Lesson 13
Questions About Data
Lesson Purpose
The purpose of this lesson is for students to ask questions about data that can be answered by a given data representation.
Lesson Narrative
In previous lessons students answered questions about data using different representations. In this lesson, students begin by determining whether or not questions can be answered by a given representation. Then, students think of questions that can be asked about the data. Finally, students answer each other’s questions.
- Action and Expression
- MLR8
Learning Goals
Teacher Facing
- Ask and answer questions about data.
Student Facing
- Let’s ask and answer questions about data.
Required Materials
Materials to Gather
Materials to Copy
- Favorite Special Class Data
Required Preparation
Activity 3:
Required preparation:
- Display the list of questions from the synthesis in the previous activity.
Lesson Timeline
| Warm-up | 10 min |
| Activity 1 | 10 min |
| Activity 2 | 20 min |
| Activity 3 | 10 min |
| Lesson Synthesis | 10 min |
| Cool-down | 0 min |
Teacher Reflection Questions
What makes someone good at math? In what ways are you making assumptions about which of your students are good at math?