School: Harrisonville Middle School
Class: Pre-Algebra
Instructor: Lesli Lame
Client: Harrisonville School District, Culver’s, Coffelt Land Title, Harrisonville Chamber of Commerce, Robin Colburn, Hometown Flooring, Midwest Lumber, and Ready Concrete Service
Problem: How can we analyze energy consumption data to promote energy conservation?
Summary of Project
Students partnered with local businesses to analyze energy consumption trends over time and present findings through line graphs, highlighting the benefits of energy conservation.
Key Takeaways or Advice
Don’t be afraid. Jump in feet first. Your students will help guide you! Let go and let students show you what they can do. At the middle school level, it was essential to have things a bit more structured. Giving students specific tasks that were to be completed each week and having specific roles for each student was SO helpful!
Learning Standards
- Investigate patterns of association in bivariate data
- Create, analyze, and interpret graphs