Go around and around with slope. The class investigates tornadoes by watching videos, building a homemade tornado, and performing research on the Storm Prediction Center website. Groups gather data and create scatter plots for twisters in their areas and compare those to nearby areas. Pupils complete the unit by building a presentation to highlight their data and linear regressions.

Concepts

graphing linear equations, linear, linear equations writing, linear equations applications, slope, linear regression, regression line, tornadoes

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Take time to explore the NOAA site to find the exact location of the data
• Determine the percentage of US tornadoes in each state or region by year

Classroom Considerations

• Individuals should know how to calculate slope

Pros

• Clearly spells out the assessment strategies for each lesson
• Includes a link to videos to use as hooks

Cons

• None

Common Core

MP4 MP6 HSF-IF.B.6 HSG-MG.A.1 HSS-ID.B.6.a