See how this integrated project began and find out how to join in the fun. Glenda S. Bequette, a principal consultant for the Illinois State Board of Education, designed a delicious Internet-based project just four years ago. It combined her love of chocolate with her need to help her third-grade students become more proficient in estimating, charting, graphing, predicting probability, and performing other math skills. This 'chocolatey-good' telecommunications project enabled me to introduce my students to computers and the Internet and at the same time prepare them for the state test. K-12 classrooms from across the United States and Canada are broken into six geographical regions.
Participants use the raw data obtained for more involved mathematical calculations.
The project has several student objectives, which include developing math skills, understanding science processes, and developing technology skills, and integrates other subjects. It correlates with the Illinois Learning Standards and the National Educational Technology Standards for Students. The number of classes participating in The Great Chocolate Experience has grown from 88 classes during the first year to 118 the second and 283 last year. This year promises to be the largest yet, with an expected 350 classes taking part. See History of the Great Chocolate Experience .