6.SP-2

Understand that a set of data collected to answer a statistical question has a distribution which can be described by its center, spread, and overall shape.

Common Core State Mathematics Standards

Materials related to this Standard

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Anatomy of a box plot

Anatomy of a box plot

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Slide presentation explaining the anatomy of a box and whisker plot, how to use them to compare two groups, and useful vocabulary.

Grades:

6, 7, 8, 9+

Subjects:

Earth Science

Topics:

Earth's Surface Systems, Weather and Climate

Statistical Concepts:

Group comparison, Variability

Skills:

Comparing groups, Describing variability, graphing data

Graph Types:

Box plot, Frequency plot

Teacher Instructional or Primer for:

Data Presentation

Data Literacy Instructional for:

Practice correlating with precipitation data

Practice comparing groups with Belfast temperature data

Practice comparing groups with Cell Phone data

Practice comparing groups: Chromosome Number data

Practice comparing groups with Gas Price data

Practice comparing groups with high tide data

Practice comparing groups: House Insulation and Temperature data

Practice comparing groups: Maine lake fish data

Practice comparing groups with midge data

Practice comparing groups: Reaction Time data

Practice comparing groups with AM and PM tide height data

Anatomy of a scatter plot

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A slide presentation on making a scatter plot

Grades:

6, 7, 8, 9+

Statistical Concepts:

Correlation

Skills:

Correlations, graphing data

Graph Types:

Scatter plot

Data Literacy Instructional for:

Practice correlating with precipitation data

Practice correlating with Glass Eel data

Practice correlating: House Insulation and Temperature data

Practice correlating: Pen Bay Buoy Air-Water Temperature data

Practice correlating with Tide Extreme data

Practice correlating with US milk production data

Practice correlating: Chlorophyll and phosphorus in lakes

Practice asking questions with balloon ascent data

Getting familiar with frequency plot types

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Slide presentation showing how to construct a dot plot.

Grades:

6, 7, 8, 9+

Subjects:

Social Science

Topics:

Energy

Statistical Concepts:

Group comparison, Variability

Skills:

Comparing groups, Describing variability, graphing data

Graph Types:

Box plot, Dot plot, Frequency plot, Histogram

Data Literacy Instructional for:

Practice describing variability with earthquake data

Practice describing variability with hurricane duration data

Practice describing variability with hurricane wind speeds data

Practice describing variability with tide height data

Graph of the Week-International healthcare costs

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Graph of the Week-International healthcare costs

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Graph of the Week about international healthcare costs

Types of Instruction:

Data Interpretation, Data Practice, Data Work

Grades:

6, 7, 8

Subjects:

Life Science

Topics:

Analyzing and interpreting data, Economics

Statistical Concepts:

Time series

Skills:

analyzing data, interpreting data, Time series

Graph Types:

Line graph, Time series

Language for comparing groups

Language for comparing groups

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A helpful document with language for describing and discussing comparisons of data from different groups.

Grades:

6, 7, 8, 9+

Topics:

Analyzing and interpreting data, Engaging in argument from evidence, Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information, Patterns

Statistical Concepts:

Group comparison, Question, Evidence, Claim, Reasoning

Skills:

argument, communicating, Comparing groups, graphing data, interpreting data

Graph Types:

Bar graph, Box plot

Data Literacy Instructional for:

Practice comparing groups with Belfast temperature data

Practice comparing groups with Cell Phone data

Practice comparing groups: Chromosome Number data

Practice comparing groups with Gas Price data

Practice comparing groups with high tide data

Practice comparing groups: House Insulation and Temperature data

Practice comparing groups: Maine lake fish data

Practice comparing groups with midge data

Practice comparing groups: Reaction Time data

Practice comparing groups with AM and PM tide height data

Language for describing variability

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A helpful document with language for describing variability in a dataset.

Grades:

6, 7, 8, 9+

Topics:

Analyzing and interpreting data, Engaging in argument from evidence, Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information, Patterns

Statistical Concepts:

Group comparison, Variability

Skills:

analyzing data, Describing variability, graphing data, interpreting data

Graph Types:

Box plot, Dot plot, Frequency plot

Teacher Instructional or Primer for:

Data Presentation

Data Literacy Instructional for:

Practice describing variability with earthquake data

Practice describing variability with hurricane duration data

Practice describing variability with hurricane wind speeds data

Practice comparing groups with Belfast temperature data

Practice describing variability with tide height data

Practice comparing groups with Cell Phone data

Practice comparing groups: Chromosome Number data

Practice comparing groups with Gas Price data

Practice comparing groups with high tide data

Practice comparing groups: House Insulation and Temperature data

Practice comparing groups: Maine lake fish data

Practice comparing groups with midge data

Practice comparing groups: Reaction Time data

Practice comparing groups with AM and PM tide height data

Make a box plot from a dot plot

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Slide presentation showing how to turn a dot plot into a box plot.

Grades:

6, 7, 8, 9+

Subjects:

Life Science, Physical Science, Social Science

Topics:

Demographics, Energy, Growth, Development and Reproduction of Organisms

Statistical Concepts:

Variability

Skills:

Describing variability

Graph Types:

Box plot, Dot plot, Frequency plot

Data Literacy Instructional for:

Practice describing variability with earthquake data

Practice describing variability with hurricane duration data

Practice describing variability with hurricane wind speeds data

Practice describing variability with tide height data

Making a dot plot and scaling its axis

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Slide presentation showing how to scale an axis and make a dot plot.

