Grade:  9, 10

Subjects:  Health, Math, Science

Learner Outcomes:  The students will create a graph from collected data using smoking surveys .

Duration:  90-minute block

Materials:  completed student smoking surveys
                    scientific/graphing calculator

Technology Tools:  scientific/graphing calculator
                                 Microsoft Office
                                 projection device

Teacher Notes:  The vocabulary to be discussed includes: data, sample, bias, horizontal, vertical, axis, statistics, frequency, and tally.
Teacher and students must have a working knowledge of scientific/graphing calculator.

Description of Activity:
1.    The teacher will give a brief description of coordinate graphs, bar graphs, circle graphs (pie charts), and vocabulary.                 Use  PowerPoint presentation for this.
2.    The students will compile the data from smoking survey given in previous lesson.
3.    The teacher will group students and have them predict a percentage for their survey questions.
4.    In cooperative groups the students will tally the data for the group.
5.    Each group will compare their predicted percent to the actual percent as analyzed from their data.
6.    The teacher will then bring the class back together and tally class data using group data.
7.    The teacher will lead the students into a discussion as to whether they think the size of their sample affected their outcomes.  Then, discuss how statistics can be biased (a warning!).
8.    The students will graph data on graphing calculator.

Modifications:
Special education students will work with the assistance of inclusion teacher/peer.
Consult individual student's IEP and 504 plan.

Enrichment Activity:
The students will sketch and/or construct with paper, pencil, and tools their particular choice of graph.

Evaluation: Complete rubric for each student.

 WV IGOs:

• Health: HE.39
• Math: AM1.10,  AM1.11, AM1.16, AM1.17, AM2.6, AM2.10, AM2.18, AM2.19, PS.9, PS.10, PS.11
• Science 9: 9.4,7,9,12,16,100
• Science 10:1,4,7,9,12,16,93

National Standards :
Health Standards:  Knows environmental and external factors that affect individual and
                               community
                               Understands aspects of substance use abuse.
                               Knows essential concepts about prevention and control of disease.

Science Standards:  Understands relationships among organisms and their physical
                                environment.
                                Understands the principles of heredity and related concepts.

Math Standards:      Uses a variety of strategies in problem solving.
                                 Uses basic and advanced procedures while performing processes of
                                 computation.

Career Cluster:  Health and Human Services

References:
 Chart Works

Author:     Carol Ann Nestor
                     Tamela C. Sparks
                     Rebecca Wilson

                     BIG CREEK HIGH SCHOOL
 

Overview Smoking- Making an Intelligent Choice

Lesson 1 How Does Smoking Affect Your Health and Appearance?

Lesson 2 Tobacco Control Program

Lesson 3   Graph It

Lesson 4   Plot the Way

Lesson 5   Picture It