Clarifying Activity Students plant five pinto beans in identical containers of dirt at the same time. Plants should receive identical amounts of water and sunlight. Students collect the information on daily growth for each container, using number pairs in a table to represent the day and the height of the plant. The student solves problems by collecting, organizing, displaying, and interpreting sets of data. The results are represented on the graph using a different symbol for each spinner.
Students write about the shape and the spread of the data on their line plot.
Clarifying Activity Students collect and organize data about their resting pulse rates. Students then exercise and take their post-exercise pulse rates, organize, and display these data, finding the median and range. Students compare the exercise results with the resting pulse rates. The student solves problems by collecting, organizing, displaying, and interpreting sets of data. They construct a graph they feel will be appropriate in supporting their requests for specific foods to be served in the school cafeteria.