Grade 8 Statistics & Probability Complete Unit | 12 Lessons | 8.SP

A complete 14-day unit for Grade 8 Statistics & Probability, grounded in the Class Sports Performance Survey scenario. Every lesson connects to the same authentic context, so students see how 8.SP skills work together instead of as disconnected topics.

Every lesson connects to the class collecting and analyzing sports performance data - practice hours vs points scored (scatter plots), comparing two grade levels’ sport preferences (two-way tables), drawing a line of best fit to predict an athlete’s performance, distinguishing positive associations (more practice = more points) from negative (more TV = lower grades), and checking whether association suggests causation. Students see how 8.SP skills come together to analyze real data. The 12th lesson and summative performance task bring it all together.

What’s included:

• 12 Lesson PDF Decks (10 slides each, with full speaker notes)
• 12 Editable PPTX Decks (drop in your own examples)
• 12 Print-Ready Worksheets + Answer Keys with misconception notes
• 12 Exit Tickets (3 questions, 5 minutes each)
• 4 Anchor Chart Posters (wall-ready, dark background, unique hero diagram per chart)
• Pre/Post Assessment (10 questions) + Answer Key
• Class Sports Performance Survey Plan Summative Performance Task (5 parts, 16 points)
• Problem-Solving Rubric (4 criteria, 4 levels, 16 points)
• 14-Day Pacing Guide
• Family Letter (editable)

Lesson sequence:

• Lesson 1. Scatter Plots: Construct & Interpret - 8.SP.A.1
• Lesson 2. Patterns in Scatter Plots - 8.SP.A.1
• Lesson 3. Outliers & Clusters - 8.SP.A.1
• Lesson 4. Line of Best Fit - 8.SP.A.2
• Lesson 5. Linear Models for Bivariate Data - 8.SP.A.3
• Lesson 6. Interpreting the Slope - 8.SP.A.3
• Lesson 7. Interpreting the Y-Intercept - 8.SP.A.3
• Lesson 8. Predicting with Linear Models - 8.SP.A.3
• Lesson 9. Two-Way Tables - 8.SP.A.4
• Lesson 10. Relative Frequencies - 8.SP.A.4
• Lesson 11. Association in Two-Way Tables - 8.SP.A.4
• Lesson 12. Class Sports Synthesis - 8.SP (all)

Standards: 8.SP.A.1, 8.SP.A.2, 8.SP.A.3, 8.SP.A.4