Summarize your research here in three to
five bullet points:
– I realized the chances of selecting the same
color of M&M candy is not easy.
– With fewer candies in the bin, the chances of
selecting the same color of M&M candy was
greater.
– The more trials I had, the better my chances
were at selecting the same color.
VARIABLES
• Controlled variables:
– 12” glass bowl
– amount of M&M candies
• Independent variable:
– The color of M&M’s
• Dependent variable:
– Selecting a particular color of M&M’s candy
(orange)
HYPOTHESIS
• I predict I will pull out 2 orange colored
M&M’s candy. Of the 5 times of doing the
trials I have a 1 in 3 chance based on the
number of colors used during the
experiment.
MATERIALS
• 5 sandwich bags
• 25 each of orange, green, yellow, blue and
red M&M’s candy
• 1 12” glass bowl
• 1 blindfold
PROCEDURE
1.
Count out 25 of each color of M&M’s candy, and
place each color in a separate sandwich bag.
2. Mix 75 M&M’s candy in the bowl using the orange,
green and yellow colors.
3. Put on blindfold.
4. Reach hand in bowl.
5. Pull out 1 M&M’s candy.
6. Record results.
7. Repeat steps 4-6 five times.
8. Repeat steps 1-7. However, change the colors of
M&M’s candy to orange, red and blue.
DATA/OBSERVATIONS
ORANGE, RED AND BLUE M&M CANDIES
ORANGE, YELLOW, GREEN M&M CANDIES
PICK 1
PICK 2
PICK 3
PICK 1
PICK2
PICK 3
Trial 1
blue
red
orange
Trial 1
yellow
orange
green
Trial 2
blue
blue
orange
Trail 2
orange
green
green
Trial 3
orange
red
red
Trial 3
yellow
yellow
orange
Trial 4
orange
red
blue
Trial 4
orange
orange
orange
Trail 5
red
red
red
Trial 5
orange
yellow
orange
CONCLUSION
• The number of times I blindly picked an orange M&M candy
from the bowl was more than 2, which was my prediction. Of
the five trials using the red, blue and orange colored M&M’s
candy I picked orange 5 times. Whien I switched the colors to
yellow, green and orange I picked orange 8 times. I conclude
the changes of picking a particular color of M&M’s candy is
higher than I thought.
• I, also, tried the experiment using all of the colors of M&M’s
candy. I wanted to see if my prediction would be correct since
the number of candies was increased. I picked orange only 4
times using the same number of trials.
WORKS CITED
• Parent Involvement in a Science, Technology,
Engineering, and Mathematics Fair Guide.