Make it Middle School

The video "Did You Know" has many interesting statistics about the world we live in. Whether it be the number of jobs a person will have in their life, or the number of users on Facebook, the world looks a lot different than it did 30, 20, even 10 years ago! An interesting comment comes up on this video. At one point, there is a suggestion that “we live in exponential times.” The purpose of this data management assignment is to try to understand what it means to live in exponential times. T

The follow group of videos include such lessons as two variable data sets (scatterplots), histograms, calculating averages, and how graphs can misrepresent data. There are a variety of assignments and assessment rubrics included with these instructional videos.

This instructional video takes students through the step by step process of building a histogram. Topics that are covered include calculating the range, creating a frequency table based on student determined intervals, and building the histogram. Similar to other lessons in my distance learning math series, GIFs and music are used to make the material a bit more fun and interesting for students.

This video reviews how to graph a linear pattern. Two different patterns are placed on the same graph so that students can see how the slope changes depending on the pattern rule. The lesson concludes with a brief introduction to the run and rise of a line created by graphing a linear pattern. As with other videos in my distance learning series, music and GIFs are incorporated to make the instruction more engaging for students.

The video "Did You Know" has many interesting statistics about the world we live in. Whether it be the number of jobs a person will have in their life, or the number of users on Facebook, the world looks a lot different than it did 30, 20, even 10 years ago! An interesting comment comes up on this video. At one point, there is a suggestion that “we live in exponential times.” The purpose of this data management assignment is to try to understand what it means to live in exponential times. T

This instructional video reviews how a scatterplot is used to determine a relationship between two variables. The video reviews how a two variable data set can also be displayed using circle graphs and double bar graphs. Three different scatterplots show the three kinds of relationships that potentially exist with two variables: positive, negative, and no relationship. The possibility of outliers is also addressed. Like my other instructional math videos, music and gifs help to make the mate