Hike and data representation - google sheets (graph)
Vocabulary -
naturalwholeintegersrationalirrational
Friday, October 18
Learning Target: Students will watch a video, "The Story of One", a documentary on the history of the number system, as an introduction to the real number system.
silent reading
The Story of One
Thursday, October 17
Learning Target: Students will review elevation study data and create tables and graphs to display and interpret the results.
silent reading
warm-up (measures of center)
tables and graphs (Hunger mountain elevation study data)
independent/dependent variablesscales
independent work time - Elevation study
cooperative groups problem solving (Tarsia puzzle)
Monday, October 14
Learning Target: Students will review elevation study data and create tables and graphs to display and interpret the results.
1. How are the graphs creators trying to mislead the reader?2. What tactic are they using to distort the data?3. What changes in the representation would make it more accurate? Choose one graph and create a more accurate representation of the data.
Cooperative group problem solving
Tarsia puzzle (operations on rational numbers)
Thursday, October 3
Learning Target:
Students will evaluate graphs to determine accuracy and identify misleading aspects.
Students will determine the error in graphs and then prepare more accurate representations.
Silent reading
Warm-up
Homework review (Jim's journey)
Misleading graphs
1. How are the graphs creators trying to mislead the reader?
2. What tactic are they using to distort the data?3. What changes in the representation would make it more accurate? Choose one graph and create a more accurate representation of the data.