Durham Intermediate School, Southlake, TX         Sixth Grade Mathematics         Lance.Mangham@southlakecarroll.edu


CHAPTER 8
: THE RMS TITANIC

Titanic Boarding Passes
  • Welcome aboard the RMS Titanic! As our Titanic unit begins, you are receiving your boarding pass for our voyage. Your person was a real passenger on the Titanic and you have been provided background information such as age, occupation, and marital status. As we progress through the project you will learn more about what happened to your passenger.
Data about the RMS Titanic
  • The following Titanic data is organized into 6 days of class. The first day details the building of the ship while the second day focuses on loading up the ship. The third day is when the Titanic sets sail and the fourth day is when it strikes an iceberg. Day five has data describing the rescue while the final day discusses the finding of the Titanic.
Graphs about the RMS Titanic
  • Titanic graphs including line, bar, circle, scatter plot, histogram, line plot, and Venn diagrams.

              
Titanic Statistics & Graph Activities Titanic Measurement Activities Titanic Project
  • The statistics and graph activities and questions relate to all the graphs in the link above.
  • The measurement activities and questions relate to various Titanic measurements (length, mass/weight, volume/capacity, and rates).
  • The Titanic project has groups apply their knowledge of statistics and measurement by creating an informative display suggesting at ways more people could have been saved the night the ship hit the iceberg.