| Seventh Grade
Represent and Interpret Data
- 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.
- A
Functional Housing Market
Students will access the Internet to search for
housing prices in their town and compare the prices
to the number of square feet found in the living
area of the house. A linear equation will be derived
from the data on a coordinate plane. Any "best-fit"
method for determining the graph of the line can
be used. This contains a teacher lesson plan and
is a student activity. This is designed for an
Algebra One course.
- Adventures
in Statistics
Students need to collect information about the
classroom in their building (example: length,
width, height and number of students in the different
classrooms). After collecting all the data the
students then need to construct graphs representing
this data. This contains a teacher lesson plan
and is a student activity.
- Are
You My Type
The students do a survey on favorite music
and least favorite music of peers and adults.
They are to graph this information in a chart
and present this information to the class.
Doing this activity in groups would be recommended
and it will take 2-3 periods.
- Exploring
Histograms
This site has an interactive data analysis
tool that allows students to create their own
sets of data. They also see how the functions
of mean, median, and standard deviation depend
on the choice of data. Students enter data and
a histogram is drawn showing the results. Students
can explore how the graph is altered by changing
the mean and median.
- Fun
and Sun: Rent a Car
Students are given the task to rent a car
for a family vacation. After collecting their
data on various cars and given destinations, they
arrange their data in both a table and a graph.
Based on there data students will select their
best choice for car rental.
- Height
to Hand Relationship
Scatter Plot – Height to hand relationship
- in an interactive format.
- Houston
Area Real-Time Traffic Report
Students will calculate the time needed to travel
a certain distance given the rate of speed. They
will be collecting "real-time traffic maps of
the Houston area. Upon collecting their information
they will construct graphs. This contains a teacher
lesson plan and is a student activity.
- Indy
500
Students will find the mean and median speed for
the Indianapolis 500. Rates per lap will be calculated
as well as the length of each lap. Students will
need to research information via the Internet.
This would work best for students in grades 7-9.
- Is
It Fair
Using a standard six-sided die students play a
game using the rules provided to earn points.
After playing the game and recording the data
and scores, students determine whether the game
is fair. Their decisions are based on the interpretation
of the data they have collected.
- Math
Files - Data Picking
This is an interactive game where students
need to survey a group of students (on the computer)
and then enter their results in a frequency table
or chart. Then, after the computer graphs these
results, the student is asked to examine the graphs
and decide which graph best represents the data.
Circle graphs and scattergrams are included.
- Name
that Medium
Information is given in a chart on cassette and
CD sales the past decade. The students are
to make a double line graph, predictions, figure
costs by year and draw conclusions based on other
factors or questions being presented.
- NCES'S
Create a Graph
This site allows students to choose various
types of graphs and construct them. Instructions
are student friendly. Before students construct
a particular graph, there is an explanation about
the components of the graph, and an example of
how the graph is applied in real life.
- New
Kids in The Hall: Analyzing Baseball Hall of Fame
Statistics in the Math Classroom
In this activity, students see how statistics
are used to determine which athletes are chosen
to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Students work in small groups to calculate, chart,
and graph various statistics for different Hall
of Fame members. After reading an article about
new inductees to the Hall of Fame students collect
data on the statistics used to recommend atheletes
for the Hall of Fame and predict which athletes
would be good choices to be inducted in the future.
- Snowfall
Statistics for Snowboarding
Students use the Internet to collect the current
daily snowfall amounts and also to find the price
of a lift ticket for snowboarding at different
ski resorts in the United States, the students
will take a personal interest in the statistics
that we are working with. This interest will create
a desire to learn, with the result being that
the students will be much more successful in mastering
a difficult math topic. - Subtracting
the Ads
This activity explores the amount of time spent
watching commercials in a half-hour program.
They keep a tally of all the commercials that
appear and make a class frequency chart, comparing
the number of commercials in different types of
television programs.
- Surfing
Amusement Parks
Students have a choice of going to any one of
five amusement parks in California. They have
to choose one with an entrance fee that is the
median price range. Surf the Internet to find
how much it will cost for your family to go to
each park and then graph your findings. This contains
a teacher lesson plan and is a student activity.
