Implementation Distribute a second number cube to each student. Instruct students to roll their pair of number cubes 18 times and record the sum of the numbers from each roll on the provided table As indicated on the handout, students should make a bar graph /histogram using their data and should also determine the values of the indicated summary statistics. Combine all of the student data into one table and display the results. Instruct students to record this data on the provided table on their handout. Instruct students to make a bar graph/histogram and to determine the values of the summary statistics for the class data. Facilitate a discussion of the results using questions such as those shown below. Key Questions How would you describe the shape of the distribution for Activity 2? Why do you think it has the shape that it does? Model with mathematics. Activity 3 This activity can be used as an introduction to the Normal Distribution. Students will construct their own normal curves based on Materials Needed mean and standard is handout (one for each student) “What Normal?” deviations given. Power Point Slides Use appropriate tools strategically. Implementation Students will apply their Distribute a is handout to each student. newly acquired knowledge of “What Normal?” Normal Distributions to Discuss different distributions, including uniform, symmetric, and skewed construct and interpret a distributions. (use power point slides) given data value using mean Discuss differences between a symmetric bell-shaped curve and a normal curve. and standard deviation.
Implementation Distribute a second number cube to each student. Instruct students to roll their pair of number cubes 18 times and record the sum of the numbers from each roll on the provided table As indicated on the handout, students should make a bar graph /histogram using their data and should also determine the values of the indicated summary statistics. Combine all of the student data into one table and display the results. Instruct students to record this data on the provided table on their handout. Instruct students to make a bar graph/histogram and to determine the values of the summary statistics for the class data. Facilitate a discussion of the results using questions such as those shown below. Key Questions How would you describe the shape of the distribution for Activity 2? Why do you think it has the shape that it does? Model with mathematics. Students will construct their own normal curves based on mean and standard deviations given. Use appropriate tools strategically. Students will apply their newly acquired knowledge of Normal Distributions to construct and interpret a given data value using mean and standard deviation. Activity 3 This activity can be used as an introduction to the Normal Distribution. Materials Needed “What is Normal?” handout (one for each student) Power Point Slides Implementation Distribute a “What is Normal?” handout to each student. Discuss different distributions, including uniform, symmetric, and skewed distributions. (use power point slides) Discuss differences between a symmetric bell-shaped curve and a normal curve.
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