Understanding Scatterplot

11/11/20
8th Grade Math
Agenda
1. Class Expectation
2. Do Now
3. Review
4. Scatterplot
5. Exit Ticket
Classroom Expectation
1. Be respectful

2. Be responsible

3. Be ready to learn
Learning objective
•Students will know what positive, negative, and no trend means on a
scatterplot graph

• Students will be able to plot points on a graph using a given data.

Do Now
• Graph x = 2 on a number line
Review
• Variable
• A letter or symbol representing a varying quantity
• A quantity that can change or vary, taking on
different values
Review
Why learn about Scatterplot?

• Scatterplot allows us to compare two variable.

Why learn about Scatterplot?

• Scatterplot allows us to compare two variable.

• We can easily see the relationship of the points (if
there is any)
Where can we use it?

• Collecting data
Where can we use it?

• Collecting data
• Science Experiment
Where can we use it?

• Collecting data
• Science Experiment
• Predicting any two variable’s relationship
Where can we use it?

• Collecting data
• Science Experiment
• Predicting any two variable’s relationship
• Example:
• Numbers of steps and time
• Age and favorite numbers
• Time and battery life span
 Amount of sleep Length of study
8 2
6 8

How do we graph data? 11

9
9
5
4 12

Length of studying VS. Amount of sleep

14

12
Length of studying that day (Hours)

10

0
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Amount of sleep that night (Hours)

 Length of a Youtube
video Total views
1 70
5 30

How do we graph data?

10 10
20 5
30 1

Total views VS. Length of a Youtube video

80

70

60
Total views (in thousands)

50

40

30

20

10

0
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35

Length of a Youtube video (Minutes)

 Number of movie
Year of release released
1972 85
1973 82
1974 94

How do we graph data? 1975

1976
99
85
1977 88

Number of movies released VS. Year of release

100

98

96

94
Number of movies released

92

90

88

86

84

82

80
1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978

Year of release
 Year of release Number of movie released Number 1 movie of the year
1972 85 GodFather
1973 82 Exorcist
1974 94 Towering Inferno
1975 99 Jaws

How do we graph data? 1976

1977
85
88
Rocky
Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope

Number of movies released VS. Year of release

100

98

96

94
Number of movies released

92

90

88

86

84

82

80
1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978

Year of release
 Time spent on game Character level

1 12

2 20

3 28

How do we graph data? 4 36

5 41

Character level VS. Time spent on game

45

40

35

30
Character Level

25

20

15

10

0
0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5 5.5

Time spent on game (Hours)

 Number of
Christmas gift
Age received
6 15
9 10

How do we graph data? 12

14
9
7
18 2

Numbers of Christmas gift received VS. Age

16

14
Numbers of Christmas gift Received

12

10

0
4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20

Age
Recap and Reminder for tomorrow

We learn a new way of graphing _________ variables and we call this type of graph the ________________.

Scatterplot can shows us 3 types of relationships( ____________, ____________, and _____________.)

 Exit Slip
1. Go to Schoology
2. Open today’s folder (11-11-20)
3. Complete the Exit slip
4. Have a nice day