Statistics Rocks: Project Work (Days 3-5)

I. Overview for Project Days

For the next 3 to 5 classes, students should work on their project in small groups. Students need to complete the following tasks and begin work on their power point or poster presentation.

Determine mean, median, mode, and range for their restaurant's category.

Create the most unhealthy meal possible for their restaurant, this should include,

-- main course (i.e. hamburger, taco, sandwich)

-- side dish (i.e. french fries, beans, apple pie)

-- drink (i.e. soda, milk shake)

Create a meal that is less than 700 calories for their restaurant, this should include,

-- main course (i.e. hamburger, taco, sandwich)

-- side dish (i.e. french fries, beans, apple pie)

-- drink (i.e. soda, milk shake)

Draw a scatter plot comparing the Fat (x) to Calories (y) for eat food item.

Describe the trend of data for this scatter plot.

II. Supplemental Activities or Extensions

During these days, teacher may want to supplement learning by doing some of the following activities.

1) Continue showing brief clips from Supersize Me

2) Build practice meals from different restaurant websites. The Taco Bell website allows a user to build a meal and it automatically calculate the nutrition: Taco Bell Nutrition

3) Assessing students using Practice Questions: MCAS

4) Show review from MathTV