Mathematics and Psychology Unit Plan

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Unit PlanYear 10Mathematics and Psychology

Created by: Amy Dinsdale and Melissa Piper

Year Level: 10 Length: 4 Weeks Number of Lessons: 12

Domains: Mathematics and Psychology, ICT, Intercultural Understanding, Aboriginal and Torres straight Islanders Histories and Cultures

The material covered in the following unit will help assist students in understanding why mathematics is so important in psychology. This is done

through offering a number of different activities related to research methods in psychology as well as different activities related to statistics and

probability in mathematics for year 10 students. The following lesson plans and final summative assessment task will challenge students and assist

them in gaining an understanding in the world around them, specifically in Aboriginal and Torres straight Islanders Histories and Cultures. By the

end of this unit students should be able to collect and analyse statistical data, understand key concepts involved with statistics and demonstratingthis through the use of psychology. They will learn to understand research methods, how to graph properly and how to predict a probability of an

outcome. Students will also learn about health issues among indigenous Australians, the students will have to do a research project on this and

then are expected to present their findings, using all their knowledge that they have acquired from this unit. This unit will be using a number of

different multi-literacies including ICT, mathematics, psychology and intercultural understanding. Students use of Mind42 and movie maker

Vizzywig to present their findings promotes modern day learning and is easy to understand for the information age.


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Key Question: How does Mathematics help us understand Psychology?

Key ideas:

What is Psychology

The importance of Mathematics

Giving an introduction to collecting and reading Statistical Data.

Key concepts of Statistics

Key concepts of research methods How to properly graph and label information

How to properly predict the probability of the outcome of a psychology study

Learn about the statistics of the health of Indigenous Australians

Assessment Task:

Each Student will be given a psychology study to look at and predict the probability of the outcome

Each Student should keep a record in a separate book of key definitions discussed in class

Each group will need to hand in a copy of the data collected

Each group will need to hand in an outline of their final movie

Each group will need to create a movie about their findings about health issues with Indigenous Australians

Each student will need to complete a Topic Test


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Lesson 1: What is Psychology

Lesson 2: The Importance of

Mathematics in psychology

Lesson 3: Statistical Data Lesson 4: Key concepts of research

methods

Learning intentions:

- To learn what psychology is

- To understand why we need

psychology.


- To learn why mathematics is

important in psychology

- To understand the importance

and use of statistics and graphs


- To understand how to collect

statistical data

- To understand how to read

statistical data


- To understand what the steps are

in research methods and what is

involved.

- Students will be able to define the

key words in research methods.

Key Vocab: Psychology Key Vocab: Statistics, Graphing,

Mathematics, Research methods

Key Vocab:Statistical Data,

Interpretation,

Key Vocab:Hypotheses, Aim,

Probability

Main Activities:

StarterBrainstorming activity

what the students know about

psychology.

Mind mapwhat students know

about psychology

Main- Watch Video about the

introduction of psychology.

While watching the video make

notes on key elements of

psychology.

Discussion on what psychology is.

Main Activities:

StarterBrainstorming activity

What do the students think

mathematics is used for in

psychology/what mathematics is

used.

Mind mapWhat students know

about mathematics

Concept mapPsychology and

Mathematics the overlap.

Main

Definitions of key concepts of

mathematics as a class

Main Activities:

StarterCase study exercise with

students having to retrieve

statistical data from sheet.

MainIn groups students will

receive a set of clues with

statistical data on them, each

answer will give them the location

of another cluethis will helpthem be able to interpret data.

Main Activities:

Starter-On power point slides show

examples and students determine

what key term of research methods

the example is.

Main-Giving students a case study

on Indigenous Australians health

and students will need to identify

the key terms of research methods.

FinalLabelling of statistical data


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Final - Word search worksheet

with key ideas of psychology.

ActivityMatching key definitions

Introductory worksheet with an

example of research method

Homework:

No Homework set today

Homework:

To make sure their definition book

is up to date

Homework:

To make sure their definition book

is up to date

Homework:Make sure definition

book is up to date and do case study

work sheet.

