"Life is more risk management, rather than exclusion of risks." -Walter Wriston. Scholars use provided mortality data to determine how likely it is a person will die from a particular cause. They compare the data to the perception of the risk of death from these causes.

 

Concepts

risks, probability, magnitude, chance, statistics, proportions

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Have the class research more recent population data and statistics to use in the lessons

Classroom Considerations

• Each lesson requires certain materials; see beginning of each lesson for complete list
• Be sure the software for stage four works on your computer

Pros

• Teacher notes are given in a different color to distinguish them from the rest of the lesson guide
• Reproducible student worksheets are all grouped together in the resource for easy printing

Cons

• Provided mortality data is for England; statistics might be different for the U.S.