Students will use a word processing program to express their findings through written statements. Teacher reinforces the concepts of mean, median, mode and range. Teacher distributes McDonalds Nutritional Food Chart. Students familiarize themselves with McDonalds chart focusing on the columns, calories and fat. Students, working in groups, will find the mean, median, mode and range from the chart under specific headings.
Students collaboratively create graphs and charts to show information.
Teacher models writing statements in WORD interpreting the data from graph. Teacher and students work together to complete graphs and write statements to support.their findings. Teacher gives Power Point presentation serving as model for final project. Students will work together to mathematically evaluate criterion for menu final project. Teachers and students will work together to complete final touches on graphs and charts as well as menu's.