Free 8th Grade Classifying And Creating Scatter Plots - Ms. Haley 709 Lesson Plan

Topic: Classifying and Creating Scatter Plots

Objectives & Outcomes

• Students will be able to classify data by using a scatter plot.
• Students will be able to create a scatter plot using M&M's.

Materials

• Graph paper
• Ruler
• Pencils and erasers
• M&Ms

Warm-up

• Ask students to recall what a scatter plot is and what it is used for.
• Have students work in pairs to classify the given data set as either linear or non-linear.

Direct Instruction

• Explain to students that a scatter plot is a way of visualizing the relationship between two numerical variables.

Guided Practice

• Give students a new data set and have them work in pairs to create a scatter plot and add a trendline.
• Have students share their results with the class and discuss the implications.

Independent Practice

• Have students complete a gallery walk with 3 stops.
• Stop 1 Students will classify scatterplots.
• Stop 2 Error analysis of student work.
• Stop 2-Students create their own scatter plot.

Assessment

• Observe students during the independent practice activity to assess their ability to create and classify scatter plots.