Lesson Plan: Lizards Task Level A: Teacher Version with Student Version

By Kaycie Maddox and Christine Franklin

Overview of Lesson

This lesson provides nontraditional data for students to explore with an emphasis on statistical questions used at each of the four phases of the framework for statistical reasoning outlined in the Guidelines for Assessment in Statistics Education (GAISE) II. The use of secondary data on the habitats of lizards combined with posing questions will strengthen the opportunity for students to think and reason statistically.

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