Guide Entry to 25.05.07
The goal of the unit is for students to better understand the meaning behind data by analyzing at datasets that are both realistic and relatable. Students will learn about the 1918 Pandemic (often referred to as the Spanish Flu) and the 2020 SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic (COVID-19). They will take this scientific and historical information to provide important context when analyzing datasets from both pandemics, which are included in the unit . Students will use mathematical concepts of mean, median, variance (standard deviation and interquartile range), and distribution (skewed, normal) to analyze prior pandemic data and students will create graphical representations of the data including frequency tables, histograms, and boxplots. Encouraging students to use these concepts to draw important insights from the data and to question the validity of the data are key themes in this unit. Students will make observations to make predictions on the meaning behind the data. They learn to recognize potential flaws in data collections and ways to make the data collection more accurate. Students will also engage in discussions on what they learned from the data and the ways that data can help improve the world’s response to future pandemics.
Key words: Statistics, Algebra, Mean, Median, Variance, Data, Distribution, Pandemic, Influenza, COVID-19)
(Developed for Algebra I, grades 9-12; recommended for Algebra I and Statistics, grades 9-12)
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