AMLE 2016 Investigating Presidential Data to Connect Math

AMLE 2016 Investigating Presidential Data to Connect Math and Social Studies Bridget Coleman Deborah Mc. Murtrie Gary Senn University of SC Aiken

Purpose and Goals This We Believe states that curriculum must be challenging, exploratory, integrative, rigorous, and relevant. The purpose of this session is to model increasing the relevancy of a Math lesson by integrating thought-provoking Social Studies data. Participants will analyze data to construct a stemand-leaf plot, interpret a box-and-whiskers plot, and calculate measures of central tendency.

AMLE Standards Standard 2: Middle Level Curriculum Element a. Subject Matter Content Knowledge Element b. Middle Level Student Standards Element c. Interdisciplinary Nature of Knowledge

Interdisciplinary Connections Real-life applications Culturally relevant connections Current and historical data

Name that President List as many US Presidents as you can in 60 seconds.

John F. Kennedy (1917– 1963) was the 35 th president of the United States. He was assassinated before he completed his third year in office. https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=Pz. Rg--jh. O 8 g

Do you know? Which 2 Presidents died on the same day?

Fun Facts John Adams 2 nd President Thomas Jefferson 3 rd President Died on the same day - July 4, 1826

Do you know? Who died from pneumonia after making the longest Inaugural Speech on record?

Fun Facts William Harry Harrison died of pneumonia after serving in office only 30 days.

Do you know? Who was the smallest U. S. president?

Fun Facts James Madison was 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighed less than 100 pounds.

Do you know? Which U. S. president is rumored to have gotten stuck in the White House bathtub?

Fun Facts William Howard Taft (He weighed 350 pounds)

Fun Facts Almost half of the presidents (21) shared just six first names. The most common U. S. presidents’ first names are: James (6) John (4) William (4) George (3) Andrew (2) Franklin (2)

Do you know? a. b. c. d. Who is the only president to assume office without first being elected president or vice president? How many presidents have been reelected to two or more terms? Who was the only U. S. President to serve two nonconsecutive terms? How many presidents have died in office?

Presidential Facts Table (sortable) President Vice President Political Party Term in Office Age at Inauguration Died in Office Fun Fact 1 George Washington John Adams No Party Designation 1789 -1797 57 years, 2 months, 8 days 2 John Adams Thomas Jefferson Federalist 1797 -1801 61 years, 4 months, 4 days 3 Thomas Jefferson Aaron Burr Democratic-Republican 1801 -1809 57 years, 10 months, 19 days Democratic-Republican 1809 -1817 57 years, 11 months, 16 days George Clinton 4 James Madison George Clinton Elbridge T. Gerry 5 James Monroe Daniel D Tompkins Democratic-Republican 1817 -1825 58 years 10 months, 4 days 6 John Quincy Adams John C. Calhoun Democratic-Republican 1825 -1829 57 years, 7 months, 21 days 7 Andrew Jackson John C. Calhoun Democratic 1829 -1837 61 years, 11 months, 17 days Martin Van Buren 8 Martin Van Buren Richard M. Johnson Democratic 1837 -1841 54 years, 2 months, 27 days 9 William Henry Harrison John Tyler Whig 1841 68 years, 0 months, 23 days pneumonia- 1841 10 John Tyler None Whig 1841 -1845 51 years, 0 months, 6 days 11 James Knox Polk George M. Dallas Democratic 1845 -1849 49 years, 4 months, 2 days 12 Zachary Taylor Millard Fillmore Whig 1849 -1850 64 years, 3 months, 8 days cholera morbus- 1850 13 Millard Fillmore None Whig 1850 -1853 50 years, 6 months, 2 days 14 Franklin Pierce William R King Democratic 1853 -1857 48 years, 3 months, 9 days 15 James Buchanan John C. Breckinridge Democratic 1857 -1861 65 years, 10 months, 9 days 16 Abraham Lincoln Hannibel Hamlin Union 1861 -1865 52 years, 0 months, 20 days assassinated-1865 Andrew Johnson 17 Andrew Johnson None Union 1865 -1869 56 years, 3 months, 17 days 18 Ulysses Simpson Grant Schuyler Colfax Republican 1869 -1877 46 years, 10 months, 5 days Henry Wilson 19 Rutherford Birchard Hayes William A. Wheeler Republican 1877 -1881 54 years, 5 months, 0 days 20 James Abram Garfield Chester Alan Arthur Republican 1881 49 years, 3 months, 13 days assassinated-1881

“Zero” Election-year Curse All but one of the U. S. presidents who died in office were elected in a year ending in a zero. Every President elected in a zero year from 1840 – 1960 died in office. This was a topic of discussion when Ronald Reagan was elected in 1980.

