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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Introduction to Scatter Plots and Correlation

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the concept of scatter plots. They compare baseball statistics to locate the ones that correlate with winning, and identify the positive, negative, and no correlation in sets of data using MS Excel.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Commercial Salmon Fishing

For Students 9th - 12th
Students work with data about commercial fishing ofsalmon in Alaska. Students gather data, graph it, and analyze it.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Line Of Best Fit: Feet & Forearms

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students actively find the line of best fit. They gather their own data and then use a calculator to find the line of best fit, as well as the equation. They see how to use the TI 81 calculator in order to find the line of best fit.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What Can Scatterplots Tell Us?

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders use data from surveys conducted with parents, peers and themselves to create computer-generated scatterplots. They make inferences from their scatterplots.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Bungee M&M's

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders experiment with M&M's and a cup attached to a spring to to simulate a bungee jump. They graph the results of the experiment and make predictions for continuing the experiment. They determine the "line of best fit."
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Drops on a Penny

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders experiment to determine the number of drops of water a heads up penny hold. They create a stem and leaf graph of the class results and use the data for further experimentation on a tails up penny.
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: That's a Real Smile! .Or Is It?

For Students 6th - 8th
If someone is smiling, it means they're happy, right? Well, not always. Sometimes people smile to be polite, or because they want to "appear" happy or friendly for social reasons. How easy is it to spot which smiles are genuine and which...
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Graphic
University of Hawai'i

University of Hawaii: Understanding Correlation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page gives a lot of information on correlation, including a section on the coefficient of correlation.
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Lesson Plan
Google

Google for Education: Correlation vs Causation

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this instructional activity, students will test the strength of a correlation and discern whether or not a law or conclusion can be made based on that correlation. Students will see the threshold commonly accepted for correlating data...
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Interpreting Scatterplots

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Given scatterplots that represent problem situations, the student will determine if the data has strong vs weak correlation as well as positive, negative, or no correlation.
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Practice Problems: Correlation and Lines of Best Fit

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Twenty problems present a variety of practice determining correlation based on data in a scatter plot and using lines of best fit with given data. They are given with each step to the solution cleverly revealed one at a time. You can...
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Handout
Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Scatter Plots

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Explains, with examples, what scatter plots are and how to interpret the data. Discusses trends, interpolation and extrapolation, and correlation. Includes a set of practice questions.
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Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Against All Odds: Inside Statistics: Correlation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Twin studies track how similar identical and fraternal twins are on various characteristics, even if they don't grow up together. Correlation lets researchers put a number on it. Scroll down the page to find comprehensive student and...
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eBook
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Nist: Engineering Statistics Handbook: Scatter Plots and Linear Regression

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An explanation of scatter plots followed by examples of the many different kinds of scatter plots.
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Unit Plan
Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Scatter Plots and Line of Best Fit

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Use this lesson, practice exercise, and teacher resource in planning instruction on scatter plots and line of best fit. In the lessons, you'll find definitions and examples of ways to make a scatter plot, determine correlations, and find...
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Interactive
Brown University

Brown University: Seeing Theory

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This resource provides interactive visualizations of probability concepts. Covers basic probability, compound probability, probability distributions, frequentist inference, Bayesian inference, and regression analysis. The authors are...
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eBook
Missouri State University

Missouri State U.: Introductory Statistics: Concepts, Models, and Applications

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a comprehensive online text about statistics which covers all the basic concepts.
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eBook
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Homework Help Independent Practice: Scatter Plots

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Get independent practice working with scatter plots. Each incorrect response gets a text box explanation and another try. Correct responses are confirmed.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: "Take Out" Outliers

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson has students create box-and-whisker plots for given data, and then determine which (if any) data points are outliers. Students determine outliers through two methods in this...
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Lesson Plan
Ministry of Education and Universities of the Region of Murcia (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion Y Ciencia: Variable Estadisticas Bidimensionales

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In Spanish. This interactive unit shows you the statistical relationship between two variables.
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Handout
Other

Stat Soft: Statistics Glossary

For Students 9th - 10th
Dozens of statistical terms are defined and illustrated in this glossary.
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe Mathematics: Online Study Tools: Self Check Quiz on Linear Equations

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The online assessment displays knowledge of concepts used in Algebra I. The multiple choice questions test learners on analyzing linear equations. Topics include calculating the equation of a line and interpreting correlation.
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Historical Geology

For Students 9th - 10th
In this interactive tutorial you will explore how geologists use clues in rocks to determine the order in which rocks formed. Learn how principles of radioactivity are used to assign actual ages to rocks. Students will explore fossils...
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Article
Famous Scientists

Famous Scientists: Francis Galton

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the life and work of the father of eugenics, and find out how he contributed to the research on human intelligence.