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Lesson Title: Rescue Mission Game
Grade Level(s): 3,4,5
Lesson URL: http://illuminations.nctm.org/index_d.aspx?id=296
Description: This lesson, from Illuminations, students play a game to learn about the four forces of flight: lift, drag, thrust, and gravity. Before playing the game, students conduct a probability experiment with spinners and record their results in tally tables and
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NY State Standards Alignments:
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Math   Grade 3   Standard 3 - Statistics and Probability
Students will collect, organize, display, and analyze data.  
Collection of Data   (3.S.2) Collect data using observation and surveys, and record appropriately  
Math   Grade 3   Standard 3 - Statistics and Probability
Students will collect, organize, display, and analyze data.  
Organization and Display of Data   (3.S.3) Construct a frequency table to represent a collection of data  
Math   Grade 3   Standard 3 - Statistics and Probability
Students will collect, organize, display, and analyze data.  
Organization and Display of Data   (3.S.4) Identify the parts of pictographs and bar graphs  
Math   Grade 3   Standard 3 - Statistics and Probability
Students will collect, organize, display, and analyze data.  
Organization and Display of Data   (3.S.5) Display data in pictographs and bar graphs  
Math   Grade 3   Standard 3 - Statistics and Probability
Students will collect, organize, display, and analyze data.  
Organization and Display of Data   (3.S.6) State the relationships between pictographs and bar graphs  
Math   Grade 3   Standard 3 - Statistics and Probability
Students will collect, organize, display, and analyze data.  
Analysis of Data   (3.S.7) Read and interpret data in bar graphs and pictographs  
Math   Grade 3   Standard 3 - Statistics and Probability
Students will make predictions that are based upon data analysis.  
Predictions from Data   (3.S.8) Formulate conclusions and make predictions from graphs  
Math   Grade 4   Standard 3 - Statistics and Probability
Students will collect, organize, display, and analyze data.  
Collection of Data   (4.S.2) Collect data using observations, surveys, and experiments and record appropriately  
Math   Grade 4   Standard 3 - Statistics and Probability
Students will collect, organize, display, and analyze data.  
Organization and Display of Data   (4.S.3) Represent data using tables, bar graphs, and pictographs  
Math   Grade 4   Standard 3 - Statistics and Probability
Students will collect, organize, display, and analyze data.  
Analysis of Data   (4.S.4) Read and interpret line graphs   
Math   Grade 4   Standard 3 - Statistics and Probability
Students will make predictions that are based upon data analysis.  
Predictions from Data   (4.S.5) Develop and make predictions that are based on data  
Math   Grade 4   Standard 3 - Statistics and Probability
Students will make predictions that are based upon data analysis.  
Predictions from Data   (4.S.6) Formulate conclusions and make predictions from graphs  
Math   Grade 5   Standard 3 - Statistics and Probability
Students will collect, organize, display, and analyze data.  
Collection of Data   (5.S.1) Collect and record data from a variety of sources (e.g., newspapers, magazines, polls, charts, and surveys)  
Math   Grade 5   Standard 3 - Statistics and Probability
Students will collect, organize, display, and analyze data.  
Organization and Display of Data   (5.S.2) Display data in a line graph to show an increase or decrease over time  
Math   Grade 5   Standard 3 - Statistics and Probability
Students will make predictions that are based upon data analysis.  
Predictions from Data   (5.S.4) Formulate conclusions and make predictions from graphs  
Math   Grade 5   Standard 3 - Statistics and Probability
Students will understand and apply concepts of probability.  
Probability   (5.S.5) List the possible outcomes for a single-event experiment   
Math   Grade 5   Standard 3 - Statistics and Probability
Students will understand and apply concepts of probability.  
Probability   (5.S.6) Record experiment results using fractions/ratios   
Math   Grade 5   Standard 3 - Statistics and Probability
Students will understand and apply concepts of probability.  
Probability   (5.S.7) Create a sample space and determine the probability of a single event, given a simple experiment (e.g., rolling a number cube)  
Math   Grade 5   Standard 3 - Geometry
Students will apply coordinate geometry to analyze problem solving situations.  
Coordinate Geometry   (5.G.12) Identify and plot points in the first quadrant  
 
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