Description
This is a fun activity for students to get outside and apply the standards in the Statistics Unit. Students will get the opportunity to get outside to gather statistics on dandelions, which are in abundance on school grounds this time of year. This project can easily be integrated with a non-fiction reading about dandelions, some fun dandelion crafts, or science discovery of the plant cycle. I use this activity as a summative assessment for our statistics chapter.
6.SP.A.1, 6.SP.B.5a, 6.SP.B.5b, 6.SP.B.4, 6.SP.B.4 6.SP.B.5c
Some statistical questions for your students to investigate:
What is the typical height of a dandelion?
How many leaves does a typical dandelion have?
What is the most amount of dandelions found in a one foot radius?
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Description
This is a fun activity for students to get outside and apply the standards in the Statistics Unit. Students will get the opportunity to get outside to gather statistics on dandelions, which are in abundance on school grounds this time of year. This project can easily be integrated with a non-fiction reading about dandelions, some fun dandelion crafts, or science discovery of the plant cycle. I use this activity as a summative assessment for our statistics chapter.
6.SP.A.1, 6.SP.B.5a, 6.SP.B.5b, 6.SP.B.4, 6.SP.B.4 6.SP.B.5c
Some statistical questions for your students to investigate:
What is the typical height of a dandelion?
How many leaves does a typical dandelion have?
What is the most amount of dandelions found in a one foot radius?
