The Cemetery Project: A Matter of Grave Importance What data is burried in a cemetery?

1. The Cemetery Project: A Matter of Grave Importance What data is burried in a cemetery? Author Subject Grade Level Curriculum Essential Question Standards Targeted Learning Objectives Let’s Get Started!

2. Data From the Grave Presented by: Lennie Hughes http://vc.ecsu.edu/educ/educ203dl/llhughes%20WebPage/index.html BACK

3. Topics: Data Investigations Basic Math Operation Skills Mean, Mode, Range, & Median Life Cycles of Humans Students will be able to: Using basic computation skills, analyze data. Be able to collect, organize, analyze, and properly display data. Compare/Contrast Data Solve problems with data Describe effectiveness of mean, mode median & range. Describe how life cycles of humans have changed over time. Math & ScienceGrade 5 BACK

4. Math Objectives Goal 4 Data Analysis and Probability - The learner will understand and use graphs and data analysis. Objective 1 Collect, organize, analyze, and display data (including stem-and-leaf plots) to solve problems. Objective 2 Compare and contrast different representations of the same data; discuss the effectiveness of each representation. Objective 3 Solve problems with data from a single set or multiple sets of data using median, range, and mode. North Carolina Standard Course of Study BACK

5. What information is buried in a graveyard?

6. Essential Question • What is the typical age of the people buried from the data collected from the cemetery?

7. 1). Who is the oldest person from the collected data? • 1a). How old was that person? • 2). Who is the youngest person from the data collected? • 2a). How young was that person?

8. 3). In what month did most people die in? Make a table to find your answer. • 4). In what month were most people born in? Make a table to find your answer.

9. 5). Find the median age of the collected data? • 6). Find the mode age of the collected data?

10. 7). Find the range of the ages of the collected data? • 8). Do you notice any trends in the data? Explain.

11. 9). Is there any data that is unusual with the typical age found in the essential question? Explain. • 10). Create a graph that displays something about the collected data. BACK

46. Who is the governor buried in the cemetery? • Investigate here:

47. What other local history can you find? • Information about Elizabeth City, N.C. • http://www.elizcity.com/ • Information on Blackbeard the Pirate • http://www.ocracoke-nc.com/blackbeard/ • North Carolina’s Historical People & Places • http://www.itpi.dpi.state.nc.us/nchistorical/ • Carolina Clips • http://www.itpi.dpi.state.nc.us/caroclips/ • North Carolinas’ County Clips • http://www.itpi.dpi.state.nc.us/counties/default.html

48. 1). Who is the oldest person from the collected data? 1a). How old was that person? 2). Who is the youngest person from the data collected? 2a). How young was that person? 3). In what month did most people die in? Make a table to find your answer. 4). In what month were most people born in? Make a table to find your answer. 5). Find the median age of the collected data? 6). Find the mode age of the collected data? 7). Find the range of the ages of the collected data? 8). Do you notice any trends in the data? Explain. 9). Is there any data that is unusual with the typical age found in the essential question? Explain. 10). Create a graph that displays something about the collected data. Review of the Questions

49. …And if you like this cemetery, check out this graveyard…… • http://www.graveyardoftheatlantic.com/index.html http://www.atlantischarters.net/graveyard_of_the_atlantic.htm http://www.outerbanksnc.net/graveyard.html

50. The Episcopal Cemetery is listed as a National Historic Place…. To find out more click on one of the following sites….. • National Registry of Historic Places (check out all 4!) • http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/ • http://www.cr.nps.gov/places.htm • http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/ • http://www.hpo.dcr.state.nc.us/nrhome.htm