- What
Percentage of Your Class is Right or Left Handed?
Students will write letters down for 20 seconds
with their right hand and then do the same for
their left. And record the results in a graph
form. This is a student activity.
- World
Shopping Spree
In this activity, students work in cooperative
groups to compare prices for the same merchandise
from shops in four different countries. They
convert
the prices using current exchange rates and determine
what they think will be the best buy. Information
is illustrated in graphs and tables. They can
also share this information is written form.
- D.AN.07.02 Create and interpret scatter
plots and find line of best fit; use an estimated
line of best fit to answer questions about the data.
- A
Functional Housing Market
Students will access the Internet to search for
housing prices in their town and compare the prices
to the number of square feet found in the living
area of the house. A linear equation will be derived
from the data on a coordinate plane. Any "best-fit"
method for determining the graph of the line can
be used. This contains a teacher lesson plan and
is a student activity. This is designed for an
Algebra One course.
- Adventures
in Statistics
Students need to collect information about the
classroom in their building (example: length,
width, height and number of students in the different
classrooms). After collecting all the data the
students then need to construct graphs representing
this data. This contains a teacher lesson plan
and is a student activity.
- Are
You My Type
The students do a survey on favorite music
and least favorite music of peers and adults.
They are to graph this information in a chart
and present this information to the class.
Doing this activity in groups would be recommended
and it will take 2-3 periods.
- Exploring
Histograms
This site has an interactive data analysis
tool that allows students to create their own
sets of data. They also see how the functions
of mean, median, and standard deviation depend
on the choice of data. Students enter data and
a histogram is drawn showing the results. Students
can explore how the graph is altered by changing
the mean and median.
- Fun
and Sun: Rent a Car
Students are given the task to rent a car
for a family vacation. After collecting their
data on various cars and given destinations, they
arrange their data in both a table and a graph.
Based on there data students will select their
best choice for car rental.
- Height
to Hand Relationship
Scatter Plot – Height to hand relationship
- in an interactive format.
-
- Houston
Area Real-Time Traffic Report
Students will calculate the time needed to travel
a certain distance given the rate of speed. They
will be collecting "real-time traffic maps of
the Houston area. Upon collecting their information
they will construct graphs. This contains a teacher
lesson plan and is a student activity.
- Indy
500
Students will find the mean and median speed for
the Indianapolis 500. Rates per lap will be calculated
as well as the length of each lap. Students will
need to research information via the Internet.
This would work best for students in grades 7-9.
- Is
It Fair
Using a standard six-sided die students play a
game using the rules provided to earn points.
After playing the game and recording the data
and scores, students determine whether the game
is fair. Their decisions are based on the interpretation
of the data they have collected.
- Math
Files - Data Picking
This is an interactive game where students
need to survey a group of students (on the computer)
and then enter their results in a frequency table
or chart. Then, after the computer graphs these
results, the student is asked to examine the graphs
and decide which graph best represents the data.
Circle graphs and scattergrams are included.
- Name
that Medium
Information is given in a chart on cassette and
CD sales the past decade. The students are
to make a double line graph, predictions, figure
costs by year and draw conclusions based on other
factors or questions being presented.
- NCES'S
Create a Graph
This site allows students to choose various types
of graphs and construct them. Instructions
are student friendly. Before students construct
a particular graph, there is an explanation about
the components of the graph, and an example of
how the graph is applied in real life.
- New
Kids in The Hall: Analyzing Baseball Hall of Fame
Statistics in the Math Classroom
In this activity, students see how statistics
are used to determine which athletes are chosen
to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Students work in small groups to calculate, chart,
and graph various statistics for different Hall
of Fame members. After reading an article about
new inductees to the Hall of Fame students collect
data on the statistics used to recommend atheletes
for the Hall of Fame and predict which athletes
would be good choices to be inducted in the future.
- Snowfall
Statistics for Snowboarding
Students use the Internet to collect the current
daily snowfall amounts and also to find the price
of a lift ticket for snowboarding at different
ski resorts in the United States, the students
will take a personal interest in the statistics
that we are working with. This interest will create
a desire to learn, with the result being that
the students will be much more successful in mastering
a difficult math topic.