Grades:

6, 7, 8, 9+

Subjects:

Life Science

Topics:

Growth, Development and Reproduction of Organisms

Statistical Concepts:

Variability

Skills:

Describing variability, graphing data

Graph Types:

Dot plot, Frequency plot

Data Literacy Instructional for:

Practice describing variability with earthquake data

Practice describing variability with hurricane duration data

Practice describing variability with hurricane wind speeds data

Practice describing variability with tide height data

Mini Lesson 2 (PRAC) Earthquakes

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Types of Instruction:

Data Practice

Grades:

6, 7, 8

Subjects:

Earth Science

Topics:

Earth's Interior Systems

Statistical Concepts:

Statistical questions, Variability

Skills:

Describing variability

Graph Types:

Dot plot

Data Activity File for:

Practice describing variability with earthquake data

Mini Lesson 2 (PRAC) Hurricane Duration

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Types of Instruction:

Data Practice

Grades:

6, 7, 8

Subjects:

Earth Science

Topics:

Earth's Surface Systems, Weather and Climate

Statistical Concepts:

Statistical questions, Variability

Skills:

Describing variability

Graph Types:

Dot plot

Data Activity File for:

Practice describing variability with hurricane duration data

Mini Lesson 2 (PRAC) Hurricane Wind Speeds

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Types of Instruction:

Data Practice

Grades:

6, 7, 8

Subjects:

Earth Science

Topics:

Earth's Surface Systems, Weather and Climate

Statistical Concepts:

Statistical questions, Variability

Skills:

Describing variability

Graph Types:

Dot plot

Data Activity File for:

Practice describing variability with hurricane wind speeds data

Mini Lesson 3 (PRAC) Acadia and Greenville Precipitation

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Interpret frequency plots to compare the monthly rainfall in Greenville and at Acadia.

Types of Instruction:

Data Practice

Grades:

6, 7, 8

Subjects:

Earth Science

Topics:

Earth's Surface Systems, Earth's Systems, Weather and Climate

Statistical Concepts:

Group comparison

Skills:

Comparing groups

Graph Types:

Box plot, Dot plot

Data Activity File for:

Practice correlating with precipitation data

Mini Lesson 3 (PRAC) Belfast Temperatures

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Types of Instruction:

Data Practice

Grades:

6, 7, 8

Subjects:

Earth Science

Topics:

Earth's Surface Systems, Weather and Climate

Statistical Concepts:

Group comparison, Variability

Skills:

Comparing groups, Describing variability

Graph Types:

Box plot

Data Activity File for:

Practice comparing groups with Belfast temperature data

Mini Lesson 3 (PRAC) Cell Phones

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Compare cell phone use in North America, Europe and Africa using box plots.

Types of Instruction:

Data Practice

Grades:

6, 7, 8

Subjects:

Social Science

Topics:

Demographics, Economics

Statistical Concepts:

Group comparison, Variability

Skills:

Comparing groups

Graph Types:

Box plot

Data Activity File for:

Practice comparing groups with Cell Phone data

Mini Lesson 3 (PRAC) Gas Prices

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Types of Instruction:

Data Practice

Grades:

6, 7, 8

Subjects:

Social Science

Topics:

Economics, Energy

Statistical Concepts:

Group comparison, Variability

Skills:

Comparing groups

Graph Types:

Dot plot

Data Activity File for:

Practice comparing groups with Gas Price data

Mini Lesson 5 (PRAC) Penobscot River Flow

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Interpret river flow graphical data from 2013

Types of Instruction:

Data Interpretation, Data Practice

Grades:

6, 7, 8, 9+

Subjects:

Earth Science

Topics:

Analyzing and interpreting data, Earth's Surface Systems, Earth's Systems, Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems, Weather and Climate

Statistical Concepts:

Time series

Skills:

analyzing data, information gathering and interpreting, interpreting data, Time series

Graph Types:

Line graph, Time series

Data Activity File for:

Practice time series with Penobscot River Flow data

Show and Describe Variability

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Slide presentation about language for describing variability.

Grades:

6, 7, 8, 9+

Topics:

Asking questions

Statistical Concepts:

Variability

Skills:

Describing variability, graphing data

Graph Types:

Box plot, Dot plot, Frequency plot, Histogram

Teacher Instructional or Primer for:

Data Presentation

Data Literacy Instructional for:

Practice describing variability with earthquake data

Practice describing variability with hurricane duration data

Practice describing variability with hurricane wind speeds data

Practice describing variability with tide height data

Think statistically and ask statistical questions (One versus Many)

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Slide presentation introducing the idea of measuring more than one thing, and expecting variability in a group of measurements.

Grades:

6, 7, 8, 9+

Topics:

Asking questions

Statistical Concepts:

Statistical questions

Skills:

asking questions, Asking statistical questions

Teacher Instructional or Primer for:

Data Presentation

Data Literacy Instructional for:

Practice asking questions with precipitation data

Practice asking questions with balloon ascent data

Practice asking questions with Gas Price data

Practice asking questions: Solar Panel data

Practice asking questions with Tide Table data