Car Tally

Lesson Plan Attachments

Car Tally Lesson Plan
In this lesson, students will demonstrate their understanding of ratios, percents, positive decimals, mean, median, mode, and bar graphs. A project-based experiment, this lesson has the students analyze, make predictions, and present their findings of a data set that they collect. In addition, they will be asked to analyze why their data is valid or invalid when applied to the "real world."

• "Worksheet: Car Tally Lab"
• "Step Sheet: Creating an Excel Spreadsheet with Bar Graph"
• "Sample: Spreadsheet with Bar Graph"
• "Template: Spreadsheet with Bar Graph"(Excel)
• "Spreadsheet with Bar Graph Rubric"
• "Handout: Lab Write-Up Requirements"
• "Step Sheet: Importing Tables and Graphs from Excel"
• "Lab Write-Up Rubric"

On-line Resources

• Color Matters
  A nice website with useful information on how color affects accidents, number of speeding tickets, and other interesting information.
• AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety
  Another website that offers insight into how color affects accidents, number of tickets, etc.
• Mean, Median, and Mode Discussion
  Features a scripted discussion between a student and a mentor on the difference between mean, median, and mode.
• Principles and Standards for School Mathematics
  Features seven data points in a line plot that, using interactive software, students can use to compare and contrast properties of measures of central tendency.

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