STANDARD
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.6.SP.B.4 Display numerical data in plots on a number line, including dot plots, histograms, and box plots.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.6.SP.B.5 Summarize numerical data sets in relation to their context.
Technology Required
Students will need either a computer or tablet to play the game. Teachers will need a computer connected to a projector or smart board to show the presentation or video.
Time
60-75 minutes including presentation, analysis, and game.
Summary
With a Google slides presentation, students are introduced to the concept of answering a question with data. A video is also provided for review. Using a data set of all tribal leaders in 2019, they are walked though an example of using Google Sheets to create frequency table and plots of data. Students then use the data set to create their own tables and plots. Students finish the lesson by playing a game where they learn about computing distributions in Mayan history.
Lesson
1. Presentation on primary sources and frequency distributions with Google sheets.
Give students a slide presentation that asks the question “How wired are tribes?” . This also gives the definitions of data, primary sources, secondary sources and frequency table. Students will learn how to create a frequency table with Google sheets.
Differentiated Instruction: If needed, students can review the information by watching this video on their own.
You can also assign students who were absent to watch the video on their own.
2. Assign Students to Create Their Own Frequency Distribution
A Google doc with the assignment and link to video.
You’ll need the 2019 Tribal Leaders Data Set to complete this assignment. Copy the link into Google classroom for students to access.
Here is the answer key for the teacher
If your students completed the assignment correctly, it will match the answer key here.
Differentiated Instruction: For more advanced students
You may wish to have them compute an additional frequency distribution to show the frequency distribution of tribal entities by BIA region. That answer is also provided in the file above.
3. Play a game that teaches distributions
When students have completed their assignments that can play AzTech: Meet the Maya, a game which teaches statistics, including frequency distributions.
Assessment
Two types of assessment are available, their answers to the assignment with Google sheets, and their responses to the in-app math challenges in AzTech: Meet the Maya, which are graded automatically with data available from the. teacher reports.