Florida's Manatee Population

Students will use box plots to identify data on the past and present manatee populations on both coasts of Florida during the winter months, January through March. This lesson is designed to use technology to create box plots and analyze data. As an alternate lesson without technology, the manatee data in this lesson can be used to create box plots with graph paper and pencils. Students will use data about the past and current manatee populations in Florida and display and analyze the data using Excel and Geogebra.

This lesson is intended to be an enrichment experience and should be used after students have mastered box plots as described in the standard MAFS.912.S-ID.1.1.
Resource ID#: 71481 Type: Lesson Plan
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General Information

Subject(s): Mathematics
Grade Level(s): 6, 7
Intended Audience: Educators educators
Suggested Technology: Computer for Presenter, Computers for Students, Internet Connection, Interactive Whiteboard, LCD Projector, Adobe Flash Player, Microsoft Office, Java Plugin, GeoGebra Free Software (Download the Free GeoGebra Software)
Instructional Time: 2 Hour(s)
Resource supports reading in content area:Yes
Freely Available: Yes
Keywords: Box Plots, manatees, Florida, multiple data sets, population, Outliers, Interquartile Range, Five Number Summary
Instructional Component Type(s): Lesson Plan
Resource Collection: FCR-STEMLearn Algebra

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