Will You Live to be 110?

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Week 1

Anchor Video

Brainstorming

Article (old person)

Prior knowledge check-mean, median, mode

Benchmark lesson on exponential functions (finances)

Assessment:  One-sentence Summary

Benchmark lesson on logistic functions (population growth)

Assessment:  Categorizing Grid

Benchmark lesson on standard deviation, mean, median, mode

Assessment: Minute Paper

Benchmark lesson on standard deviation, mean, median, mode

Assessment; Homework

Week 2

Mini assessment on exponential growth and statistic

Project assignment, select groups of 2-3

Benchmark lesson on correlation and regression

Benchmark lesson on correlation and regression

Assessment: The Muddiest Point

Benchmark lesson on function patterns

Assessment: Homework

Lab Day (Students start researching their topic)

Week 3

Benchmark lesson on residuals and how to determine good fit to data

Assessment of correlation, regression, and residuals

Practice data analysis

Lab Day (analysis of their data)

Discuss interview expectations

Longevity expert(s) interview day

Plan presentations

Work on written project report

Week 4

Presentations

Presentations

Written report due

Feedback on presentations

Prepare for City Hall visit

Modify presentations for City Hall visit

Assign individual paper

Visit City Hall and give presentations

Week 5

Debrief

Talk about experience

Students write remaining questions

Explore life expectancy calculator

Wrap-up

Answer students remaining questions

Individual paper due