Graphing Student Unenrolment Unit

Standards Met: NET Standards 1. D. Identify trends and forecast possibilities. NET Standards 3. D. Process data and report results. NET Standards 4. C. Collect and analyze data to identify solutions and/or make informed decisions.

Enduring Understanding:

Spreadsheets can be important in helping to analyze and present data.

Essential Questions:

Can we predict students enrolment numbers based on past statistics?

Students will know: 1. How to create a graph in a spreadsheet. 2. How to research and apply formulas to spreadsheet cells.

Students will be able to: 1. Input data into a spreadsheet. 2. Be able to create a graph of spreadsheet data. 3. Predict future trends based on past statistics. 4. Use formulas to develop strategies to help them process data in spreadsheets.

Performance Task (Assignments)

1. Pose the question: “How many students have been at ISSH since Grade 1? How many do you think there will be by the end of Grade 8?” 2. Ask the students if we can work out a way to predict enrolment. 3. Collect evidence to justify our hypothesis. Graph the results. 4. Based on statistics of past grades, have the students predict how many students will remain in their class that were in ISSH from Grade 1.

Other Evidence (Formative)

Graphs of the results of the research with prediction of their grades unenrolment.