Resources:

Intro to PsychologyCrash course

psychology #1 (YouTube)

Mind42

Resources:

Mind42

Resources: Resources:Power point presentation


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Lesson 5: How to graph and label

information from psychology

studies

Lesson 6: How to properly predict

the probability of the outcome of a

psychology study

Lesson 7: Indigenous Australians

and their health issues

Lesson 8: Learn about the

statistics of the health of

Indigenous Australians


- Understanding how to identify a

graph

- Understanding how to identify

how to read a graph- Understanding the important

information in a study to include in

your graph


- Students will need to understand

how to how to properly predict the

probability of the outcome of a

psychology study


- To understand the health issues

within Indigenous Australians

- To recognise and understand

the health issues with IndigenousAustralians


- To understand the health

issues within Indigenous

Australians

- To recognise and understandthe health issues within


- To understand statistics of

health issues of indigenous

Australians

Key Vocab:Graph, X & Y Axes Key Vocab:Hypothesis, Aim,

Predict, Probability, Outcome

Key Vocab:Indigenous

Australians, Health


Australians, Health, Statistics

Main Activities:

StarterPower point have some

examples of graphs, get the class

to see if they can identify the x andy axes and what the graph is trying

to say.

MainUsing iChart Maker on

ipads, plot a scatter graph, with

information provided from the

teacher on Indigenous Australians

Main Activities:

StarterTest on key definitions

that are set out in their definition

book.

MainTeacher gives information

to students and in groups they

work together and try and predict

the outcome of the example.

FinialStudents will be handed a

Main Activities:

StarterWatch YouTube video

on indigenous Australians health

MainDiscuss and brainstorm

different health issues as a class.

- Mind maphealth issues.

- In groups of four chose one

health issue and make a poster

Main Activities:

StarterCollect probability

assignment

Main

Get students intogroups of four

- Hand out assignment on

indigenous Australians health

- Allocate different health

issues to groups

- Start research on assignment


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health.

Show the class what they came up

with and explain what conclusion

they came up with from their

graph.

study for their assignment.

Teacher goes through assignment

and what is required.

with different symptoms, what

the issue actually is and what

they can do to help prevent the

issue. Present to class.

Homework: Make sure definitions

are up to date ready for test next

class.

Homework:

Start Probability assignment

Homework:

Continue working on Probability

Assignment due next class

Homework:

Indigenous Australians health

assignmentData collection on health issues

due start of lesson 10

Resources:

iChart MakerScatter graph on

iPad

Power point

Resources: Resources:

YouTubeIndigenous Health

Mind42

Poster Paper

Laptops/iPads

Resources:

Laptops

iPads


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Lesson 9:

Indigenous Australian Health

Assignment

Lesson 10:


Assignment

Lesson 11:


Assignment

Lesson 12: Indigenous

Australian Health Assignment


- Make a movie on the allocated

health issue of indigenous

Australians

- Students need to understandthe criteria of their assessment.




Australians





Australians

- Students need to understand thecriteria of their assessment.




Australians



Australians, Health, Statistics

Key Vocab:

Indigenous Australians, Health,

Statistics

Key Vocab:


Statistics

Key Vocab:


Statistics

Main Activities:

Starter- Go through some

examples of different

applications students can use for

their movie.

MainStudents continue to

work collaboratively onIndigenous Australians

Assignment

Final- Quick presentation to the

class on what groups have found

so far for assignment

Main Activities:

StarterCollect a copy of data

used as part of indigenous

Australian assignment

- Test of definitions

Main - Students continue to work

collaboratively on IndigenousAustralians Assignment

Main Activities:

Starter - Topic Test

MainGroups will spend class

time filming their presentations.

- Students are working on the

outline of their health issue to be

handed in next class

FinalMake sure assignments are

ready for presentation next class

Main Activities:

MainTeacher needs to collect

Outline of Final Movie

- Groups present their movies to

the class.


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Homework:


assignment

Make sure definitions are up to

date ready for test next lesson

Data collection on health issues

due start of next lesson

Homework:


assignment

Homework:


assignment Due next class

Outline of final movie Due next

class

Homework:

No Homework Assigned

Resources:

Laptops

iPadsAssignment Resources

Movie AppVizzywig

Resources:

Laptops

iPadsMovie AppVizzywig

Resources:

Laptops

iPadsMovie AppVizzywig

Resources:

Laptops

iPadsMovie App- Vizzywig


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Unit PlanYear 10Mathematics and PsychologySummative Assessment Task

Students will investigate a Indigenous Health issue

Students will work collaboratively in groups of 4 to investigate an allocated health issue

Students will be required to demonstrate that they understand their health issue

Students will be required to demonstrate that they understand that they can collect statistical data on their health issue

Students will be required to keep a record of definitions discussed each class and refer to it ready to be tested.

Each individual student will be required to complete a probability assignment

Each group will be required to make an outline of their movie including the key concepts in their assignment

Each group will be required to make a 5-minute movie on their allocated health issue.

