Activity #4

 Hi everyone,

For this week, I have decided to look at how I can build in student interest, and have them explore a social justice topic that is important to them, while connecting to math.

1. Housing costs/trends-> C3.1, B3.5, A2, B1.1

2. Public heath statistics of different countries-> C3.1, B3.5, A2

3. Crimes and racial profiling -> C3.1, B3.5, A2

4. Passion project on a social justice topic (student choice -> D1.3, D2.2

5. Women in STEM/Pay inequality -> A2, F1.1, F1.4

What the activity will be is a poster presentation. Students will have time to pick a topic, research the topic to find data, and will present their findings on a poster (virtual or physical). The purpose of this assessment will be so that students are working with data, and representing this data in an effective way, as part of data management. 

Specifically for math, students will need to create a scatter plot graph to show their data. 

Here is the student handout/instructions/rubric:

I think that this project will help showcase student's and the topics that they are passionate about, while researching and collecting data to show why their issue is an issue. It will also allow me to get to know my students better, while having important conversations as a class.

I can't wait to try this out!

Until next time,

-Sydney