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Puppy Weights Lesson PlanPuppy Weights Lesson Plan
Publisher
Illustrative Mathematics
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Grade
6th - 7th
Subjects
Math
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Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
15 mins
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Puppy Weights

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Nobody can say no to puppies, so lets use them in math! Your learners will take puppy birth weights and organize them into different graphs. They can do a variety of different graphs and detail into the problem based on your classroom levels. Answer key provides solutions for dotplot, histogram, and boxplot. 

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

bar graphs, graphs, box and whisker plots, line plots

Additional Tags

box and whisker, bar chart, line plot, math

Pros

  • Adaptable for different types of plots
  • Asks for explanations

Cons

  • Does not show calculations
  • No examples
  • Need prior knowledge of plotting data

Common Core

6.SP.A.2 6.SP.B.4 MP4

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