This past trimester, Level 6 Everyday Math students studied collections, display and interpretation of data. They built upon their prior work with data and went more in depth into interpretation of different types of graphs. This unit illustrated that mathematics is strongly linked to the world around us. The students were asked to come up with a set of data to graph, and then they created a hypothesis and collected the data. Students then were asked to state whether the data they collected backed up their hypothesis. The students surveyed their friends and teachers. They collected data on sports teams, types of music and favorite animals, to name a few. Once the data was collected they displayed their findings in a graph. Students used bar graphs, line graphs and pictographs. We closed this unit with understanding samples and surveys and ways in which data can be presented to misrepresent or mislead.


This past trimester, Level 7 and Level 8 Algebra One students learned to graph points on the coordinate plane and analyze data using scatter plots. This knowledge was used to complete a project about the economic effects of Hurricane Katrina. Students researched two companies that were affected by the natural disaster and then created their own scatter plots to present.