Random Sampling Lesson

Jelly Blubber Colony
Student Teachers Name: Brandy Borg

Instruction time: 45 minutes
7th
Date: 2/23 /15

Students level by grade:
Standard(s) to be addressed:
CCS.7.SP.1- Recognize that different random samples from a
population may yield different inferences.
CCS.7.SP.2- Draw inferences about a population using data from a
random sample.
Learning Objectives for this lesson:
Students will:
Use data from a sample to estimate a characteristic of a
population
Use sampling distribution, measures of center, and measures
of variability to describe and compare samples
Identified student needs and plans for differentiation: For ELL students, I allow
them to talk with a partner or ask me if they have struggles. I remade the
worksheet in a way that I feel all students will be able to read.
Specific resources needed for this lesson:
Blubber Colony Worksheets
Overhead projector, rulers, Jelly
Instructional method(s) used in this lesson: Class discussion, partner work,

individual work
Lesson Sequence:
DMR- Students will review measurements with a ruler, using centimeters.

Hook- I will begin the lesson showing students images of new species that have
been discovered in the last year or two. There are some strange ones. The last one
is a type of jelly. Then I will tell the students that there was a jelly blubber species
found and it is our job to try to determine the average length of a blubber. The
lesson gives a listing of 100 blubbers that were measured.
http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/photos/8-bizarre-newlydiscovered-deep-sea-creatures/the-last-frontier-on
Direct instruction/Modeling
I will instruct students how to do the activity but we have been on this lesson
for about a week and they have done two others that are slightly similar.
Allow students to look at Jelly Blubber Colony for 5 seconds, then have
them write their estimate for the length of what they think the average jelly
blubber is.
I will show them a data set from a class of 20 students and see how our class
is similar to them.
Now they will just pick 10 blubbers they want to measure. They will
measure them and write the lengths down, and find the mean of that 10.
***NOW HAND OUT THE MEASUREMENT CHART***
They will generate a random two digit number from a deck of cards (1-10,
and a royal being the zero). That number is the jelly blubber they should
look up on the chart and write the actual measurement of. From these given
measurements, the students will find the mean. Then they will give their
data to the teacher who will plot it on a line plot.
Check(s) for understanding and scaffolding of student learning- This will be
done as I am walking around the room assisting students. Toward the end of
class, we will have a class discussion that will wrap up their data that they
are finding. At this time I will be able to hear the students ideas and
understanding of the topic. We have been building on the topic of random
sampling and I am hoping that at the end of this activity, most of the students
will be participating in the class discussion.
Assessment of/for learning- I will be assessing students informally during the

lesson and during the discussion. Afterward, I will collect their work and evaluate
what students understood through the discussion questions that they are supposed
to answer.
Closure of the lesson

Students will give me their averages for the last portion of random data that
they get. I will put that on a line plot that is compared with the two other
versions of data. We will discuss how we can compare and contrast the line
plots.
Which method of sampling would give us the most accurate?
How have the averages changed between the plots?
Let students know that the average length of a blubber is 19.4 cm
Evaluate how the actual average length is similar/different from what the
class got for their data (last plot).
Why do we see differences or similarities?

What can we predict about the entire population from this sample size of
data?
See if students can pinpoint any errors I made in performing the sample
sizes. Maybe hint to a way that would get students to think about what
sample sizes they took in Reeses Pieces and what sample sizes they took for
jelly blubbers.
Reiterate that we should try to sample approximately 1/3 of the
population in order to get an accurate sample.
Bridge to next lesson

Next day students will be doing activity on cloning and predicting about a
population by examining a sample of the population. This is putting the
students deeper into thinking about sampling.
Jelly Blubber Colony

1.
2.
Name:
What is your estimate of how long the average Blubber is,

0-40? (in centimeters)
_____________ cm
Pick 10 RANDOM Blubbers and write the Blubber # in the chart.
a. Measure the length in centimeters then write in the

chart
Blubber #
3.
4.
Blubber #
Length (cm)
Add the 10 lengths and find the mean.

Mean: ____________cm
Using a deck of cards:
a. Generate 10 RANDOM numbers, 1-100 with the cards
b. Remember to mix up in between picks to give every
card an equal chance of being drawn. Royal card=
0/zero
Blubber #
5.
Length (cm)
Length (cm)
Blubber #
Add all 10 lengths up and find the mean.

_________ cm
Name:
Length (cm)
Mean:
6.
Discussion Questions
Which method gave the best estimate?
7.
How accurate was it?
8.
A student decides to generate a random sample by

closing her eyes and pointing at the sheet of blubbers
randomly. She chooses the blubber to which her finger is
closest. Is this the most accurate way that she could find
a random sample? What else could she do to be
accurate?

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Jelly Blubber Colony

Student Teachers Name: Brandy Borg

Date: 2/23 /15

Overhead projector, rulers, Jelly

Instructional method(s) used in this lesson: Class discussion, partner work,

DMR- Students will review measurements with a ruler, using centimeters.

Assessment of/for learning- I will be assessing students informally during the

Closure of the lesson

Why do we see differences or similarities?

Bridge to next lesson

Jelly Blubber Colony

What is your estimate of how long the average Blubber is,

a. Measure the length in centimeters then write in the

Add the 10 lengths and find the mean.

Add all 10 lengths up and find the mean.

How accurate was it?

A student decides to generate a random sample by

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