Statistics for Action situates opportunities for practicing math, science, and reading skills in a dramatic community context: one where people's health, homes, and children's well-being are on the line.

SfA activities can be used at the beginning of a unit to spark interest, and/or at the end of a unit as synthesis activities. Many activities cut across multiple standards.

Sample lessons by teachers using SfA activities (your ideas welcome):

• Can't Stop Breathing contributed by Selene Gonzalez-Carillo

• Compare to Standards contributed by Michael Pitula

• In a Plastic World contributed by Meghan McNamara

• Toxic Exposure contributed by Meghan McNamara

We've documented how SfA activities align with standards for math, science, and reading & social studies using three sets of standards:

• GED 2014 Assessment Targets
• Common Core State Standards Initiative
• NRC Framework of Practices for K-12 Science Classrooms
• Career and College Readiness Standards

Note that the Career and College Readiness Standards are based on the Common Core State Standards. The biggest change is that adult ed eliminates grade levels and replaces them with five levels, A-E.

 

SfA and Math Education Standards

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• Basic Math Operations
• Unit Rates, Unit Conversions, Proportional Scaling
• Multi-step arithmetic problems using percents, ratios, and averages
• Reading, interpreting, and making graphs and charts

 

SfA and Science Education Standards

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• Reading and analyzing data; making inferences and hypotheses
  Analyzing and evaluating reasoning & evidence
• Symbols, terms, and units
• Data presented in diverse ways: graphs, charts, tables, etc.
• Science Content: Earth and Space Science

 

SfA and Reading and Social Studies Standards

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• Reading texts for central themes, and evaluating reasoning and claims supported by evidence
• Reading text that uses graphs and data presentations