The opening activity for this lesson involves cutting a 4-piece by 6-piece chocolate bar in such a way to generate an infinite amount of chocolate. Think of the inexhaustible biblical jars of oil but slightly tastier. If you don't have a chocolate bar on hand, try printing the "white chocolate bar" .pdf below.
Click the image below to download and print a copy of the 4x6 "white chocolate bar" .pdf. If you do not have access to a printer, draw a 4x6 "chocolate bar" to the best of your ability using a ruler and a sturdy sheet of paper.
After printing (or drawing) your White Chocolate Bar, follow along with the video below as the Mad Russian Scientist demonstrates how to create an infinite amount of chocolate with a few simple cuts and a rearrangement of pieces. Duration: 2:15
2. So is that how they make all of those individually-wrapped miniature chocolate bars?! Probably not. Hopefully, while you were watching the Mad Russian Scientist butcher that perfectly good bar of chocolate, your sense of skepticism was tingling. For those who do not know, skepticism is your reluctance to believe in something without adequate proof, and all competent mathematicians and scientists possess this trait in no small measure. Follow the instructions on the image below, and then explain in words, or possibly a video demonstration, why an infinite amount of chocolate is NOT being generated with this activity.