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The intended learners are 6th -9th grade math students. Some concepts are new to 6th grade but review for Algebra 1 (9th grade) students.
Educational Goals:
Students will be collecting data, creating graphs to represent the data, and analyzing the graphs. More specifically:
Standards:
Data Analysis:
Process:
Students will create a survey using www.surveymonkey.com with questions that will be represented in a bar graph. They will learn how to collect data and represent it in a graph using Microsoft Excel. Students will also learn what makes a graph misleading and create a misleading graph of their data. Once students have collected and represented data in a graph, they will analyze their findings. Students may need guidance in figuring out what types of questions to ask in the survey in order to be able to represent their findings in a bar graph and a misleading bar graph. An email address is required to use www.surveymonkey.com. If a student does not have an email address they will use an email address given by the teacher.
Then students will be given sets of data from different sources and will have to create a different graph for each data set (histogram using Excel, circle graph using Geometer's Sketchpad, stem and leaf plot using Excel, and box and whisker plot using Microsoft Word). This will help students learn and practice creating different types of graphs given various sets of data and various types of technology. Students may have trouble remember what elements are required for each type of graph, and may need guidance using the different types of technology to create each graph. Websites are provided to aid students with each type of graph and technology used in the project.
When students are finished creating each graph, they will answer questions relating to each graph.
Resources:
The following websites give definitions and examples of each type of graph and other useful terms.
Bar Graph
Misleading Graphs
Frequency Table
Histogram
Circle Graph
Stem and Leaf Plot
Box and Whisker
Mean, Median, Mode
The following site will be used by students to create a survey.
The following data and statistics will be used by students to create their graphs
The following are helpful resources for learning how to make graphs in the technology required for this project
The following are documents created by Mrs. Atkinson.
The intended learners are 6th -9th grade math students. Some concepts are new to 6th grade but review for Algebra 1 (9th grade) students.
Educational Goals:
Students will be collecting data, creating graphs to represent the data, and analyzing the graphs. More specifically:
- Students will create a survey and make a bar graph to represent the data. Students will also create a graph that makes the presentation of the data misleading.
- Students will interpret given data and create an appropriate graph to represent the data (circle graph, histogram, stem and leaf plot)
- Students will calculate the mean, median, and mode of a set of data and decided which measure best represents a data set
Standards:
Data Analysis:
- D.RE. 07.01: Represent and interpret data using circle graphs, stem and leaf plots, histograms, and box-and-whisker plots and select appropriate representation to address specific questions.
- D.AN.08.01: Determine which measure of central tendancy (mean, median, mode) best represents a data set…for answering certain questions; justify the choice made.
- D.AN.08.02: Recognize practices of collecting and displaying data that may bias the presentation or analysis.
Process:
Students will create a survey using www.surveymonkey.com with questions that will be represented in a bar graph. They will learn how to collect data and represent it in a graph using Microsoft Excel. Students will also learn what makes a graph misleading and create a misleading graph of their data. Once students have collected and represented data in a graph, they will analyze their findings. Students may need guidance in figuring out what types of questions to ask in the survey in order to be able to represent their findings in a bar graph and a misleading bar graph. An email address is required to use www.surveymonkey.com. If a student does not have an email address they will use an email address given by the teacher.
Then students will be given sets of data from different sources and will have to create a different graph for each data set (histogram using Excel, circle graph using Geometer's Sketchpad, stem and leaf plot using Excel, and box and whisker plot using Microsoft Word). This will help students learn and practice creating different types of graphs given various sets of data and various types of technology. Students may have trouble remember what elements are required for each type of graph, and may need guidance using the different types of technology to create each graph. Websites are provided to aid students with each type of graph and technology used in the project.
When students are finished creating each graph, they will answer questions relating to each graph.
Resources:
The following websites give definitions and examples of each type of graph and other useful terms.
Bar Graph
Misleading Graphs
Frequency Table
Histogram
Circle Graph
Stem and Leaf Plot
Box and Whisker
Mean, Median, Mode
The following site will be used by students to create a survey.
The following data and statistics will be used by students to create their graphs
The following are helpful resources for learning how to make graphs in the technology required for this project
The following are documents created by Mrs. Atkinson.
dr._maths_note.docx | |
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circle_graph_lab.docx | |
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box-and-whisker_lab.pdf | |
File Size: | 329 kb |
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project_rubric.docx | |
File Size: | 18 kb |
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partner_rubric.docx | |
File Size: | 17 kb |
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certificate.docx | |
File Size: | 116 kb |
File Type: | docx |