Digital Unit Plan Template

Unit Title: What is Normality? Name: Gustavo Rodriguez Rios

Content Area: Mathematics Grade Level: 11-12
CA Content Standard(s)/Common Core Standard(s):
Common Core Standards for Higher Level Mathematics: AP Probability and Statistics
7.0 Students demonstrate an understanding of the standard distributions (normal, binomial, and exponential) and can use the distributions
to solve for events in problems in which the distribution belongs to those families.
8.0 Students determine the mean and the standard deviation of a normally distributed random variable.
9.0 Students know the Central Limit Theorem and can use it to obtain approximations for probabilities in problems of finite sample
spaces in which the probabilities are distributed binomially.
10.0 Students know the definitions of the mean, median, and mode of distribution of data and can compute each of them in particular
situations.
11.0 Students compute the variance and the standard deviation of a distribution of data.



Big Ideas:
Define what Normality means in Statistics
Understanding the characteristics of the Normal Distribution
Defining the Normal Distribution as a Probability Function (a.k.a Cumulative Distribution Function or c.d.f)
Using one variable statistics (mean, median, mode, variance, standard deviation, IQR) to classify if data follows a Normal Distribution
Sketching Normal Curves using the mean and standard deviation of a set of data
Using the empirical rule to approximate the area under the Normal Curve (a.k.a Z-scores)
Students correctly apply the z-score formula to standardize the Normal Distribution
Students use the z-table to find the area under the Standard Normal curve
Students identify the differences between a distribution and a Sampling distribution
Students can find the mean and standard deviation of a sampling distribution
Students understand the Central Limit Theorem and can identify when it is applicable in a problem
Students use the Central Limit Theorem to solve problems with finite parameters
Students use their graphing calculators to sketch Histograms and Box Plots given a set of data
Students use their graphing calculators to obtain the five number summary given a set of data
Students use their graphing calculators to find the area under the standard normal curve




Unit Goals and Objectives:
Unit Goals:
1. Provide Students with an understanding of the idea of a Distribution of data.
2. Understanding what the area under the Normal Curve means.
3. Comparing distributions of data with sampling distributions of data.
Objectives:
1. Define the Normal Distribution with the use of boxplots and histograms.
2. Memorize the characteristics of a Normal Distribution.
3. Classify data as normally distributed and sketch a Normal Distribution Curve.
4. Define the area of the under the Normal Distribution Curve.
5. Estimate the area under the normal curve using the Empirical Rule.
6. Calculate a more precise area under the curve using the z-score formula.
7. Define the term sampling distribution.
8. Calculate the mean and standard deviation statistics of a sampling distribution.
9. Memorize the ideas communicated through the Central Limit Theorem
10. Classify problems as Central Limit Theorem applicable
11. Solve problems involving the Central Limit Theorem.



Unit Summary:
In this unit students will be exploring the Normal Distribution. By the end of the unit students will be able to define the term Normal distribution, as well as
identify the important characteristics of the distribution. Then they will also be able to sketch the Normal distribution curve as well as the standard normal
distribution, and label the important parts, such as the mean and standard deviation. Then the students will explore the idea of the area under the normal curve
and its meaning. They will learn about the z-score formula and will be able to solve problems involving the z-score formula. Then for the last part of the lesson
they will apply the idea of normality to sampling distributions. Then we will define on of the most important theorem in Statistics, the Central Limit Theorem.
We will be able to solve problems involving the Central Limit Theorem. Our Digital Unit Plan Starts with a power point about the Normal Distribution. The way
we define the Normal Distribution is by looking at the different characteristics of data when we plot them into box plots of histograms. As we add more samples
to a distribution it becomes more symmetric and that is how we obtain the bell shape curve that the Normal Distribution has. Then we move to the idea of the
area under the Normal curve and what that represents in statistics. We learned the formula for the z-score and how to solve different problems involving the z-
score. At this point of the unit we use our calculators to help us calculate the area under the normal curve more accurately then using the z-table. Then the first
lesson concludes with us looking at the hot to classify different sets of data as possibly normal. We do this by using the empirical rule and we have a group
activity showing how this could come into play in real life with the shark data provided. The second lesson focused on a digital webercise. This activity provided
the students with supplementary exercises involving z-scores and also some history about how the idea of the Normal Distribution originated. This will help
students prep for the F.R.Q quiz on z-scores and it is a good example for the end of the unit project. For the third lesson we did a flow chart to discuss the
characteristics of a sampling distribution and that led us to be able to state The Central Limit Theorem. Then we identified the characteristics The Central Limit
Theorem, so now students will be able to check if The central Limit Theorem is applicable in different problems.




Assessment Plan:
Entry-Level: Quickwrite
Students will recall knowledge on how to describe
data. Then they will brainstorm different ideas on
what the term Normal means in Mathematics and
more precisely in statistics.
Formative:
1. Quiz- Chapter terminology: Students will use
quizlet website to learn all of the vocabulary
associated with the Normal Distribution
2. Quiz-F.R.Q: Students will complete a couple of
free response questions to show their
understanding of the z-score formula
3. Think-Pair-Share Activity sharks: Students use
the properties of the normal distribution to classify
different sets of data,
4. Problem Analysis: Students learn to break down
problems before solving them to show their
understanding of the material



Summative:
1. Comprehensive examination: Students show
their understanding of the unit by completing a
Comprehensive examination online. The exam will
have a setup similar to the AP examination. It will
be composed of about 20 multiple choice question
and 2 F.R.Qs that are related to the unit just
covered.
2. Class Project: The second Summative assessment
will be a project in which the students will build a
report based on data they collect online. In this
report they will have to build charts and use the
properties of the normal distribution to be able
classify the dataset they find online. Then they will
use problem analysis on another data set given to
them in this project.

Lesson 1
Student Learning Objective:

Define the Normal
Distribution with the use of
boxplots and histograms.

Acceptable Evidence:
Being able to construct a
Histogram using calculator
functions.
Being able to construct a
boxplot using calculator
functions.
Identify key features of the
box plot and histogram (i.e.
Symmetry, min, max,
ouliers, skewness
Instructional Strategies:
Communication
Collection
Collaboration
Presentation
Organization
Interaction
Lesson Activities: This lesson is the one that will require the use of the
guided notes. This lesson will function as the preliminaries of Normality.
We will first discuss a lot of the vocabulary and terminology that will be
used throughout the unit. To motivate the definition of Normality and the
Normal curve, first we need to look at some of the characteristics of
histograms and box plots and from them we could define what it means for
data to be normally distributed. First we will begin by discussing and
brainstorming different way we classify data. We will use our graphing
calculators as well as some online tools to create and visualize histograms
and boxplots. The lesson will conclude with the definition of the Normal
Distribution and the characteristics of a Normal Distribution. We then work
on a
Lesson 2
Student Learning Objective:

Calculate a more precise
area under the curve using
the z-score formula.

Acceptable Evidence:

Being able to sketch and
label a normal curve.
Being able to shade
different areas under the
normal curve.
Being able to use the z-
Instructional Strategies:
Communication
Collection
Collaboration
Presentation
Organization
Interaction
Lesson Activities:
Webercise activity:
Using online tools to create your own histogram and box plot.
Using the empirical rule to classify data as normally distributed
Sketching a normal curve
Gathering historical research on normality and the theory behind
the z-score formula
Describing the normal distribution Solving problems involving the
score formula correctly.
Being able to use the z-table
to calculate probabilities.
Using a graphing calculator
to solve problems involving
z-scores

z-score formula and the z-table
Terminology definitions quiz (quizlett)
Free Response quiz (z-scores)
Lesson 3
Student Learning Objective:

Solve problems involving
the Central Limit Theorem.
Acceptable Evidence:
Understanding the meaning
of the term sampling
distribution.
Being able to classify
problems in which the
Central Limit Theorem is
applicable.
Being able to solve
problems involving the
Central Limit Theorem.
Being able to connect the
Central Limit Theorem to
the idea of Normality.

Instructional Strategies:
Communication
Collection
Collaboration
Presentation
Organization
Interaction
Lesson Activities:
Think-Pair Share Sharks activity
Partners discussion on how to check if data could be classified as
Normally distributed
Connect the Central Limit Theorem to sampling distributions via
solving problems in teams
Problem analysis activity. Analyzing how to solve a problem using the
Central Limit Theorem
Practice with the test statistic for sampling Distributions.
Using the test statistic and z-table to find probabilities.
Introducing the project
This project will be completed using the Program Microsoft Excel. The
program will help us in creating box plots and histograms and also help us
compute the five number summary.
Unit Resources:
TI 83,84, or 89 Graphing Calculators
http://education.ti.com/en/us/pd/online-learning/tutorials
Cliff Notes AP Statistics to review content
http://www.stat.purdue.edu/~morgan43/material225/Worked%20CLT%20Examples.pdf
Z-score table (to be provided or in the back of the textbook)
http://www.regentsprep.org/Regents/math/algtrig/ATS7/ZChart.htm
Wolphram Alpha Online
http://www.wolframalpha.com/examples/Statistics.html
Microsoft Excel help
http://office.microsoft.com/en-001/excel-help/microsoft-office-excel-help-support-and-training-FX010064695.aspx




Useful Websites:
Khan Academy videos
https://www.khanacademy.org/
TI Calculator Help
http://education.ti.com/en/us/pd/online-learning/tutorials
History of Normality
http://onlinestatbook.com/2/normal_distribution/history_normal.html
Building a Histogram site
http://www.wessa.net/rwasp_histogram.wasp



Quizlet Study tools site
http://quizlet.com/21215164/test?written=on&matching=on&mult_choice=on&tf=on&prompt-with=2&limit=10
Normal Distribution Practice problems
http://www.analyzemath.com/statistics/normal_distribution.html
Central limit Theorem practice problems
http://www.stat.purdue.edu/~morgan43/material225/Worked%20CLT%20Examples.pdf