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Make a conjecture

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A lesson plan for grades 9–12 Mathematics

Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics


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Using an interactive computer program, students explore rates of cardiac output, which is the blood flow pumped by the heart. The teacher leads students in a discussion predicting rates of change for several examples based on medical x-rays and fluoroscope movies.

Students will:

  • Explore rates of change and accumulation in context.

NCTM Standards and Expectations covered in this lesson include:

  • Understanding the differences among various kinds of studies and which types of inferences can legitimately be drawn from each.
  • Understanding the meaning of measurement data and categorical data, of univariate and bivariate data, and of the term variable.
  • Knowing the characteristics of well-designed studies, including the role of randomization in surveys and experiments.

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