Students will undertake a topic test

Breakdown of marks

5% Definition Test Completed Lesson 6

5% Definition Test Completed Lesson 10

20% Probability Assignment Due Lesson 8

5% Data Collection for Health Assignment Due Lesson 10

10%

30%

25%

Outline of Movie

Presentation of Health Issue Movie

Topic Test

Due Lesson 12

Due Lesson 12

Completed Lesson 11

100%


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Presentation of a health issue

Due date: 31st

October 2014

In the presentation of a health issue in groups of four you will need to research the health issue that is given to you. You are required to present a

5-minute movie using the application Vizzywig to present your findings. Each group member is expected to make equal contribution to the

assignment. Work on the assignment will be completed in class, if it is not completed by the final period of class time allocated then you are

expected to complete it at home.

The presentation of your health issue must include the following:

Outline of movie to be handed in before filming begins

Clear identification and understanding of your health issue

Accurate statistical data presented in your own way in the movie

Accurate length of film no more than 5 minutes

Movie needs to be presented creatively

Need to include all key concepts clearly

There must be appropriate editing done

Resources used should be identified

The final movie will be presented to the class on the 31st

October 2014.


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Assessment Task Rubric

Area Low (2) Medium (4) High (6)

Identify of health issue Not clearly identified and defined Some aspects of health issue are

identified and defined

All aspects of health issues are

identified and defined

Demonstration of collection of

accurate statistical data

Not accurately collected or

presented

Some of the statistical data was

collected accurately

Clear understanding of statistical

data and presented well

Outline of movie Key concepts are not clearly shown Some key concepts have been

included

Detailed explanation of key

concepts of movie are identified

Movie length (5 minutes) Movie wasnt long enough/movie

was to short

Movie was of appropriate length

Overall presentation of film Movie lacked editing and clear

presentation of key concepts and

health issue

Movie was presented clearly but

lacked some editing and key

concepts

Movie was presented clearly,

edited well and all key concepts

were presented


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Lesson Plan - Year 10 Mathematics and Psychology

Date/Lesson

Subject and Class

7/10/2014 Lesson 3: Statistical Data

Mathematics and Psychology

Year 10

Materials/Resources Case Study exercises

Clues on sheets of paper

Whiteboard/whiteboard markers

Learning Intentions Students will be able to understand

how to collect statistical data

Students will be able to understand

how to read and interpret statistical

data

Accessing Engager/Connection Begin class by outlining the learning

intentions to the students

Ask students what they think statistical

data is and what it is used for

Lesson: I do Give students a quick definition of what

statistical data is and what its used for

Hand out a case study to students so

they can retrieve the statistical data

from the case

Advise students to get into groups of 3-

4, then hand out clue sheets to the

groups

Advise students that they are going to

do an activity outside and that each

group has a clue with statistical data on

it, once they have worked out the

answer it will give them a location of

another clue. There is three clues

before the clues will revile the end

location

Guided: We do Discuss students responses on what

they think statistical data is and what

its used for

Go through answers to case study

Run outside activity with students

retrieving and interpreting clues that

are to do with statistical data

Independent: You do After discussion of what statistical data

is ask students to complete the case

study


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Students are to complete case study in

approximately 20mins

After discussion of case study students

will be asked to get into groups of 3-4

Students will then be given a clue and

told that once they have interpreted

and retrieved an answer it will revile

the next clue. They will be told that

there are three clues and then the final

destination

This will also be done as a race and the

first ones back win

Advise students they have 30 minutes

to do this activity

Generalise/review

Ask students what they remember

about statistical data

Ask students if they can explain how to

retrieve and interpret statistical data

Review why statistical data is important

specifically to psychology

Assessment/Check for Understanding:

Discuss answers to the case study once students have completed it

Discuss how to interpret and retrieve statistical data and why it is important to see how

much students remember

Next Lesson Focus/Differentiation:

Students are to complete and make sure their definition books are up to date so they

can use these for revision later in the unit

Advise Students that we will be discussing Key concepts of research methods in the next

class and will be completing different activities to do with this including case studies with



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Date/Session

Subject and Class

Lesson 4: Key concepts of research methods

Psychology/Mathematics

Year 10

Materials/Resources Projector

Whiteboard/ whiteboard markers

PowerPoint/Laptop

Activity sheets

Learning Intentions Students will be able to understand what

research methods are

Students will be able to understand what steps

are involved in research methods

Students will be able to define and understand

the key vocabulary involved in research

methods

Accessing Engager/Connection Recap with students on statistical data

Show students examples on PowerPoint of key

research methods terms. Students to

determine which example matches the key

term.

