Four Cities - Task A
Lesson
Alignment and Connections of Task Components to the Standards Bundle Task Components A and B ask students to plot and interpret daily and monthly average temperature values for their school’s location (town), and Task Component C asks students to plot average temperature and precipitation data for four selected cities. By plotting the temperature (scatterplots) and precipitation values (bar graphs), students are partially addressing the CCSS-M standards 6.SP.B.4. By calculating the mean, median, mode, and range and by considering their meaning relative to data on the scatterplot, students are addressing the CCSS-M standards 6.SP.A.2, 6.SP.A.3, and 7.SP.B.4 and partially addressing on the CCSS-M standard 6.SP.B.5c. By comparing two populations of daily temperatures values from different years, students are addressing 7.SP.B.4 and partially addressing 7.SP.B.3. By comparing daily temperature values with average monthly temperature values and commenting on why average values are reasonable approximations for data populations representing daily temperature, students are addressing CCSS-M practice MP.2, partially addressing CCSS-M standard of 7.SP.A.1, CCSS-M practice MP.3, and partially addressing parts of the NGSS practices of Analyzing and Interpreting Data and Using Mathematical and Computational Thinking. By explaining and describing data, including observations of similarities and differences, students can demonstrate their understanding of W.7.2, W.7.2.a, W.7.2.b, W.7.2.b, WHST.6-8.2, WHST.6-8.2.a, WHST.6-8.2.b, and WHST.6-8.2.c.