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A lesson plan for grades 6–8 Mathematics

Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics


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This lesson emphasizes the connections between science and mathematics by using a performance, or authentic, assessment format. Students explore applications involving their own heart. This activity involves students in interpreting factual information in a variety of problem-solving situations. Students also create and solve an original problem. Illuminations provides an activity sheet and detailed instructions for completing the lesson.

Students will:

  • Interpret factual information.
  • Solve related problems.
  • Create and solve an original problem.

NCTM Standards and Expectations:

  • Select, create, and use appropriate graphical representations of data, including histograms, box plots, and scatterplots.
  • Use observations about differences between two or more samples to make conjectures about the populations from which the samples were taken.

North Carolina Curriculum Alignment

Mathematics (2004)

Grade 6

  • Goal 4: Data Analysis and Probability - The learner will understand and determine probabilities.
    • Objective 4.04: Determine and compare experimental and theoretical probabilities for simple and compound events.
    • Objective 4.06: Design and conduct experiments or surveys to solve problems; report and analyze results

Grade 7

  • 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 box plots and histograms) to solve problems.
    • Objective 4.02: Calculate, use, and interpret the mean, median, mode, range, frequency distribution, and inter-quartile range for a set of data.
    • Objective 4.05: Solve problems involving two or more sets of data using appropriate statistical measures.

Grade 8

  • 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 scatterplots) to solve problems.
    • Objective 4.02: Approximate a line of best fit for a given scatterplot; explain the meaning of the line as it relates to the problem and make predictions.