Integrated Math I · Week 21 · Descriptive Statistics
Outliers Are People Too
- Students will
- Students interpret differences in shape, center, and spread, accounting for outliers.
- SEL skill
- Imagine the story behind an unusual data point and how to support that person
- What it looks like
- Students consider the stories behind data points that do not fit the pattern.
- Content focus
- Effect of outliers on center and spread
- Format
- Collaborative analysis
Social awareness
Social awareness means understanding other people's perspectives and showing empathy, including for people with different backgrounds and experiences. More social awareness activities
What you get
A teacher guide with what to say, step by step, plus student pages and a supports page for students with diverse learning needs, including those with IEPs. Print or Project it, or assign it in Google Forms and Google Docs for Google Classroom. Your first 10 activities are free.
Standards
- S-ID.3: High School Statistics and Probability: Interpreting Categorical and Quantitative Data, standard 3
- Standard for Mathematical Practice: MP3 Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others
- CA Mathematics Framework (2023): Reasoning with Data
- Traditional course: Algebra I
Fits these textbook chapters
- CCSS Integrated Pathway Mathematics I, Unit 4: Descriptive Statistics
- Carnegie Learning Integrated Math I, Module 4: Describing Distributions
- CPM Core Connections Integrated I, Chapter 10: Functions and Data
- Savvas enVision Integrated Mathematics I, Topic 10: Statistics
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More social awareness activities for Integrated Math I
- Fair Share Social awareness
- Seeing It Another Way Social awareness
- Kindness Spreads Social awareness
- What Is Typical? Social awareness
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