Magness Math

Four day lesson for HS math students that can be taught online. The goal is to use the current pandemic situation as a hook to consider ways in which we consume statistics in the media. Students will consider: samples and sampling methods, bias, misleading graphs and statistics, causation versus correlation, and more! The final activity will require students to find statistics and graphs in the media regarding the Corona virus and consider their validity.

Students will use misleading leading graphs to create advertisements and explain why it is a misrepresentation of the data. They will also create misleading graphs.