Scatter Plots

Introduction

Introduction

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  • How do you think a basketball team’s three point field goals made compare to the team standing?

  • chefIs there a relationship between the grams of fat and the calories in foods served in restaurants?

  • Olympic ringsCan you predict the time for the first place winner of the men’s or women’s 100 yard dash in the next Olympics?

  • Film reel picture.What is the predicted length in minutes of the average movie in 2020?

  • weather

    How is the average monthly temperature changing from year to year?

 

You have entered the “real world” but you are finding that math is still everywhere!  It’s your team’s job to determine the best way to make one of these predictions mathematically using scatter plots and bring these real world examples into the classroom using your knowledge of linear equations and slope.

Task

The Task

Whether you want to be a sports manager, chef, athlete, run a movie production company, be an environmentalist or many other professions, you will often come across two items that need to analyzed.  One of the best ways to do this is through a scatterplot and line of best fit.

In a group of 3, you will…

  • 1. learn what a scatter plot is and how to make a google sheet of your information.

  • 2. work together to create a scatter plot based upon your selected profession and make reasonable predictions using your line of best fit with at least 15 pieces of information on the table and scatter plot. You will then create a line of best fit and write the equation of the line.

  • 3. with your team present your findings using your Google Sheet page.

 Through the use of mathematics, you will accurately use your scatterplot to predict the future!

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Process

Once you have been assigned a group of three students, you will decide which group member will take ownership of what role.  Each member will independently do their part and when all put together, it will create a finished product of a scatter plot and then create a slide on a Google Sheet shared document.  The roles are as follows:

Everyone will need to read this first: what is a scatter plot?

Tech Maker: this person will be creating the google sheet with the information gathered from the researcher and writer. Watch here on how to make the scatter plot on google sheets.

Researcher: This person looks up the information for the scatter plots.

Data Collector: This person writes the information down while having the researcher look it up.

 

Professions to choose from: (note, you will not be making slide #4, only slide #1 with your data).

Sports Manager

Chef

Olympic Athlete

Movie Production Company

Environmentalist

Evaluation

The Evaluation

Each team member will receive their own grade. You will be graded both individually as well as how you work as a team.

 

Evaluation Rubric

 

 

 

Conclusion

Conclusion

Congratulations – You are a Scatterplot Master!

You now should have a clear understanding of scatterplots and be able to create a scatter plot on Google Sheets from any two variables.  As a scatterplot analysist, you know how to determine the type of correlation, create a line of best fit, determine it’s equation and make reasonable predictions about your data.

 

Want to learn more?

Research two variables on your own and look for a relationship between them by creating a scatter plot and line of best fit.  What predictions can you mathematically make?

or

Create a survey for your peers relating two variables (example: amount of time spent studying and grade) to create data and then make a scatter plot of the data. If you can create a line of best fit, make a mathematical prediction.

Credits

Credits

Resource Credits:

Bloom’s Taxonomy Verbs. (n.d.). Retrieved November 14, 2015, from http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/time_savers/bloom/

 

Charles, Randall I., and Inc Education. Algebra 1: Common Core. Common Core ed.

 Pearson Education, 2012. Print.

 

Gardner, H. (1983). Frames of mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences. New York: Basic Books

 

Gregorc, A. (1985). The Gregorc Style Delineator. A Self-Assessment Instrument for Adults. Columbia, CT: Gregorc Associates.

 

Sousa, D. (2011). How the brain learns (4th ed.). Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Corwin Press.

 

Image Sources:

Background: http://highwycombecc.co.uk/?attachment_id=270

Home Page: http://www.everythingmaths.co.za/maths/grade-11/11-statistics/11-statistics-06.cnxmlplus

Task:  https://www.buncee.com/buncee/34922

Process:

    Mathematician:  http://www.math-problem-solving.com/

    Technology Master: http://blog.devry.edu/2014/07/next_generation_technology.html

    Futurist: http://labs.sogeti.com/mining-the-web-to-predict-the-future-what-about-long-data/

    Sports Manager/Introduction: http://s3.amazonaws.com/vnn-aws-sites/2702/files/2014/12/Basketball-generic3-640×360.jpg

    Chef/Introduction: http://www.freshfromfloridablog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Girl-Chef-for-Entry-Form.jpg

    Olympic Athlete/Introduction: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Olympic_Rings.svg

    Movie Production Company/Introduction: http://www.unh.edu/unhtales/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Film-reel-700×390.jpeg

    Environmentalist/Introduction: http://www.salvadormateu.com/2-types-of-traffic-warm-vs-cold/