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A lesson plan for grades 3–5 Mathematics

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Students collect and analyze data about the weather and learn to make a stem-and-leaf plot. Students use newspapers, the Internet, or other sources to collect weather data. Illuminations provides links to helpful web resources and detailed instructions for completing the activity.

Students will:

  • Collect, organize, and describe weather data.
  • Construct, read, and interpret different displays of data, such as line graphs, line plots, and stem-and-leaf plots.
  • Formulate and solve problems that involve collecting and analyzing data.

NCTM Standards and Expectations:

  • Represent data using tables and graphs such as line plots, bar graphs, and line graphs.
  • Collect data using observations, surveys, and experiments.
  • 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.

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.
    • Objective 4.02: Determine the number of permutations and combinations of up to three items.
    • Objective 4.03: Solve probability problems using permutations and combinations.

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.