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Data and Probability: What is the Best Snack? Lesson PlanData and Probability: What is the Best Snack? Lesson Plan
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Data and Probability: What is the Best Snack?

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In this math/nutrition lesson, the nutritional value of 3 snack foods is recorded on a data chart and represented on a bar graph. Young scholars analyze and compare information, construct data charts and related bar graphs, and draw conclusions based on their results.Information from the data is used to draw conclusions about the "best" snack.

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data collection, data, bar graphs, graphs, median, central tendency, probability

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bar graph, data collection, median, Nutrition, nutritional information, probability, math
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Grade
2nd - 4th
Subjects
Math
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For Teacher Use
Instructional Strategy
Inquiry-Based Learning

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