Should Women Compete With Men 
    in the Olympics?
                                                                             by:   Mary Nellis
Introduction
Standards
Objectives
Activities
Assessment 
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Introduction

           In this lesson, students will choose an Olympic event, such as the 200 meter 
 relay, and compare the winning times for men and women over the past 10 Olympic games.  Based on a statistical analysis of these times, the student will answer the question: "Should women compete with men in the Olympics?'"

Subject:  Algebra 1
Topic:  Statistics
Grade Level: 8th - 9th
Student Lesson name and URL:  http://ctap295.ctaponline.org/~nellism/student/
Standards Addressed

             Grade:   8th - 9th
Mathematics:   Algebra 1:   Statistics Unit 

California State Standards:

        25.0   Students use properties of the number system to judge the validity of 
                   results,  to justify each step of a  procedure, and to prove or disprove 
                   statements:

                 25.1   Students use properties of numbers to construct simple, valid 
                              arguments  (direct and indirect) for, or formulate counterexamples 
                              to, claimed assertions.

NCTM Standards:

     Data Analysis and Probability Strand  9 - 12

     *   Formulate questions that can be addressed with data and collection, organize
           and display  relevant data to answer them.

     *   Select and use appropriate statistical methods to analyze data.

     *   Develop and evaluate inferences and predictions that are based on data.
 
 
 

Instructional Objectives

   *   Students will be able to use the internet to look up statistics involving
          winning times or distances of men and women who have won a particular 
          Olympic event.

    *    Students will be able to display a comparison of winning times or distances 
          by using the Excel Spreedsheet.

    *    Students will be able to find mean, mode and median.

    *    Students will be able to present their findings and their answer to the 
          question "Should women compete with men in the Olympics?"  using a 
          Powerpoint presentation.

Student Activities

     1.  Students  will access the internet to collect data.

      2.   Students will use Excel to display their data on a spreadsheet.

      3.   Students will use Powerpoint to present their findings.
 
 

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Assessment

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Results
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School Name (link to your school's homepage if you have one.)
School Location:   San Jose, California
Your Name and e-mail address:   Mary Nellis 
Last Revised: 06/30/2000 (insert and update last revision date every time you work on this page.)