Curriculum Guides

Grade Level: Second

Content Area: Statistics

Skills: Interpret data, understand problem solving, use problem solving strategies-

Instructional Practices: Problem Solving, Estimation, Communications, and Connections

Technology:

IBM SOFTWARE: MECC SOFTWARE:

Calu-Table Coordinate Math

Measure It Probability Lab

Measure Up MECC Graph

Measurement Recording

Reading for Information

Materials Needed: Teacher made "Bar Graph" with information about the circus. Also a blank "Bar Graph" could be used to gather information as an extension to this activity.

Activity: Give each group of students a bar graph to study and discuss. Then ask each

student a question requiring the use of that data. For example, if the graph showed how many circus animals had stripes, how many circus animals had spots and how many circus animals were a solid color with no stripes or spots, the teacher could ask the students questions about this information and the student would use the graph to answer the questions.

Theme Ideas:

Any information concerning the "Circus" could be used by the teacher to make a bar graph and to interpret the data. An extension of this activity would be for the students to make their own.