Leo’s Ice Cream Sales: Building a Scatter Plot (Part 1)
In this interactive 8th-grade statistics worksheet, students help Leo, a local ice cream truck salesman, analyze how temperature impacts his daily sales. Using sliders to plot 20 real-world data points, students construct a scatter plot and explore how visualizing data reveals relationships between two quantitative variables.
Through guided multiple-choice questions and interpretation tasks, learners identify positive correlation, detect outliers, and understand the role of a trend line in prediction and analysis. The relatable storyline turns abstract math into a meaningful investigation that connects data literacy to everyday decision-making.
This activity aligns with Common Core 8.SP standards, encourages critical thinking, and prepares students for advanced topics in data analysis and scientific modeling. Ideal for classroom instruction, individual practice, or digital assignments, this worksheet transforms plotting practice into a real-world learning experience.
Learning Objective
Students will learn how to create and interpret scatter plots by plotting real-world data to identify relationships between two quantitative variables. Through Leo’s Ice Cream Truck scenario, students will recognize positive and negative correlations, outliers, and the concept of a line of best fit, understanding how data visualization helps reveal patterns and supports decision-making in everyday life.
