Provided by: Skew the Script |Published on: June 22, 2023
Lesson Plans Grades 9-12, ap-college
Synopsis
This statistics lesson plan is useful for teaching students about "cherry-picked" data, how to create a randomized chart with a matched-pairs structure, and how to calculate a one-sample t-interval.
This lesson displays how "cherry-picked" data has been used by climate skeptics, the usefulness of a randomized chart with a matched-pairs structure, and how to analyze t-interval calculations of a data set.
This lesson plan has an excellent discussion question about popular media's coverage of climate change.
This lesson plan shows the importance of statistical literacy.
The resource includes a video with accompanying guided notes, a student handout, and a teacher's key.
Additional Prerequisites
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Students need to know what an arithmetic mean is.
Differentiation
This lesson plan could supplement a classroom discussion on which organizations are fueling climate change denial and what their motivations are.
This lesson plan could enhance a classroom discussion on the American government's effectiveness at arming children with statistical, scientific, and mathematic literacy.
For the open-ended questions in this lesson plan, it may be wise to go over them as a class in order to analyze comprehension and address misconceptions.
This lesson plan could augment a classroom discussion on the importance of scientific expertise when discussing climate change.
The resource provides guidance on how to align the lesson with the AP Statistics course.
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