Coincidence or Something More? Lincoln's name has 7 letters Kennedy's name has 7 letters In Lincoln's & Kennedy's names the vowels & consonants fall in exactly the same place; in the order c, v, c, c (c = consonant, v = vowel) Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846 Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946 Lincoln was elected president in 1860 Kennedy was elected president in 1960 Kennedy had a secretary named Lincoln

Coincidence or Something More? - Lincoln was succeeded, after assassination, by vice-president Johnson - Kennedy was succeeded, after assassination, by vice-president Johnson - Andrew Johnson was born in 1808 - Lyndon Johnson was born in 1908 - Lincoln was shot in a theater and his assassin ran to a warehouse - JFK was shot from a warehouse and his assassin ran to a theater

Presidential Geocaching What is Geocaching? http: //www. geocaching. com Presidents Series: George Washington - Calif. President Thomas Jefferson - New Jersey Keith for President - South Carolina Presidential Flashcards - Texas President of the United States- Netherlands

Interdisciplinary Learning Center

Text Set Children’s Literature Title Author ISBN 20 Fun Facts About the Presidency Levy, Janey 978 -1433991899 Bully for You, Teddy Roosevelt! Fritz, Jean 978 -0698116092 Curious About the White House (Smithsonian) Waters, Kate 978 -0399541452 Don't Know Much About the Presidents Davis, Kenneth 0 -06 -028615 -6 George Washington's Breakfast Fritz, Jean 978 -0698116115 George Washington's Teeth Chandra, Deborah & Comora, Madeleine 0 -374 -32534 -0 Grover Cleveland, Again: A Treasury of American Presidents Burns, Ken 978 -0385392099 Hail to the Chief! Fun Facts and Activities About the US Presidents (Smithsonian) West, Tracey 978 -0399541469 Lincoln and Kennedy: A Pair to Compare Barretta, Gene 978 -0805099454 Lives of the Presidents: Fame, Shame (and What the Neighbors Thought) Krull, Kathleen 978 -0152008086 Our Presidents Rock! Turner, Juliette 978 -0310730958 Presidential Elections and Other Cool Facts Sobel, Syl 978 -1438006918 Presidents (Eyewitness Books) Barber, James 978 -0756649449 So You Want to Be President St. George, Judith 0 -439 -25286 -5 The Last Cow on the White House Lawn and Other Little-Known Facts About the Presidency Seuling, Barbara B 011 MFT 94 Y The Smithsonian Book of Presidential Trivia Pastan, Amy 978 -1588343253 Who Was Abraham Lincoln? Pascal, Janet 978 -0448448862 Wooden Teeth & Jelly Beans: A Special Inauguration Edition Nelson, Ray 978 -0545166430

Text Set Children’s Literature So You Want to Be President? by Judith St. George Washington’s Teeth by Deborah Chandra and Madeleine Comora Don’t Know Much About: The Presidents by Kenneth C. Davis Lives of the Presidents: Fame, Shame (and what the Neighbors Thought) by Kathleen Krull

The President of the U. S.

Before & After

Questions to Investigate How long do U. S. Presidents live? Do U. S. Presidents live longer than the average American?

What is the average life expectancy for U. S. Presidents? Survey on Poll Everywhere https: //www. polleverywhere. com/multiple_choice_polls/8 dp 91 CVE 3 KYjty. P Respond by either: v. Text PLUCKYSKY 165 to 22333 to join the session. Then text choice A - F. v. Website Poll. Ev. com/pluckysky 165

Curiosity Board A good question will lead to more questions! What is the average life expectancy in the United States? Subgroups? What is the life expectancy in other countries? What is the average of a US president? How many former presidents are still living? How will this data affect the current data?

Life Expectancy by Country (2015) http: //www. infoplease. com/world/statistics/life-expectancy-country. html U. S. Life Expectancy at Birth by Race & Gender (1930 -2010) http: //www. infoplease. com/ipa/A 0005148. html

U. S. Presidents Age at Death On-line grapher: http: //mrnussbaum. com/graph/sl/

What does the Stem and Leaf Plot reveal about the data? U. S. Presidents Age at Death

Data Analysis How many Presidents died in their 40 s or 50 s? Which President lived to be the oldest? Which Presidents were assassinated?

Data Analysis Measures of Central Tendency Ø Mean Ø Median Ø Mode

Graphing Calculator (TI-73 Explorer, TI-84 family) Insert STAT #3 the data set in LIST (2 nd LIST), MATH mean, select your list Repeat for #4 median Repeat for #5 mode

Box and Whiskers Plot Image from: www. mathcaptain. com/statistics/box-and-whisker-plot. html

Graphing Calculator (TI-73 Explorer, TI-84 family) 2 nd Plot Select a Plot # Highlight ON, Highlight Box & Whiskers, Select your List, Frequency 1 Select Zoom, Zoom. Stat #7

http: //www. math. andyou. com/tools/boxandwhisker. html

https: //illuminations. nctm. org/Activity. aspx? id=3476

http: //www. alcula. com/calculators/statistics/box-plot/

Using Data Analysis to Inform Decisions Interpret Using the box plots on the next slide. the represented data, decide whether to choose a paper airplane with 1 paper clip or 2 paper clips.

Box Plots of Airplane Data Airplane with one paper clip Airplane with two paper clips 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 Distance Traveled in Feet NCTM (2000) Principles and Standards for School Mathematics

Resources Livebinders. com http: //www. livebinders. com/play? id=668101 Access Code: data

Contact Information Web link for session resources: http: //rpsec. usca. edu/Presentations/AMLE 2016/ Bridget Coleman Bridget. C@usca. edu Deborah Mc. Murtrie Deborah. Mc@usca. edu Gary Senn. G@usca. edu University of South Carolina Aiken

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