Sample Virus Lesson Plans

Lesson plans for a Univariate Data Analysis unit used at Ft. Lupton Middle School for 7th Grade Math. Developed by Krista Marshall and Darrel Stice.

Key concepts for Unit

 * Sampling
 * Univariate Data Analysis
 * Statistical Tools (measures of central tendency)
 * Graphical Representations (dot plots, box plots)

Unit Outline

 * Day 1: Classroom
 * Pre-test ([[Media:SGD Statistics Unit PreTest.pdf |pdf]] | [[Media:SGD Statistics Unit PreTest.doc |word doc]]): material includes creating a scatter plot, drawing line of best fit and finding equation; using equation to make predictions
 * Unit Introduction/Suggested instruction:
 * Virus Simulation Unplugged activity for acting out a virus outbreak (appx 45 minutes)
 * [[Media:AgentSheets Unplugged rules.pdf|rules]]
 * [[Media:Virus unplugged labels.zip|labels]] for use in activity
 * Day 2: Computer Lab
 * Why simulations? Introduction to simulations [[Media:Virus Stats Prezi.zip | (prezi presentation in a zip archive)]]: doing real statistics - e.g. Global warming (NCAR), virus, forest fires – can’t or shouldn’t do in real life
 * Introduce pre-built AgentSheets Contagion/Virus Simulation to use for data collection. If time permits, the students can build their own simulation from scratch before data collection.
 * Data Collection: Students run several trials of the simulation at different inoculation rates. The results (total dead) are recorded on the data collection sheet ([[Media:SGD Virus Simulation Data Collection Sheet.pdf|pdf]] | [[Media:SGD Virus Simulation Data Collection Sheet.doc|word doc]]) and students find an average of the trials for each rate of inoculation.  The average values by inoculation rate are then recorded in a class data set.
 * Day 3: Classroom
 * Finding Means
 * Data Compilation on newsprint posters
 * Day 4: Classroom
 * Use data to learn box-plots
 * Overlay box-plots on dot plots from earlier data compilation
 * Day 5: Classroom
 * Unit review
 * Post-test ([[Media:SGD Statistics Unit Post-Test.pdf |pdf]] | [[Media:SGD Statistics Unit Post-Test.doc |word doc]]): same material as pre-test