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http://illuminations.nctm.org/LessonDetail.aspx?ID=L354
A lesson plan for grades 3–5 Mathematics
In this lesson, the fourth of an eight-part unit from Illuminations titled “Eat Your Veggies,” students make human line plots and circle graphs, then draw them on paper and use a website to generate them. Posing and answering questions using the graphs gives the students an opportunity to apply their problem-solving and communication skills. They also find the mean and median of a set of data.
This lesson is referenced in the Illuminations unit plan titled “Eat Your Veggies” and is connected to the Illuminations lessons titled “Tally Time,” “Can You Picture It?,” “Healthy Eating,” “What Is Your Favorite?,” “Let’s Compare,” “Alphabet Soup,” “Glyphs for all Reasons.”
North Carolina Curriculum Alignment
Mathematics (2004)
Grade 3
- Goal 4: Data Analysis and Probability - The learner will understand and use data and simple probability concepts.
- Objective 4.01: Collect, organize, analyze, and display data (including circle graphs and tables) to solve problems.
Grade 4
- Goal 4: Data Analysis and Probability - The learner will understand and use graphs, probability, and data analysis.
- Objective 4.01: Collect, organize, analyze, and display data (including line graphs and bar graphs) to solve problems.
- Objective 4.02: Describe the distribution of data using median, range and mode.
Grade 5
- Goal 4: Data Analysis and Probability - The learner will understand and use graphs and data analysis.
- Objective 4.01: Collect, organize, analyze, and display data (including stem-and-leaf plots) to solve problems.
- Objective 4.02: Compare and contrast different representations of the same data; discuss the effectiveness of each representation.
- Objective 4.03: Solve problems with data from a single set or multiple sets of data using median, range, and mode.
