Having more letters in your name helps you get a better grade in your math class—or does it? Learners create scatter plots to organize data. The lesson places emphasis on determining scale and intervals and labeling axis.

Concepts

bivariate data, scatter plots

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Create a guided note document for individuals to complete while viewing the video

Classroom Considerations

• Must have Internet access in the classroom to view the video
• Requires graph paper for creating scatter plots
• The second in series of six dedicated to statistics

Pros

• Uses data that is relavant to the age of targeted pupils

Cons

• Length of the video is more than 14 minutes, which may be a long time to hold the attention of pupils

Common Core

8.SP.A.1