Data and Graphs

In Data & Graphs students learn to read, analyze and create many types of graphs. Their final project is to gather data, create graphs, and develop a convincing argument to bring a specific fast food restaurant onto campus (at the student union or cafeteria). Lesson 1 May I Take Your Order? Students interpret bar graphs and begin the discussion on how to pick the best fast food chain for their campus. Lesson 2 Would You Like Pie With That? Bar graphs, pie charts and line graphs are analyzed as students begin to get familiar with the many different ways to display data. Nitty Gritty: Conversion between percentage, fraction and decimal forms. Lesson 3 The Graphing Gourmet. In this lesson students learn how to create (by hand) bar graphs, pie charts, and line graphs. They work from real data about the fast food industry. Lesson 4 Waiter, There's a Whisker in My Soup! Box and Whisker plots are created by the students. Nitty Gritty: Percent Increase. Lesson 5 The Technology Cookbook Students learn how to use technology to create bar graphs, pie charts, line graphs, and box and whisker plots. They also learn to use the Internet as a source for current data. Lesson 6 Let's Get Cooking Students learn to read complicated data sets (like those found in a company's annual report) and sort out the useful information. Lesson 7 Making the Shopping List In this lesson, students begin to work one the final project in their groups. They develop a plan of action and assign tasks. Lesson 8 Sampling the Fare Sampling and surveying are discussed in this lesson. Students work to create an unbiased survey and a fair sampling method. Lesson 9 Meal Planning Students are expected to create a survey and then sample the college population. Lesson 10 Guest Who's Coming to Dinner A guest from the fast food industry is invited to come to the classroom. Students have prepared interview questions about the industry. Lesson 11 The Project Recipe Students assemble their final projects and practice their oral presentations. Lesson 12 Service With a Smile Students evaluate their classmates presentations and reflect on what they have learned. Compare this module to traditional course topics in the Matrix of Course Competencies. If one of the lessons has a link, you can preview that lesson. Other modules: Beat Ratios Functions Exp. Growth Data & Graphs Representing Data Finance Geometry Sampling Non-linear Behavior Linear Behavior Sets and Logic Patterns Probability Systems Right Tri. Trig.