8.SP.A.2
A Line to Discovery
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Game Info for Teachers
COMBINED RATING
3.7 Stars
TEACHERS (29)
3.9
STUDENTS (2005)
3.4
LENGTH
18 Minutes
GRADES
6
7
8
CAPABILITIES
iPad Support
ES
Spanish Language Support
Text-to-Speech Support
Description
Play as an agent for a secret government organization that tracks alien activity in this sci-fi strategy game!
Vocabulary Words
coordinate
scatter plots
line of best fit
positive correlation
negative correlation
cluster
outlier
strong association
weak association
Instructions
Play through this interactive game to learn about Line Of Best Fit. Suitable for Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8.
Main Concepts
Describe groups of points as clusters.
Graph paired measurements that may be associated with a scatter plot.
Determine if a line of best fit is placed accurately by analyzing the location of points on the scatter plot.
Look for a positive or negative trend in the cloud of points.
Identify a strong (most of the points correspond by increasing or decreasing in correspondence with the associated values) or weak association (some of the points correspond by increasing or decreasing in correspondence with the associated values of the variables).
Describe points that are far off the trending points as outliers.
When paired associated measures trend in a generally linear fashion, use a line of best fit to show the general trend.
The line of best fit is an approximation to show the associative trend.
Discussion Questions
Before the Game
What do you think the difference between a positive association and negative association is when considering a scatter plot? Why might people collect data and put it on a graph? What do you think "line of best fit" might mean?
After the Game
How did you determine the position of the line of best fit? What does it mean for a point to be an outlier? What information can we determine from a scatter plot and a line of best fit?
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Game Details
Difficulty
Content Integration
Lexile Level
905
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