Have them cut out as many articles that they can find to share with the class. Assign students to watch TV news programs and make a list of everything that they hear that has to do with statistics to bring to class and discuss the following day. Students will communicate with a partner to check one another's work. Students will communicate with one another while gathering data for their own graphs. Students will communicate by sharing information from extension activities.
Students decide on data pertinent for graphing.
Students decide on best graph for their data. Students choose a subject to gather data from classmates and decide what t do with this data. Students realize that statistics is part of everyday life by watching news, reading newspapers, and gathering various data from classmates. Students realize connections to patterns of certain graph data. Students incorporate technology by using computers.