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Food court: Looking back and moving forward

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A lesson plan for grades 3–5 Mathematics

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In this lesson, students conduct and present the results of surveys in several ways. The process standards Communication and Representation are fundamental to this lesson. Illuminations provides several activity sheets and detailed instructions for completing the lesson.

Students will:

  • Determine the possible combinations given two variables.
  • Create a bar graph and a pictograph from data collected by a survey.
  • Find the mean, median, and mode of a given set of data.
  • Find the range of a given set of data.
  • Construct and describe a box plot.

NCTM Standards and Expectations:

  • Design investigations to address a question and consider how data-collection methods affect the nature of the data set.
  • Collect data using observations, surveys, and experiments.
  • Represent data using tables and graphs such as line plots, bar graphs, and line graphs.
  • Describe the shape and important features of a set of data and compare related data sets, with an emphasis on how the data are distributed.
  • Use measures of center, focusing on the median, and understand what each does and does not indicate about the data set.

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.
    • Objective 4.03: Solve problems by comparing two sets of related data.
    • Objective 4.04: Design experiments and list all possible outcomes and probabilities for an event.

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.