- Subtracting
the Ads
This activity explores the amount of time spent
watching commercials in a half-hour program.
They keep a tally of all the commercials that
appear and make a class frequency chart, comparing
the number of commercials in different types of
television programs.
- Surfing
Amusement Parks
Students have a choice of going to any one of
five amusement parks in California. They have
to choose one with an entrance fee that is the
median price range. Surf the Internet to find
how much it will cost for your family to go to
each park and then graph your findings. This contains
a teacher lesson plan and is a student activity.
- What
Percentage of Your Class is Right or Left Handed?
Students will write letters down for 20 seconds
with their right hand and then do the same for
their left. And record the results in a graph
form. This is a student activity.
- World
Shopping Spree
In this activity, students work in cooperative
groups to compare prices for the same merchandise
from shops in four different countries. They convert
the prices using current exchange rates and determine
what they think will be the best buy. Information
is illustrated in graphs and tables. They can
also share this information is written form.
Compute Statistics About
Data Sets
- D.AN.07.03 Calculate and interpret relative
frequencies and cumulative frequencies for given
data
sets.
- D.AN.07.04 Find and interpret the median,
quartiles, and interquartile range of a given set
of data.
- A
Functional Housing Market
Students will access the Internet to search for
housing prices in their town and compare the prices
to the number of square feet found in the living
area of the house. A linear equation will be derived
from the data on a coordinate plane. Any "best-fit"
method for determining the graph of the line can
be used. This contains a teacher lesson plan and
is a student activity. This is designed for an
Algebra One course.
- Adventures
in Statistics
Students need to collect information about the
classroom in their building (example: length,
width, height and number of students in the different
classrooms). After collecting all the data the
students then need to construct graphs representing
this data. This contains a teacher lesson plan
and is a student activity.
- Houston
Area Real-Time Traffic Report
Students will calculate the time needed to travel
a certain distance given the rate of speed. They
will be collecting "real-time traffic maps of
the Houston area. Upon collecting their information
they will construct graphs. This contains a teacher
lesson plan and is a student activity.
- Indy
500
Students will find the mean and median speed
for the Indianapolis 500. Rates per lap will
be calculated
as well as the length of each lap. Students will
need to research information via the Internet.
This would work best for students in grades 7-9.
- Line
Graphs
This activity is part of Project SkyMath: Module
Section 4, Activity 11. In this activity students
interpret collected data represented on graphs.
This student activity requires students to represent
and analyze changes in temperatue over time.
- Math
Files - Train Race
This is an interactive game where students need
to calculate the mean, median, mode, and range
of a set of numbers and then use this information
to determine which train Pythagoras or Hypatia
should board to reach the station on time. An
on-screen calculator is provided for students
to calculate means.
- Name
that Medium
Information is given in a chart on cassette and
CD sales the past decade. The students are
to make a double line graph, predictions, figure
costs by year and draw conclusions based on other
factors or questions being presented.
- New
Kids in The Hall: Analyzing Baseball Hall of Fame
Statistics in the Math Classroom
In this activity, students see how statistics
are used to determine which athletes are chosen
to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Students work in small groups to calculate, chart,
and graph various statistics for different Hall
of Fame members. After reading an article about
new inductees to the Hall of Fame students collect
data on the statistics used to recommend atheletes
for the Hall of Fame and predict which athletes
would be good choices to be inducted in the future.
- Stem
and Leaf Plots Interactive
Stem and Leaf Plots Interactive site.
- Stem
and Leaf Plots
Stem and Leaf Plots.
- Surfing
Amusement Parks
Students have a choice of going to any one of
five amusement parks in California. They have
to choose one with an entrance fee that is the
median price range. Surf the Internet to find
how much it will cost for your family to go to
each park and then graph your findings. This
contains
a teacher lesson plan and is a student activity.
- Virtual
Manipulative Box Plot
Box and Whiskers Plot-interactive.
- What
Percentage of Your Class is Right or Left Handed?
Students will write letters down for 20 seconds
with their right hand and then do the same for
their left. And record the results in a graph
form. This is a student activity.
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