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Unit Design
Content Area
Grade/Course
Unit Title
Duration of Unit
Warren County Public Schools
Statistics and Probability
6
Unit 7: Statistics and Probability
22 days
Priority Standards
6.SP.2 Understand that a set of data collected to answer a statistical question has a distribution
which can be described by its center, spread, and overall shape.
6.SP.4 Display numerical data in plots on a number line, including dot plots, histograms, and box
plots.
6.SP.5c Giving quantitative measures of center (median and/or mean) and variability
(interquartile range and/or mean absolute deviation), as well as describing any overall pattern and
any striking deviations from the overall pattern with reference to the context in which the data
were gathered.
Supporting Standards
6.SP.1 Recognize a statistical question as one that anticipates variability in the data related to the
question and accounts for it in the answers. For example, “How old am I?” is not a statistical
question, but “How old are the students in my school?” is a statistical question because one
anticipates variability in students’ ages.
6.SP.3 Recognize that a measure of center for a numerical data set summarizes all of its values with
a single number, while a measure of variation describes how its values vary with a single number.
6.SP.5a Reporting the number of observations.
6.SP.5b Describing the nature of the attribute under investigation, including how it was measured
and its units of measurement.
6.SP./5d Relating the choice of measures of center and variability to the shape of the data
distribution and the context in which the data were gathered.
Concepts (nouns)
Set of data (center, spread, and overall shape)
Numerical data (number line, dot plot,
histogram, and box plot)
Quantitative measures of center (mean and
median) and variability (interquartile range
and mean absolute deviation)
Pattern and deviations
Skills (verbs)
Understand
Display
Bloom's Level (verb)
Understand (2)
Create (6)
Give
Apply (3)
Describe
Understand (2)
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Learning Target
LT1. Understand and display numerical data
LT2. Find mean and median
LT3. Find interquartile range and mean absolute deviation
LT4. Describe overall pattern and striking deviations in a set of data
Determine Big Ideas (lifelong
understandings)
1. By developing an understanding of
statistical variability and data I can set goals to
meet classroom expectations compared to
others.
2. Knowing how to summarize and describe
distributions can help me provide information
to my teachers about what the interests of
students from my school.
Write Essential Questions (Answer Big Idea,
hook student interest.
1. How can I use data to determine how well I am
doing in class compared to others?
2. How can creating a graph from data about
student’s favorite hobbies help me to determine
what clubs our school should offer?
Suggested Tasks for Unit 7 Statistics and Probability
Carnegie Learning
Course 1, Chapters 15,16
Go Math! Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Chapter 12: Data Displays and Measures of Center
Chapter 13: Variability and Data Distributions
Math in Focus
Chapter 13: Introduction to Statistics
Chapter 14: Measures of Central Tendency
Math Innovations
At this Rate
Mountain Math
Problems: 20
Websites:
Accelerated Math Objectives:
107-113
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Formative Assessment Lessons
http://map.mathshell.org/materials/lessons.php
-Mean, Median, Mode and Range
-Representing Data Using Grouped Frequency Graphs and Box Plots