Provide a metaview, lifting students into a wider view of the concept. Use another medium (not reading or writing) to connect students' personal knowing to the concept (i.e. visual arts, music, movement, metaphor, etc.) Involve learners in reflective production that blends the emotional and the cognitive.
Display graphs and statistics taken from current publications.
Objective: To deepen the connection between data and graphs as transformations of data.
Activity: Display examples of graphs and statistics taken from current publications. Try to find graphs pertaining to topics that interest middle school students. Public libraries have business journals that contain great graphs. Discuss graphs as class.
