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How do you organize the counties in your state?: Looking back and moving forward

http://illuminations.nctm.org/LessonDetail.aspx?ID=L335

A lesson plan for grades 3–5 Mathematics

Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics


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This lesson combines the data and activities performed during this plan into a culminating lesson. Students are involved in class discussions and comparisons of the population data. Illuminations provides detailed instructions for completing the lesson.

Students will:

  • Organize and display data from the U.S. Census.
  • Represent data using tables and graphs.
  • Analyze data.
  • Describe important features of the set of data.

NCTM Standards and Expectations:

  • Recognize the differences in representing categorical and numerical data.
  • Represent data using tables and graphs such as line plots, bar graphs, and line graphs.
  • Collect data using observations, surveys, and experiments.
  • 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.