Friday, October 30, 2009
Math 6 (Class 53)
Lesson Title
Investigation 1: Organizing Your Data
Overview
In today’s class work Quiz 7 focusing on the last unit, Prime Time. This is our last quiz for that unit.
Textbook Sections
Problem 1.4 (Txt. p.11) Identifying the Median
Vocabulary
typical
variable
frequency
line plot
bar graph
axis
scale
bell shaped
clustered/ grouped
range
mode
median
Key Attitudes
Willingness to work as a group to help meet individual and group goals.
Enduring Understandings
Change is fundamental to understanding functions.
Mathematical relationships can be represented in 4 main ways: Graphical, Numerical, Algebraic, Verbal (written and oral).
Essential Question
What is average?
What makes a data representation useful?
Key Knowledge
The median is a measure of the center of a set of data.
The median is a type of average.
The median is found by organizing the data in sequential order then finding the “middle” value.
Key Skills
I can explain what a median is.
I can find the median of a set of data.
Turn-In (#-1)
ACE p.15 #7 (Note: It does not ask you to actually make a list of names!)
Handouts
No Handouts Posted
Assignment
No Homework (However, ACE p. 18 #15 is due Tuesday)
Disclaimer- The assignment as stated in class is the official assignment. Every effort is made to keep this posting accurate, but you should refer to what was stated in class as the final word.
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