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Grade 8   Mathematics, Approved 2003   4    Data 2    The student collects, organizes, displays, explains, and interprets numerical (rational numbers) and non numerical data sets in a variety of situations with a special emphasis on measures of central tendency.    K6    makes a scatter plot and draws a line that approximately represents the data, determines whether a correlation exists, and if that correlation is positive, negative, or that no correlation exists (2.4.K1k). Types Resources Lesson Plans Links (click to open) Description Best Guesser Using problem solving techniques and critical thinking, students will estimate individual ages, enter their data into a spreadsheet, create a scatterplot, and analyze the results to see who is the best guesser. Disaster Lesson Plans Disaster Lesson Plans-by Betsy Wiens, Auburn-Washburn and Nancy McDonnell, Prairie View Schools Disaster Lesson Plans Hurricane Problems Scatterplots This site describes scatterplots and gives several lessons which will help students better understand the uses of scatterplots. Students can apply a best fit line to see connections. Resources 3 available

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