Section outline

  • EXPLORE / TŪHURA

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

    • We are EXPLORING collecting and displaying discrete numerical data in dot plots and stem and leaf graphs and categorical data in pie charts.

    Kia ora 8C2

    TERM 4   WEEK 5

    Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • Display data in dot plots, stem and leaf graphs and pie charts.


    Activities:

    1. Warm up - Money time module - Business
    2. Online practice for dot plots  - https://www.khanacademy.org/math/cc-sixth-grade-math/cc-6th-data-statistics/dot-plot/e/creating-dot-plots
    3. Introduce vocabulary around stem and leaf graphs - what kind of graph does the name suggest? Use your imagination - Discuss in groups
    4. Introduce structure of a stem and leaf graph - Can you identify which part of the graph is the stem and what part is leaves? 
    5. Go back to data set and graph - Can you figure out how is a stem and leaf graph constructed from a data set
    6. On the board show how to construct a stem and leaf graph step by step from a data set
    7. Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXwmd-98uFM 
    8. Practice questions
    9. Extension - Finding the mean, mode, median and range from a stem and leaf graph


    Homework:

    Maths Buddy(Differentiaton)