A co-worker and I created this task for the students to work through while learning Theoretical and Experimental Probability. We also wanted to include a task that incorporated anti-bullying into the curriculum. What are your ideas for improving this task? Please add any task that you have created. Have a great day.
Name________________________
“Has this happened to you?”
School bullying refers to all types of bullying done on school property, whether it is peer-to-peer bullying, bullying of younger children by older children, or bullying in which a teacher is either a victim or a culprit. Keep reading for more information on school bullying.According to the National Center for Education Statistics, nearly a third of all students aged 12 - 18 reported having been bullied at school in 2007, some almost daily.
Types of bullying:
- Verbal. This type of bullying usually involves name calling and or teasing
- Social. Spreading rumors, intentionally leaving others out of activities on purpose, breaking up friendships are all examples of social bullying.
- Physical. This traditional form of bullying involves hitting, punching, shoving and other acts of intention physical harm.
- Cyberbullying. This method of bullying involves using the Internet, texting, email and other digital technologies to harm others.
- Imbalance of power. Typically those who engage in bully-like behaviors use their strength, popularity or power to harm, control or manipulate others. They will usually target those who are weaker in size or may have a difficult time defending themselves.
- Intent to cause harm. A bully is a person who does not do things by accident. The bully intends to physically or emotionally injure a person or group of persons.
- Repetition. Typically incidents of bullying are not a one-time thing. Bullies target the same person or group over and over again.
http://www.bullyingstatistics.org/content/facts-on-bullying.html (Allow students to discuss this topic in class.)
Math Discussion Questions:
If ⅓ of students ages 12 to 18 have reported being bullied, about how many 7th grade students would you expect to have been bullied at Bryant Middle School if there are 371 students?
If ⅓ of students ages 12 to 18 have reported being bullied, about how many students would you expect to have been bullied at Bryant Middle School if there are 1,179 students?
What type of Probability are you using to find the answers to the previous two questions? Explain.
How could we find out if this statistic holds true for 7th graders at Bryant Middle School? and all students at Bryant Middle School?
Experiment
Design a way to test this statistic at Bryant Middle School.
Steps
1.Create your survey question and have it approved by your teacher.
2. Conduct your survey
3. Display your data on Poster
4. Analyze your data and write a conclusion based on your findings on the Poster . (Use your data to answer the discussion questions we already answered based on the original statistic given.)
5. Research and provide a way to prevent or report bullying and include it on the Poster.
“ Let’s Sum it up!” (Include this information on your poster.)
- Name your Population. Name your sample.
- How many students were included in your survey?
- Is your sample representative of the population? Explain.
- Was this a random sample? Explain.
- How did your results compare to the statistic given? Explain
- How can you prevent or report bullying? Explain.
Peer Assessment
Name of student you are grading___________________________________________
Your name____________________________________________________________
Rank the student.
A B C D F
1. Did the student participate in group discussion? 5 4 3 2 1
2. Did the student help in conducting the survey? 5 4 3 2 1
3. Did the student cooperate in working with the 5 4 3 2 1
group?
4. Did the student bring appropriate supplies? 5 4 3 2 1
5. Did the student contribute to the final product? 5 4 3 2 1
Rubric- 5 points each
1. Did you include the survey question?
2. Did you name the population?
3. Did you name the sample?
4. Did you tell how many students you surveyed?
5. Did you display your data in an appropriate graph or chart?
6. Did you explain if your data was collected randomly?
7. Did you explain if your data was representative of the population?
8. Did you write a conclusion? Include your predictions of bullying based on your experimental results.
9. Did you make a comparison of your data to the statistic given?
10. Did you provide a method of preventing or reporting bullying?
Student Work
Look Carefully.....I can tell that this particular group of students still have some learning to do when it comes to working with circle graphs. I still displayed their work because this was a good learning moment for those students.
This group chose to display their data using a bar graph and a circle graph.
Love the Data Breakdown on this poster!
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