Box and Whisker Plots Doodle Notes
reading and creating box & whisker plots: visual interactive "doodle note" set
When students color or doodle in math class, it activates both hemispheres of the brain at the same time. There are proven benefits of this cross-lateral brain activity:
- new learning
- relaxation (less math anxiety)
- visual connections
- better memory & retention of the content!
Students fill in the sheets, answer the questions, and color, doodle or embellish. Then, they can use it as a study guide later on. Graphic doodle and sketch notes take full advantage of Dual Coding Theory (the way brains process visual and linguistic information) to maximize retention.
Content includes:
- parts of a box plot
- 5 number summary
- representing the median and the spread with the box and whiskers
- quartiles (finding and marking upper and lower quartiles, plus definition)
- analyzing and summarizing data points
- reading a box and whisker plot
- creating a box plot from scratch
- identifying outliers, max and minimum data values, and range
- visual reminders
- practice & examples
Check out the preview images for more detail about this item and the research behind it.
Visual note taking strategies like sketch notes or doodle notes are based on dual coding theory. When we can blend the text input with graphic/visual input, the student brain processes the information differently and can more easily convert the new learning into long-term memory.
This strategy also integrates the left and right hemispheres of the brain to increase focus, learning, and retention!
3 pages are included, plus answer keys, samples, and info.
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Reviews from other teachers:
-I used this resource with my Algebra Part A class. They were engaged in the lesson because they could doodle while I taught. Good resource for this level of Algebra students.
-My 7th grade students missed this topic at the end of their 6th grade year. We used these notes/worksheets and they were engaged. It made teaching this topic much easier as the teacher.
-This package helped my students understand the box plot a 100% better than the other notes that I used the day before! It helped me as well! Great resource!!
-We teach Box and Whisker plots in Algebra. This is a great activity. My students really enjoyed the doodling while taking notes.
-Another excellent set of pages from Math Giraffe to help reinforce a specific math topic. This was the perfect supplement to the Khan Academy lesson on Box and Whisker plots.
-Great opportunity for student to be creative, do their own research for answers, and get back with me about accuracy. Independent work and creativity all in one. Wonderful.