AccommodationsforJohn:

TheonlyaccommodationwefeltwasnecessaryforJohninthislessonplanwas
permissionfromtheteachertoleavetheclassroomwheneverheisagitated,fornomore
than3timesduringaclassperiod,for5minutesmaximumpertime.Thiswouldfulfill
Johnsrequirementofstayingintheclassroomfor75%ofthetime,or45minutesoutof
the60minuteclassperiod.

Pairsofstudentswillsurveyotherstudentsintheschoolandthengraphtheresults,as
wellascometoconclusionsbasedontheinformation.

GradeLevel:57th

Subject:Math

LengthofTime:3ClassPeriods

CommonCoreAlignment
CCSS.Math.Content.6.SP.A.1Recognizeastatisticalquestionasonethatanticipates
variabilityinthedatarelatedtothequestionandaccountsforitintheanswers.For
example,"HowoldamI?"isnotastatisticalquestion,but"Howoldarethestudentsin
myschool?"isastatisticalquestionbecauseoneanticipatesvariabilityinstudents'ages.

CCSS.Math.Content.6.SP.A.2Understandthatasetofdatacollectedtoanswera
statisticalquestionhasadistribution,whichcanbedescribedbyitscenter,spread,and
overallshape.

CCSS.Math.Content.6.SP.B.4Displaynumericaldatainplotsonanumberline,
includingdotplots,histograms,andboxplots.

CCSS.Math.Content.6.SP.B.5Summarizenumericaldatasetsinrelationtotheir
context,suchasby:

Objectives&Outcomes
Thestudentswillbeabletocreatestatisticalquestions,surveyothers,displayandanalyze
theresults,andreportconclusionsinapresentationtotheclass.

MaterialsNeeded
Coloredpencils,graphpaper,ruler,posterboardorsimilar,accesstomagazinesorother
materialsforimages,accesstoExcel(optional)

Prepareaheadoftime:Findagraphshowingresultsofasurveyfortheopeningtothe
lesson.

Procedure
OpeningtoLesson

Displayagraphshowingtheresultsofasurvey.Itcouldbeasimpleonequestionlineor
bargraph.Askstudentsiftheyknowthedifferentpartsofthegraph:title,intervals,etc.

Ask:Whatinformationdoesthegraphshow?Whataretheresultsofthesurvey?What
canyouinterpretfromthegraph?Whatconclusionscouldyoumake?Whowouldbenefit
fromknowingtheresults?

Allowforresponsesanddiscussion.

DAYONE
Modeling

Tellstudentstheywillbecreatingsimilarsurveysandreportingtheresultsand
conclusions.Theywillanswerthesametypesofquestionsbasedonresultsoftheir
createdsurveys.Reviewthedifferenttypesofgraphswithstudents:bar,line,etc.(You
mayuseaworksheetforstudentpracticebeforebeginningtheactivity.)

GuidedPractice

Pairstudents.Telleachpairtheymustcreate3to5relatedquestionstoaskotherstudents
intheschool.Giveanexampleoftwoquestionsthatmayberelated:Whattimedoyou
gotobedatnight?Whattimedoyouwakeup?Oncethequestionsarecreated,the
studentswillusethesurveywith25students.Theywillrecordtheresults.

Thestudentpairsmustcreateadatacollectionpagetorecordtheresultsaswell.The
surveyswillbeconductedandresultsusedthenextday.Theteachershouldreviewthe
surveyquestionsbeforestudentsarepermittedtoapproachotherstudents.Inaddition,if
possibletrytopreventsimilarorrepeatedpatternsofquestions.

DAYTWO
Pairsofstudentsmeettoorganizeanddiscusstheresultsofthesurveys.Theymustdecide
onwhichtypeofgraphorgraphstousetodisplaytheresultsusingtheposterboard.They
begincompilingthedata,findthemean,range,andotherinformationwhichwillbe
helpfulforinterpretingtheinformation.Thetwostudentswillthenusetheinformationto
writeoutashortreportwhichwillbeorallypresentedtotheclass.Next,createadisplay
boardtocreativelypresentthefindings,usingimages,atitle,etc.Allowthestudentsat
leastonefullclassperiodtocompletetheprojectoncetheygatheredalloftheirdata.
Schedulestudentspresentationsthenextday.

DAYTHREE
Eachpairofstudentsreceivesbetween3to5minutestoreporttheirfindingsand
interpretationstotheclass,drawingconclusions,etc.Thepresentationsshouldanswerthe
questions,andmore,posedintheopeningtothelesson.RemindstudentsNOTtosimply
reporttheresults.

Assessthestudentsbasedonarubricpreparedaheadoftime.

IndependentPractice
Teachercreatedorcommercialhandoutsforpracticewithgraphing,including
interpretinggraphs,themean,range,etc.

Closing
Ask:Whatdifficultieswerethereinsurveyingotherstudents?Whatwerethevariables?
Whatwouldtheyhavedonedifferently?(Orotherquestionsbasedontheexperience.)

Assessment&Evaluation
Createarubrictobeusedfortheclassactivityandpresentation.Useteachercreatedor
othermaterialstoquizorteststudentsoncreatingandinterpretinggraphsusingagiven
setofdata.

Modification&Differentiation
Studentscreatesurveyquestionstobeusedoutsideofclasswithadults,familymembers,
orothers.Studentsworkaloneonthedatacollection.Nooralreports,allinformationis
presentedinawrittenreport.UseofExcelspreadsheetprogramforstudentstocreatethe
graphs.