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Misleading Graphs

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Students explore number relationships by participating in a data collection activity. In this statistics lesson, students participate in a role-play activitiy in which they own a scrap material storefront that must replenish its stock. Students conduct an experiment in which water balloons are shot into a catcher and data is recorded to create bar graphs and historgrams.

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bar graphs, graphs, data analysis, statistics

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data analysis, bar graphs, histogram analysis, statistics, math
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Grade
3rd - 5th
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Math
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For Teacher Use
Duration
2 hrs
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Inquiry-Based Learning
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