Adventures in Statistics

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This Web unit describes a project involving fifth grade students and the areas of the fifth and sixth grade classrooms. Included in the unit are measurement, graphing, computation, data analysis, and presentation of results. The lesson descriptions and extensions, student worksheets and charts, figures, and tables appeared as an article in the NCTM journal Teaching Children Mathematics.

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Contributed by: Tom Scavo, Author

Math TopicMeasurement, Mathematical Practices, Mathematical Processes, Data and Statistics

Grade Level4, 5, 6+

Resource TypeProject, Unit of Instruction

Additional Information
- AudienceEducator
- LanguageEnglish (USA)
- Education Topic
- Interdisciplinary Connection
- Professional DevelopmentYes
- ContributorTom Scavo, Author
- Publication Date1996
- RightsCopyright (c) 1994-2011 Drexel University
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- AccessFree access
Standards
- Common Core State Standards for Mathematics
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- Standards for Mathematical Practice[K-12]
- Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.[K-12]
- Attend to precision.[K-12]
- Measurement and Data[K - 5]
- Geometric measurement: understand concepts of area and relate area to multiplication and to addition.[3]
- 7. Relate area to the operations of multiplication and addition.[3]
- b. Multiply side lengths to find areas of rectangles with whole-number side lengths in the context of solving real world and mathematical problems, and represent whole-number products as rectangular areas in mathematical reasoning.[3]
- Solve problems involving measurement and conversion of measurements from a larger unit to a smaller unit.[4]
- 1. Know relative sizes of measurement units within one system of units including km, m, cm; kg, g; lb, oz.; l, ml; hr, min, sec. Within a single system of measurement, express measurements in a larger unit in terms of a smaller unit. Record measurement equivalents in a twocolumn table. For example, know that 1 ft is 12 times as long as 1 in. Express the length of a 4 ft snake as 48 in. Generate a conversion table for feet and inches listing the number pairs (1, 12), (2, 24), (3, 36), ...[4]
- Convert like measurement units within a given measurement system.[5]
- 1. Convert among different-sized standard measurement units within a given measurement system (e.g., convert 5 cm to 0.05 m), and use these conversions in solving multi-step, real world problems.[5]
Related Resources
- The Math Forum @ Drexel
User Comments
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  Great idea for authentic assessment
  By bethb on 04/19/2012 - 14:11
- I think this unit because it can be used at the pace of the students, as a project when the lesson is finished while reteaching may be occuring with other students. I really wish the documents were able to be edited, I don't like to have to recreate things, but I also don't want another teacher's name or school on all of the worksheets.

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Adventures in Statistics

Common Core State Standards for Mathematics