What's in a name: Looking back and moving forward
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A lesson plan for grades 4–5 Mathematics
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Students create graphs based on the characteristics of the names of the 50 States, and find measures of center and of spread. Illuminations provides grid paper, a link to a state data map applet, and detailed instructions for completing the lesson.
Students will:
- Create a bar graph and a pictograph from a given set of data.
- Find the mean, median, and mode of a given set of data.
- Find the range of a given set of data.
- Construct a box plot.
NCTM Standards and Expectations:
- Represent data using tables and graphs such as line plots, bar graphs, and line graphs.
- Compare different representations of the same data and evaluate how well each representation shows important aspects of the data.
North Carolina Curriculum Alignment
Mathematics (2004)
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.
