This lesson involves a raffle. Many school systems, states, cities, and towns have laws governing raffles run by non-profit organizations. Before initiating this project, you should check with your school administration and local governmental organization to make sure you are in compliance with the laws of your area. If you cannot have a raffle, you can vary the lesson to fit your school and your situation.
Students construct several chocolate houses and design raffle tickets on the computer.
The tickets are sold and a daily record is kept through computer spreadsheeting. Throughout this activity, students have a variety of opportunities to apply basic math and computer skills. For example, the students are given the task of using metric measure for weighing chocolate bits to be used in the construction of the houses. This information is used in the final analysis of the cost of constructing each house. The value of each raffle ticket is determined by the class after discussion of the best value.