Mountlake Terrace High School
Sample
Assignments
Day
1: Test Product: Students write 5 questions, complete a survey, and graph the
findings.
Day 2: Survey Design: Developing questions, relevant quantitative information.
I.
Using examples created by teacher, discuss the pros and cons of each
graph. Discussion questions include:
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What information can you gather from this graph?
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What other pieces of information do you need to understand this graph?
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What other ways could you ask the same question?
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How can you use this information?
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Other specific questions that relate to each graph.
II.
Using the student examples from the previous day, ask them to examine
their work according to the teacher examples.
Day
3: How to represent this information with more precision.
I. Compare and contrast the different types
of graphs and data representations.
Day
4: Reflect and re-do.
I.
With their new information, students rewrite previous or create 5 new questions
to survey. After gathering information, they will calculate and graph/represent
their new findings.
Following
lessons:
1.
Drug and alcohol survey: Students create and implement survey of
classmate’s drug and alcohol use and graph their findings.
2.
Current event evaluation: Using current event articles, students will
glean statistics and evaluate information given for validity.
3.
Birth control comparison: Students will compare and contrast the
effectiveness, cost, availability, side effects, etc. of various methods of
birth control by graphing the results.
Each
of the four assignments listed above will include:
1.
Writing relevant questions
2.
Surveying
3.
Discerning appropriate graph usage
4.
Graphing
5.
Evaluation
of data