Eventmath/Lesson plans/Analyzing a scatter plot of COVID-19 death rates of blue vs red states

Activities

 * Teacher asks students to read the source article in class.
 * Teacher asks students to document their thoughts about the article in a Google Form: "What do you notice? What do you wonder?".
 * Teacher asks students to work in groups of 3 to (i) verify at least two data sources referenced in the article and (ii) identify one additional data source not referenced in the article that may support or refute the conclusion drawn by the author.

Assignments
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Background
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Explorations
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