Do caffeinated drinks have similar amounts of jolt?

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We found this interesting caffeine infographic at visual.ly.

Wonderings?

  • How many McDonalds coffees do I need to get the same amount of caffeine that I would get in a Starbucks coffee?
  • What is the whole circle worth?  How do you know?
  • Is there a drink that has so much caffeine per ounce that it can't be represented with one circle?
  • How do popular sodas and energy drinks compare in caffeine content?

The Lesson: are-all-caffeine-drinks-equal.pdf

For members we have an editable Word doc, an Excel sheet of calculations, and solutions.

are-all-caffeine-drinks-equal.docx    Caffeine.xlsx    caffeine-solution.pdf

CCSS: 5.NF, 6.RP, 6.NS, 6.SP, 7.RP, 7.G, 7.SP

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