Practice asking questions with Gas Price data

Determine appropriate statistical questions that can be asked using a time series of New England gas prices?

Details

Activity Type:

Mini-Lesson

Types of Instruction:

Data Practice

Grades:

6, 7, 8

Subjects:

Social Science

Topics:

Energy

Statistical Concepts:

Statistical questions, Time series

Graph Types:

Line graph

Standards:

Practice 1

Asking questions and defining problems

Practice 4

Analyzing and interpreting data

Practice 8

Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information

Crosscutting 1

Patterns

Crosscutting 3

Scale, proportion, and quantity

6.SP-1

Recognize a statistical question as one that anticipates variability in the data related to the question and accounts for it in the answers.

8.SP-2

Know that straight lines are widely used to model relationships between two quantitative variables. For scatter plots that suggest a linear association, informally fit a straight line, and informally assess the model fit by judging the closeness of the data points to the line.

Literacy.W.7.1

Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.

Literacy.W.6.1

Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.

Literacy.W.8.1

Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.

Literacy.RST.6-8.7

Integrate quantitative or technical information expressed in words in a text with a version of that information expressed visually (e.g., in a flowchart, diagram, model, graph, or table).

Crosscutting 5

Energy and matter: Flows, cycles, and conservation

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