Microsoft Word - False Advertisement Project.docx



MATH MODELS Name: ___________________________________ Period: _________ The Great Debate: Lies in Advertising? Every day, consumers rely upon our great restaurants to provide quality (well, some quality) food to fill our bellies. They fill our bellies with nutrition and fill our world with advertisements promoting their quality food. But is the information that these restaurants feed us always true? This is where you come in! It is your job to be an investigative reporter to determine whether the restaurants are telling the truth! Part 1: Did Wendy’s Lie? Complete the questions below. Clearly label your responses for each question. Show all your work. You will be graded based upon accuracy, grammar, spelling, and quality of work. Is Right? Are there really 256 ways to personalize a Wendy’s hamburger? Is that number too low or too high? How many different ways do you think there are to personalize a Wendy’s hamburger? List out the different toppings to put on your hamburger at Wendy’s: To calculate, we will use either permutation or combination. Which one should we use? Why? Calculate the number of ways to make a hamburger at Wendy’s based upon the toppings that you (or we as a class) come up with. Calculate the number of ways to make a hamburger at Wendy’s according to the Facebook post. Are there any other toppings that Wendy’s offers in other states? Do some research! What are the other toppings? Calculate the number of ways to make a hamburger at Wendy’s according to all the toppings that you now know exist at Wendy’s. Part 2: The Truth. Choose a different restaurant that could advertise the number of ways to personalize/customize one of their products. You will be graded based upon accuracy, grammar, spelling, and quality of work. What product could the restaurant claim can be personalized and in how many ways? What are the different toppings or contributing items that allow for this product to be personalized? Calculate the number of ways this product can be customized. Show all your work. Part 3: You’re hired! After hearing about the error of their ways (or if the restaurant was telling the truth), you’ve been hired based upon the excellent calculations that you made (and for showing all your work). Your job is to create a new advertisement that highlights the true number of ways to personalize the restaurant’s product. Your advertisement can be a print ad (hand drawn or digital) or a video ad, your choice! But it must contain the following requirements: Who is being advertised? (What restaurant?) How many ways can you personalize the product? Words / Slogan (Create your own slogan/catch phrase/enticing words that promote the ways to personalize a product and bring consumers into the restaurant)Color / Pictures / Creativity! Your advertisement will be graded based upon quality of work (creativity, spelling, grammar, uniqueness, and rigor – based upon method of advertising) Part 4: What did you learn? After going through this process, you may have learned a few things. Perhaps, you even learned some things that weren’t math related. In a short paragraph (150+ words,12 pt font, 1 inch margins, double spaced), answer the following questions: Are all advertisements 100% accurate? What causes these advertisements to be inaccurate? Is it disappointing to learn that advertisements don’t always tell the truth? Why or why not? Mathematically speaking, what did you learn in terms of the math content? Your reflection will be graded based upon quality of responses (thoughtfulness), spelling, grammar. Rubric: ProjectContentPoints ReceivedPoints PossiblePart 1 – Is Wendy’s RightMathematical Accuracy________ / 7________ / 20Quality of Work shown________ / 7Spelling/Grammar/Quality of Written Responses________ / 3Quality of Research________ / 3Part 2 – The Truth (Other Product)Appropriateness Selected Restaurant/Product________ / 5________ / 30Mathematical Accuracy________ / 10Quality of Work shown________ / 10Spelling/Grammar/Quality of Written Responses________ / 5Part 3 – You’re Hired (Advertisement)Spelling/Grammar/Quality of Written Responses________ / 5________ / 30Creativity Uniqueness________ / 15Rigor of Method of Advertising________ / 5Completeness of Advertisement________ / 5Part 4 – What did you learn? (Reflection)Spelling/Grammar________ / 5________ / 20Thoughtfulness/Quality of Written Responses________ / 10Formatting/Mechanics/Word Count________ / 5Total: ________________ / 100 Additional Comments: ................
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