Data Science Seminar

This lesson was introduced to my class by Chi Nwogu of the UNC-Chapel Hill Kenan-Flagler Business School. He facilitated a workshop that uses basketball to introduce students to how data is collected and how we make observations based on the data we collect. I have been asked several times, "When do you have time to let someone else conduct extra lessons while still keeping up with the curriculum?" At my school we have a leadership hour called "Connections" where we take one hour a week for enrichment or remediation within our homerooms, and this is where Chi comes in. Bringing in a professional from the community to teach and discuss data/statistics, and making it interesting at the same time was major! Below you will see the lesson plan from Chi Nwogu, there are videos attached as well.

Materials:

• Paper, pencil
• White Board, Dry Erase Markers
• Data sheets provided by Data Science Seminar

The standards he associated his lessons are the following:

7.SP.3

Informally assess the degree of visual overlap of two numerical data distributions with similar variabilities, measuring the difference between the centers by expressing it as a multiple of a measure of variability.

7.SP.4

Use measures of center and measures of variability for numerical data from random samples to draw informal comparative inferences about two populations.