Curated OER
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Students gather data for the project for the entire year. They plot their data, try to fit a equation to their data, and speculate on why the data shows the pattern it does and project its future growth.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: St. Louis Curves or Arch? You Pick!
Students explore curve fitting and translations of the parabola.
Science Struck
Science Struck: Guide on Interpolation vs. Extrapolation
Explains what interpolation and extrapolation are and methods used for them in statistics. Gives real-world examples of their applications in telecommunications, engineering, thermodynamics etc.