Lesson Plan - Life Expectancy

Teacher: Mrs. Kim Subject: Math 7 Week of:

Unit: Standards Addressed:
Statistics 7.SP.2 - Use data from a random sample to draw inferences about a
population with an unknown characteristic of interest. Generate multiple
samples (or simulated samples) of the same size to gauge the variation in
estimates or predictions.

Daily Learning
Target Students will be able to look at data about life expectancy and be able to
What are the students think critically, and students will be able to look at data about cutaneous
expected to know and leishmaniasis and graph it.
able to do?

Lesson Activities Required Materials

and Instructional ● Chromebook
Approaches: ● Graph Paper
What approaches and ● Pencil
strategies will be used for
instruction? (i.e. Direct
Instruction, Guided Link to the Desmos Activity
Practice, Class
Discussion, Small Group •Introduction Slide 1&2
Project, etc.) Have students login and go to the class Desmos Activity.
On slide 1 students use the slider and do a quick checkin.
On Slide 2, students fill out a table guessing the average life
expectancy in the world from 1950 to 2020.

•Critical examination of graph Slide 3&4

-Have students look at the graph on slide 3 and answer the following
questions.
1) Compare your initial thoughts to the actual results
2) Comment on the trendline shown in the graph
3) Identify 3 factors that might have influenced the trend
4) Write one question that you would expect to see in an exam about
this graph

•Take notes Slide 5-8

Have students take notes on slide 5-8 on a separate sheet of paper.
They will be turning in the notes.

• Rwanda Slide 9-14

Have students work with a partner to go through slides 9-14 about
Rwanda. After students do slide 10, do a class discussion on what
students wonder and notice about the population of Rwanda.

•Cutaneous leishmaniasis - Slide 16-17

Have students go to the link to the data on cases of cutaneous
leishmaniasis. Have students Plot the data on a graph and write a
paragraph to summarize what they learned about data and rates of
change today. They can do the extension if they finish early.

•Reflection - Slide 18
Have students use the hulk slider to show how well they did with the
lesson.

Assessment Monitoring the class during classroom discussion.

How will student learning Monitoring students' responses on the Teacher Desmos Dashboard.
be measured? Looking at student work when they turn in.