Transcript Segments

1. Getting Started (3:38m)
Teacher: Kelly Hankins
The project director explains that this program is built around thematic modules and this lesson is from the "Recreation" theme.

2. Student Activity (4:16m)
Students shoot trashketballs and build a frequency table.

3. Teacher/Student Dialogue (2:39m)
The teacher leads the class to organize data in a new form - a stem and leaf plot.

4. Teacher Demonstration (3:13m)
The teacher models how students should post their trashketball scores in the form of a stem and leaf plot.

5. Student Work (2:03m)
Students title the display and create a key on both data displays.

6. Student Work (1:13m)
Students organize the data from least to greatest, then compare the distributions.

7. Teacher/Student Discussion (5:13m)
Students locate the definition of "median" in the text. The teacher demonstrates how to locate the median in the data display.

8. Interview (1:51m)
Jim Williamson, Project Director
The project leader reflects on the importance of comparing the stem and leaf plot to a bar graph. In this way, students observe the power of this display.

9. Student Work (5:00m)
Students will use the opposite hand to shoot trashketballs, collect new data, and create a second stem and leaf plot.