Title: Real Life Polls and Graphs

Grade Level/Subject: 4th Grade Math

Prerequisite Knowledge: Students are familiar with how to create pie charts, bar graphs and line graphs individually by hand. They are also familiar with what a survey is.

Approximate time for the entire lesson: 70 minutes split between two days. 30 minutes the first day, and 40 minutes the second day.

Student Objectives:

Students will be able to create, distribute and analyze a survey on a topic of their choice using survey monkey.

Students will be able to design a graph of their choice using the Kidzone Create a Graph application.

Students will be able to take the data gathered from their survey and make a chart out of the data.

Illinois Standards:

Technology standards:

1 Creativity and Innovation:

a) apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products or processesb) communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences using a

variety of media and formats

3. Research and Information Fluencyd) process data and report results

4. Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Makingc) collect and analyze data to identify solutions and/or make informed decisions

6. Technology Operations and Conceptsb) select and use applications effectively and productively

Content Standards:

Standard B: Formulate questions, design data collection methods, gather and analyze data, and communicate findings.

10.B.2a: Formulate questions of interest and select methods to systematically collect data.

10.B.2b: Collect, organize and display data using tables, charts, bar graphs, line graphs, circle graphs, line plots and stem-and-leaf graphs.

Materials/Resources/Technology:

Projector or Smartboard, laptops for the class, class website, graph paper

Survey Monkey- http://www.surveymonkey.com/

Kidzone- http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createAgraph/

Implementation/Procedure:

Opening of lesson:

Say this to start. “Today we are going to learn how to use Web 2.0 application to conduct surveys and to analyze the results in a graph or chart like we have been practicing. When we are on our computers I expect you to only use the websites that I tell you to use.”

Procedures:

Day 1 (30 minutes)

1. Tell students “I want you each to pick a topic that you are interested in learning more about. What is something you want to know about your neighbor?” Listen to a couple examples from the students.

2. Demonstrate how to use survey monkey for the students before they have their laptops, so that they will pay attention to you. You need some sort of projector or Smartboard set up in order to allow students to see how it works. Say to students “I am now going to show you an example of how to work survey monkey, so that you will be able to work with your partner to come up with a survey using this application. Please pay attention as you will be asked to work with your partner right after. You will click “Create a free account” using school usernames and passwords, click create survey and follow the on screen instructions. When you are done with your survey send the link to my email address (written on the board). After I receive all the links I will post them on our class website where you will later go on tonight and take your classmate’s surveys for homework. I will be walking around and helping you in anyway I can. Does anyone have any questions before we get started?”

3. Assign partners practically (based on who works well with each other) and pass out laptops to each group

4. Walk around and make sure everyone is on task. Assist students who have questions about things you may have forgetting to mention.

Day 2 (40 minutes)

5. “All of you should have completed each other’s surveys last night for homework, now today you will create a data table and a chart by hand, and eventually a graph using Kidzone based on the data collected from the surveys. Go back onto your account and check out your results. Create a table with these results so that your information will be available to create either a pie, bar or line graph. Remember you only have to choose one of these graphs. We learned how to make these last week, but today you will be applying your results from your survey to your graph.”

6. Pass out graph paper to the students and tell them, “Work with your partner to analyze your results. Create a table of the data and then a graph by hand.” Give students 20 minutes to create their graph by hand. Walk around and help students create their tables and graphs.

7. Call the students attention. Then demonstrate how to use Kidzone. Say to students, “Alright now that you have created your graph by hand, you are going to transfer that data to a web application that creates graphs electronically. Here is it how it works: Click on either the bar, line or pie graph, whichever one you chose for the graph by hand, then follow the online instructions to place your data into the computer to create your electronic graph. You can pick any of the designs and labels and the last tab gives you the option to print and save as well as email the graph to me. Please email your graph, as well as print it out, so that the whole class can see the results of every survey. I will post all of the results on the bulletin board in the back, and later on you will have an opportunity to view each other’s graphs and find out how our class feels about each topic.”

8. Give students 20 minutes to finish their electronic graph. Once you have received all of the graphs, post them on the bulletin board so that the students can view each other’s results.

Closing:

Say to students, “I hope you were able to use your previous knowledge of creating graphs in order to come up with an interesting question to ask your classmates and then were able to analyze your results in an organized manner in order to chart your data. Remember that survey monkey and kidzone are fun, useful tools that you can use for other class projects in the future!”

Student Assessment:

Use this rubric to evaluate students’ charts and graphs:

CATEGORY Excels Almost Not quite Not there

Data Table

(5 points)

Data in the table is well organized, accurate, and easy to read.

Data in the table is organized, accurate, and easy to read.

Data in the table is accurate and easy to read.

Data in the table is not accurate and/or cannot be read.

Units

(5 points)

All units are described (in a key or with labels) and are appropriately sized for the data set.

Most units are described (in a key or with labels) and are appropriately sized for the data set.

All units are described (in a key or with labels) but are not appropriately sized for the data set.

Units are neither described NOR appropriately sized for the data set.

Title

(5 points)

Title is creative and clearly relates to the problem being graphed (includes dependent and independent variable). It is printed at the top of the graph.

Title clearly relates to the problem being graphed (includes dependent and independent variable) and is printed at the top of the graph.

A title is present at the top of the graph.

A title is not present.

Neatness and Attractiveness

(5 points)

Exceptionally well designed, neat, and attractive. Colors that go well together are used to make the graph more readable. A ruler and graph paper (or graphing computer program) are used.

Neat and relatively attractive. A ruler and graph paper (or graphing computer program) are used to make the graph more readable.

Lines are neatly drawn but the graph appears quite plain.

Appears messy and "thrown together" in a hurry. Lines are visibly crooked.

Survey Question

(5 points)

Created a survey with 1 question that had answers for students to choose. Submitted survey on time to teacher.

Created a survey with 1 question that answers for students to choose. Did not submit survey on time to teacher.

Create a survey with 1 question that had no answer for students to choose. Submitted survey on time to teacher.

Did not complete the survey