Launch
Students will launch the packaged food fairness investigation by testing a few sealed products, recording first data, and generating questions about whether package labels match what consumers actually get. They will build shared expectations for careful measurement, evidence-based claims, and revision with peer and expert feedback across the project.
Days 1 - 2
⚖️ Weigh and Wonder Table
Launch 45m
🧪 Fairness Question Protocol
Knowledge/Skill Building 45m

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Weigh and Wonder
Students will inspect real packaged foods, turn first impressions into testable investigation questions, and build a workable plan for collecting trustworthy weight data. They will practice choosing appropriate plots and statistics, decide how to document anomalies and outliers, and use peer critique to revise a shared method before moving into full data collection.
Days 3 - 6
🧪 Sealed Snack Weight Sort
Launch 40m
📊 Plot Choice and Outlier Notes
Knowledge/Skill Building 45m
📝 Weight Investigation Plan Draft
Deliverable 50m
🔍 Protocol Critique and Revision Gate
Assessment 45m

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Collect and Document
Students will collect reliable packaged food weight data, document measurement conditions and anomalies, build accurate graphs and summary statistics, and pass a midpoint quality check before moving into full fairness analysis.
Days 7 - 10
⚖️ Sealed Snack Weight Run
Project Work 45m
📊 Dot Plots to Box Plots
Knowledge/Skill Building 45m
🧮 Mean Median IQR Check
Knowledge/Skill Building 40m
🔍 Midpoint Data Audit
Assessment 45m

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Analyze and Decide
Students will compare their packaged food distributions, interpret how center, spread, shape, and outliers affect a fairness verdict, revise their consumer recommendation through critique and expert feedback, and complete a polished showcase panel for the data walk.
Days 11 - 14
📊 Fairness Evidence Mini-Clinic
Knowledge/Skill Building 35m
🧠 Outlier Debate and Verdict Draft
Project Work 45m
💬 Scientist Questions and Peer Critique
Community Experience 45m
🖼️ Showcase Panel Final Check
Deliverable 45m

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Showcase
Students will present and defend their final packaged food fairness findings to an authentic audience, then complete the closing reflection circle by naming a statistic they used, a claim they changed, and a way they grew in mathematics and collaboration.
Day 15
🧁 Scatter, Slice, and Decide
Assessment 45m

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