Where do your movies plot?
In the United States we are living a society that is strongly influenced by pop culture. Trends come and go but during that short period of time students inundate the hallways with those trends. For example, throughout the month of December of 2015 students were all wearing Star Wars attire. The reason behind it was Star Wars The Force Awakens. If pop culture is so influential, then why not integrate it into our teaching? The activity I have in mind incorporates movies and their box office earning to teach students the CCSS.Math.Content.6.SP.B.4. Display numerical data in plots on a number line, including dot plots, histograms, and box plots. In the activity the students will be given a list of the top 100 record breaking box office earning in America (with out their respected earnings). The link is given below. To make this activity more relevant for the students the will have to choose their top 10 movies from the given list. The students will then graph their data on a number line, including dot plots, histograms, and box plots. The students will have many opportunities to use technology. The teacher can allow students time to research their top ten movie’s earnings and then graph their data using other tech resources such as Excel. At the end students can present and discuss their graphic representations of their data.