In the following activity, lessons on proportions are reinforced through the
"Capture-Recapture Method."
* A brief history of France and their national symbol, the chicken, is presented.
* Students use a bag of dried Lima beans to model a situation of capturing wild chickens in the woodlands of France, and, ultimately, by taking a small sample of the chickens, they are able to estimate the total number of chickens running loose in the woodlands of France.
* Students employ the "Capture-R