FAST Success Kit: Sampling & Inference

Teacher Guide

5-10 minute lesson plan

Learning objectives
Common misconceptions
Step-by-step lesson
IXL skill recommendations

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Concept Worksheet

Visual learning + guided practice

Big Idea explanation
Random vs biased sampling
Making valid inferences
Guided practice problems

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Practice Worksheet

Independent practice problems

Identifying sample types
Evaluating sampling methods
Making predictions
Comparing distributions

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FAST Practice Quiz

Test-format questions

Multiple choice questions
Multi-select questions
Mirrors actual FAST format
6 assessment questions

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Parent Activity

10-minute home activities

Survey design activities
Real-world sampling examples
Conversation starters
Spanish summary included

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Answer Keys

Teacher use only

All worksheet answers
Quiz answer explanations
Scoring guide
Intervention suggestions

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About This Kit

This FAST Success Kit is designed to help Grade 7 students master sampling methods and making inferences before taking the Florida FAST assessment. All content is aligned to Florida B.E.S.T. Standards and fact-checked for accuracy.

Standards Covered:

MA.7.DP.1.1 - Determine an appropriate measure of center or measure of variation to summarize numerical data
MA.7.DP.1.2 - Given two numerical or graphical representations of data, compare the measures of center and variation
MA.7.DP.1.3 - Given categorical data from a random sample, determine if the sample is representative of the population

Key Concepts: Random sampling, biased samples, representative samples, population vs sample, making predictions, comparing data distributions

Sampling & Making Inferences