Lesson : I do Go through PowerPoint and discuss the main

aspects of research methods with students.

Guided: We do Go through answers with students in relationto matching activity at the beginning of the

lesson

Discuss answers to questions on PowerPoint

slide with students that relate to research

methods.

Independent : You do Different Indigenous Australian health issue

case studies are hung throughout school

corridor. Students have 20 minutes to work in

pairs to select a case study from school

corridor and then are required to answerquestions on case study. Students have 20

minutes to complete reading and answering

the questions on the worksheet before

returning to the classroom and going through

the answers.

Generalise/review Review of what research methods are with

students

Ask students if they can remember what some

of the key terms are without looking at their

workbooks.


Discuss answers to questions on case study worksheets with students.


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Check that students definition book is up to date.


Review of research methods and key terms of research methods

Advise students that we will be learning about graphing in the next classincluding how

to read a graph, label it and understand the important information in the graph.


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Date/Lesson

Subject and Class

21/7/2014 Lesson 7: Indigenous Australians

and their health issues

Mathematics and Psychology

Year 10

Materials/Resources YouTube

Poster Paper

Laptop/iPads

Mind42 (Computerized mind map

software)

Whiteboard/Whiteboard markers

Learning Intentions Students will be able to understand

health issues that affect Indigenous

Australians

Students will be able to recognize and

understand the health issues with


Accessing Engager/Connection Begin class by outlining the learning

intentions to the students

Ask students if they know any health

issues that affect Indigenous

Australians

Lesson: I do Give students a brief example of some


Australians

Open up YouTube and show students

video on indigenous Australians Health

(video called Indigenous Health)

Ask students to work in groups of 4,

open up Mind42 on laptop or

computers, hand students sheet on

how to use Mind42 and get them to

create a mind map with different


Australians, do this for about 15

minutes Once students have finished

their mind map get them to send it to

you

Open Mind42 and as a class discuss the

different health issues that the

students have come up with and add to

the mind map any different ones

students have come up with that arent


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already on your mind map

In the same groups of 4 that the

students were just working in tell them

that each group needs to pick one

health issue and make a poster with

different symptoms for that issue, what

the issue actually is and what they can

do to help prevent the issue. Do this for

about 20-30 minutes and then present

to class

Guided: We do Discuss responses to different health

issues that affect Indigenous

Australians

Discuss with students why they think

those health issues affect Indigenous

Australians more than other cultures

Independent: You do After discussion and YouTube video on

Indigenous health get students to

complete a mind map in groups of 4

After further discussion students are to

pick one health issue and make a

poster that they can present to the

class

Generalise/review Review of what health issues have a

greater affect on Indigenous

Australians

Pick students to give a review on some

of the different health issues that they

have just learnt about


Discuss Indigenous Australians health issues, whats the different symptoms, what the

issue actually is and what students can do to help prevent the issue to see what students

could remember


Students are to complete their Probability Assignment that is due next class

Students are to complete and make sure their definition books are up to date so they

can use these for revision later in the unit

Review of health issues that affect Indigenous Australians

Advise students that they will be getting their major assignment and will start to look at

it next class


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Date/Session

Subject and Class

Lesson 9: Indigenous Australians Health Assignment

Psychology/Mathematics

Year 10

Materials/Resources Projector

Whiteboard/ whiteboard markers

PowerPoint/Laptop

Topic Test sheets

IPadsVizzywig Application

Learning Intentions Students will be able to understand how to

use the Vizzywig movie maker application on

the IPad.

Students will be able to understand the criteria

of their assignment

Students will be able to understand statistics

basic information on Indigenous Australian

health issue of their choice.

Students will be able to work collaboratively

on assignment.

Accessing Engager/Connection Recap with students on health issues among


Briefly go through some examples of movie

applications on the IPad that students can use

for assignment.

Lesson : I do Give students an overview of the Vizzywig

movie maker app on their IPadsincluding

videos with examples.

Guided: We do Brainstorm with studentsdifferent ideas that

they have on applications they can use for

their assignment.

Independent : You do Students to collaboratively work on Indigenous

Australians assignment for the rest of the

class.Generalise/review Continue working on assignment


In group, students to present to class what they have found so far for their assignment

2 minute presentation


Advise students that they will continue to work on their assignment in the next class.

At the beginning of the next class, students are also required to hand in a copy of thedata that they have collected for their assignment.


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