{"id":256,"date":"2017-09-21T21:24:54","date_gmt":"2017-09-22T04:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thoughtwelledu.wordpress.com\/?p=256"},"modified":"2023-12-03T00:03:34","modified_gmt":"2023-12-03T08:03:34","slug":"6th-grade-statistics-project-zombie-outbreak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hailstonesequence.com\/index.php\/2017\/09\/21\/6th-grade-statistics-project-zombie-outbreak\/","title":{"rendered":"6th Grade Statistics Project: Zombie Outbreak"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I created this project as a way for my 6th graders to practice their statistical skills. They loved it! They get to pretend to be epidemiologists studying a virus outbreak that is turning people into zombies. It&#8217;s a fantastic way for students to see how statistics is used in the &#8220;real world&#8221; &#8211; they were also very interested to learn about the field of epidemiology.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"390\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hailstonesequence.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-15-at-10.51.03-PM.png?resize=723%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-977\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hailstonesequence.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-15-at-10.51.03-PM.png?resize=1024%2C553&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hailstonesequence.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-15-at-10.51.03-PM.png?resize=300%2C162&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hailstonesequence.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-15-at-10.51.03-PM.png?resize=768%2C415&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hailstonesequence.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-15-at-10.51.03-PM.png?resize=555%2C300&amp;ssl=1 555w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hailstonesequence.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-15-at-10.51.03-PM.png?w=1492&amp;ssl=1 1492w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><b>The Project: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Students pretend to be epidemiologists investigating a zombie outbreak occurring in the United States. Students apply their statistical skills to determine:<\/span> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Where the virus is originating<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Which patients are likely to become zombie<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Which symptoms are most common<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Students practice:<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>-creating dot plots, a bar graph, and a box plot<br>-describing the distribution of data<br>-determining the mean and mode<br>-evaluating the usefulness of the measures of central tendency based on the data&#8217;s distribution<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can purchase this fun activity here:  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teacherspayteachers.com\/Product\/6th-Grade-Statistics-Project-Analyzing-Zombie-Virus-with-Dot-Plots-and-Mean-3111273\">https:\/\/www.teacherspayteachers.com\/Product\/6th-Grade-Statistics-Project-Analyzing-Zombie-Virus-with-Dot-Plots-and-Mean-3111273<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I created this project as a way for my 6th graders to practice their statistical skills. They loved it! They get to pretend to be epidemiologists studying a virus outbreak that is turning people into zombies. 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