Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: My Peanut Butter Is Better Than Yours!
This lesson plan provides a real-world example of using a scatter plot to compare data. It gives an assessment and ideas for remediation, extension as well as ways to manage behavior problems and reluctant learners.
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Stem and Leaf Plots
Lesson plan introduces students to stem-and-leaf plots. Many resources are available for student and teachers here.
Cuemath
Cuemath: Line Graphs
A comprehensive guide for learning all about line graphs with definitions, their sections, how to read and create graphs, solved examples, and practice questions.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 8.sp Animal Brains
This task looks at a possible relationship between the weight of an animal's body and the weight of its brain. Students make a scatter plot of data, look for outliers, make a second scatter plot without the outliers, and describe the...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 8.sp Laptop Battery Charge
This task looks at how long it takes for a laptop battery to fully charge. Students make a scatter plot of data, draw a 'line of best fit,' and predict the time it will take to reach a full charge. Aligns with 8.SP.A.2.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Statistically Thinking
The object of this project is for students to learn how to find univariate and bivariate statistics for sets of data. Also, the students will be able to determine if two sets of data are linearly correlated and to what degree. The...