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Data From the Grave Presented by: Lennie Hughes BACK

Math & Science Grade 5  Topics: –Data Investigations –Basic Math Operation Skills –Mean, Mode, Range, & Median –Life Cycles of Humans  Students will be able to: –Using basic computation skills, analyze data. –Be able to collect, organize, analyze, and properly display data. –Compare/Contrast Data –Solve problems with data –Describe effectiveness of mean, mode median & range. –Describe how life cycles of humans have changed over time. BACK

North Standard Course of Study North Carolina Standard Course of Study   Math Objectives – –Goal 4 – –Data Analysis and Probability - The learner will understand and use graphs and data analysis. – –Objective 1 – –Collect, organize, analyze, and display data (including stem-and-leaf plots) to solve problems. –Objective 2 –Compare and contrast different representations of the same data; discuss the effectiveness of each representation. –Objective 3 –Solve problems with data from a single set or multiple sets of data using median, range, and mode. BACK

What information is buried in a graveyard?

Essential Question  What is the typical age of the people buried from the data collected from the cemetery?

  1). Who is the oldest person from the collected data?   1a). How old was that person?   2). Who is the youngest person from the data collected?   2a). How young was that person?

  3). In what month did most people die in? Make a table to find your answer.   4). In what month were most people born in? Make a table to find your answer.

  5). Find the median age of the collected data?   6). Find the mode age of the collected data?

  7). Find the range of the ages of the collected data?   8). Do you notice any trends in the data? Explain.

  9). Is there any data that is unusual with the typical age found in the essential question? Explain.   10). Create a graph that displays something about the collected data. BACK

Who is the governor buried in the cemetery?  Investigate here:

What other local history can you find?  Information about Elizabeth City, N.C.   Information on Blackbeard the Pirate   North Carolina’s Historical People & Places   Carolina Clips   North Carolinas’ County Clips 

Review of the Questions  1). Who is the oldest person from the collected data?  1a). How old was that person?  2). Who is the youngest person from the data collected?  2a). How young was that person?  3). In what month did most people die in? Make a table to find your answer.  4). In what month were most people born in? Make a table to find your answer.  5). Find the median age of the collected data?  6). Find the mode age of the collected data?  7). Find the range of the ages of the collected data?  8). Do you notice any trends in the data? Explain.  9). Is there any data that is unusual with the typical age found in the essential question? Explain.  10). Create a graph that displays something about the collected data.

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 The Episcopal Cemetery is listed as a National Historic Place…. To find out more click on one of the following sites….. –National Registry of Historic Places (check out all 4!) – – – –

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Useless But Interesting  Interesting Cemeteries of the World –  Famous Epitaphs –  World Famous Tombstones –

Assignments  Collect data from tombstones  Find the age of each person by subtracting the year of birth from the year of death.  Discuss with your group a way to organize the data, and display your data.  Make a list of other statistical investigations the could be created from the collected data. Based on students individual interest, some groups will create a web page, some groups a newsletter, and some a database, and some a power point. Based on students individual interest, some groups will create a web page, some groups a newsletter, and some a database, and some a power point.web page newsletter power pointweb page newsletter power point Resources – ikeepbookmarks.com ikeepbookmarks.com

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Now we are at “The End”  I hope you enjoyed this unit of statistical investigations………..  I want you to write a 1 page paper describing something you learned from this unit. – Thank you for all of your hard work, Mr. your hard work, Mr.