Lesson Idea

Title: What is a Statistical Question?

Grade Level: 6th Grade
Content: Mathematics
Standard Addressed: MGSE6.SP.1 Recognize a statistical question as one that anticipates variability
in the data related to the question and accounts for it in the answers.
Amount of Time: 60 Minutes
Technology Standard Addressed: 3 – Knowledge Constructor
SMAR Level: Augmentation
Essential Question(s): How is a statistical question recognized? When are statistical questions
used in a real world perspective?
Learning Activity
 Introduction: In order to assess prior knowledge of the students, I will administer a Quizizz
covering statistical questions. The students will be able to access this quiz from their
devices. After each student finishes, I will receive feedback on how they did and will know if
there is any information I need to focus in on.
 Instruction/Activities: After completing the quiz, I will use a PowerPoint and questions that
relate to the day-to-day lives of the students to explain what statistical questions are, why
they are important, and how they are answered.
 Final Product: The students will then be asked to create five of their own examples of
statistical questions. They will also be asked to create one example of a non-statistical
example.
 Evaluation or deliverable: In order to deliver their information, every student will turn in
their six total questions with their non-statistical example underlined so I can confirm they
understand the difference between statistical and non-statistical questions. I will ask for
volunteers to slowly read their six questions aloud so that other students are able to pick
which of the six questions was the non-statistical question.
Reflective Practice
In order to enhance the lesson idea above, I could have the students insert their created
examples of five statistical questions and one non-statistical question into a student response
tool such as Quizizz. I could ask the students to create questions about examples of statistical
questions, the definition of statistical questions, and why we use statistical questions. If I
required the students to create their own online quiz, this would advance them to a higher
Bloom’s level. If they published these to the class website, parents and guardians with the
necessary username and password would be able to access the students’ quizzes. This would
also be beneficial as the students would be able to access each other’s quizzes from home in
order to use them as a form of practice.

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