Do Movie Sequels Do Better Than the First Movie?
Data Story
In this Claim, Evidence, Reasoning (CER) Data Story, students investigate whether movie sequels usually earn more money than the movies before them. Students first examine a single movie series and identify a pattern. They then make a prediction and test it by analyzing additional movie series. Through this investigation, students discover that conclusions based on one example may change when more evidence is considered. Students will: Read and interpret bar graphs. Identify patterns in a sequence of data. Make predictions based on evidence. Compare patterns across multiple datasets. Evaluate whether evidence supports a claim. Use evidence to support or revise their thinking. Big Idea: One example is not enough to support a general claim. Scientists and mathematicians collect and analyze more evidence before drawing conclusions.
Many popular movies have sequels. Some movie series have two movies, while others have three, four, or even more! [--- Sequel: A movie that continues the story after an earlier movie. ---] {alert-vocabulary} In this Data Story, you'll explore the box office earnings of several popular movie series. What patterns will you discover? Click Next to begin!
Topics and standards: Grade 4, Claim-Evidence-Reasoning, Claim, CCSMP-3, 3-MD-B-3, Grade 5, Tuva Jr., 4-MD-B-4, 3-E-15-1, 3-E-15-2, 4-E-12-1, 4-E-12-3, 4-E-12-4, 5-E-10-3