Take your standard scatter plot activity to the next level with this real world application! This activity is designed to engage your students while challenging them to think outside of the box.
This real world math application is perfect for group work and collaboration or can be used as a stand-alone formative assessment for your solving multi step equations unit!
The students will:
✅ graph precipitation data
✅ create an equation for the line of best fit
✅ make predictions (interpolate/extrapolate)
☆Answer key included☆
What is the real world scenario?
New York City is known for picturesque streets during the winter. The data below gives the amount of snowfall beginning in November 2021 and ending in February 2022. Graph the data as a scatter plot on the coordinate plane.
How is this real life application different from regular word problems?
Most word problems have one question that needs to be answered and little follow up or detail. My real world math activities stretch one idea or scenario into a meaningful performance task that can be used as a full assessment of student learning.
This application is more than interpreting the question and quickly getting to the answer. Your students will be challenged to think critically about each scenario and defend their solutions.
The best part? All of the topics are relevant and modernized (because kids don’t care about calculating CD sales or cell phone minutes anymore).
Ways you can use this scatter plots activity in your 8th grade math classroom:
⭐Whole Group: This real world math activity is perfect for guided notes and introducing two step equations word problems.
⭐Small Group: Your students can work together to complete this word problems worksheet and have discussions about different strategies for writing equations from word problems.
⭐ Individual: I have used this activity as a formative assessment for my Algebra 1 students. It usually takes them about one class period to complete on their own.
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