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Mathematics — Grade 7

Goal 4: Data Analysis and Probability - The learner will understand and use graphs and data analysis.

Objective 4.05. Solve problems involving two or more sets of data using appropriate statistical measures.

Additional related resources

We’re in the process of aligning our content for students to the Standard Course of Study. As we do, you’ll find it here.

General resources

Aligned lesson plans

Statistics project
Students collect numeric and non-numeric data. They are then expected to use the data collected to construct different types of graphs as well as finding central tendencies.
Format: lesson plan (grade 5–8 Mathematics)
By Audrea Saunders.
See how they run!: The 100 meter dash
Middle level students will collect times as they run the 100 meter dash. These times will be depicted through various graphic representations (bar, circle, histogram). Times will be compared to current world records for the 100 meters. Students will decide which Math class ran fastest and support that choice in short essay form. They will also try to determine the faster gender based on the data collected.

This lesson plan is a unit filled with related lesson plans. One or two parts of this project could be completed as a stand-alone lesson, or the entire set of activities and extensions could be completed for an involved, integrated unit.
Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Mathematics)
By Holly Smith.
Post-EOG activities: Student products
In this project, students will become entrepreneurs. They will have a business that makes items with 3-dimensional shapes. They will receive various tasks that will require that they make decisions as any other business owner would have to do.
Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Mathematics)
By Geneva Williams.
ACC basketball
The students will use ACC basketball statistics to practice the process of converting fractions to decimals then to percents and will learn how to create and edit a spreadsheet. They will then use this spreadsheet to analyze their data. This unit is done during the basketball season.
Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Information Skills and Mathematics)
By Susan Dougherty.

Resources on the web

Wrapping it up
In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students finalize their work collecting data, identifying patterns, and making predictions about the game of Paper Pool. They then write a report that summarizes all of their findings. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Which pocket?
In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students continue their investigation of the Paper Pool game by discovering a rule to predict the pocket in which the ball will land. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
What's in a graph?
The purpose of this lesson is to help students learn how to use and interpret graphs. The graphs will be pulled from a variety of sources, and the activities ask the students to interpret graphs. The students need to start this lesson with the knowledge... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Mathematics and Science)
Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science
Taking its toll
In this Illuminations lesson, students compare the price of a toll to the distance traveled. Students investigate data numerically and graphically to determine the per-mile charge, and they predict the cost if a new tollbooth were added along the route. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Mathematics as communication
This lesson, from Illuminations, focuses on interpreting and creating graphs that are functions of time. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
How many hits?
In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students continue their investigation of the Paper Pool game by exploring more tables and organizing the results. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Heating up
In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students discover the havoc that wildfire can cause. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Heartifacts
In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students are asked to interpret factual heart-related information in a variety of problem-solving situations. They also create and solve an original problem. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Graphical representations for the number of hits
In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students continue their exploration of the Paper Pool game by graphically analyzing data collected during several games played. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Five's a Crowd
Students play a game in which they try to list five countries or states in order from most crowded to least crowded. Using area and population data from a website, they estimate quotients to make their list. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Can It Be?
Students participate in activities in which they focus on connections between mathematics and children's literature. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Burning questions
In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students use information from a quiz, along with what they learned in the previous four lessons, to write a summary and finalize a property sketch demonstrating their understanding of wildfires. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Baseball stats
The purpose of this Science NetLinks lesson is to use the internet to explore datasets and statistics in baseball. At the middle school level students can build on previous experience to delve into statistics in greater detail. Students should be focused... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Mathematics)
Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science
About Our Class
Students collect and analyze data about a student's family and his or her personal interests. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics