Download This Lesson: Wild Blueberry Math
Brief Description: The students will examine, interpret and manipulate real-life data about the economics of wild blueberry production.
objectives:
The students will:
- read and interpret graphs depicting real-world data.
- create graphs using real-world data.
- manipulate real-world information to solve problems and understand some of the decision-making challenges of producing wild blueberries.
- formulate and answer questions from real-world data.
life skills:
Displaying data, graphing, graph reading, mathematics, problem solving
materials:
- Copies of Wild Blueberry Production Decisions
- Copies of The Annual Blueberry Crop
- Copies of Wild Blueberry Production
- Graph paper
- Pens or pencils
- Calculators, if desired
Estimated teaching time:
Three 45-minute class periods
preparation:
Make copies of the student activity pages.
vocabulary:
Annual, clone, data, litter, production, pruning, integrated crop management
Correlations to State of Maine Learning Results: Parameters for Essential Instruction
| Content Area |
Performance |
Grades 3-5 |
Grades 6-8 |
| Health Education & Physical Education |
A6 |
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Mathematics
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A3 |
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A4 |
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A5 B2 |
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| Social Studies |
C1 |
a, b, c |
a, c |
Alignment to Common Core Standards for English Language Arts and Mathematics
| Grade/Grade Span | Mathematics |
| Grade 3 | Measurement & Data: 3.md.3 |