Curated OER
Earth's Energy Budget - Seasonal Cycles in Net Radiative Flux
Learners attempt to understand seasonal variation by viewing images of the energy received by the earth. In this weather activity, students view images from NASA of the influx of energy from the sun and make predictions about resulting...
Curated OER
May the Force be with You -- All about Force and Gravity
Here is a fabulous set of teacher's notes that will make your next hands-on gravity and force lab fun and interesting. These notes provide you with three activities that allow children to make and test hypothesis regarding force,...
Curated OER
Mentos Geyser! What's the Fizz Factor?
What is it that makes Mentos candy and cola such an explosive combination? Find out through scientific inquiry and experimentation. This presentation walks learners through the scientific process and allows them to speculate whether it...
Curated OER
Understanding the 1855 Census Database
Use data from the 1855 New York census to better understand the Irish immigrant experience during the late 19th century. Young historians analyze information from the census and build three hypotheses regarding the residents of the Five...
Curated OER
Sound and Frequency
Pupils pose their hypothesis, they ready their instruments, then record their observations. This is the science of sound lesson. They move through 5 stations, each focused on a different element of aspect of sound. Check this lesson out,...
Curated OER
Springs
Springs are amazing. Here, learners are presented with springs found in various everyday objects. They discuss which springs they think will have the most force, then test their hypothesis. This presentation has the start of a good idea...
Curated OER
Designing An Investigation
Students will design a scientific investigation. In this engineering design instructional activity, students will set up an investigation, collect data and form a conclusion about bridge design. They will use common household items to...
Curated OER
The Human Organism
For this digestion and nutrition lesson, 3rd graders test foods to find their vitamin content. Students test for starch and fats then compare their findings on charts and oral reports. The lesson concludes with a teacher directed class...
Curated OER
Adhesion of Caulks to Surface - Testing Product Quality
Students investigate quality products. In this Physical Science lesson plan, students will test three different types of caulking. The students are looking for the caulk with the best adhesion after two days of curing.
Curated OER
Hypothesis Testing: Claim on Mean; Population Standard Deviation Unknown
In this statistics worksheet, students test given claims using traditional methods of hypothesis testing. Students assume that sampling is randomly generated.
Rice University
Hyper Stat Online Statistics Textbook: Logic of Hypothesis Testing
High level detailed steps including null hypothesis, alternative hypothesis, significance level, statistics, probability value and statistical significance.
Brown University
Brown University: Seeing Theory
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...
Missouri State University
Missouri State U.: Introductory Statistics: Concepts, Models, and Applications
This is a comprehensive online text about statistics which covers all the basic concepts.
Missouri State University
Missouri State University: Introductory Statistics: Hypothesis Testing
Provides a detailed look at hypothesis testing. The topic is defined and discussed, important points to know about the topic are presented, and finally the "model" is looked at. An easy-to-understand explanation.
Other
Honolulu Community College: Galileo's Kinematics
In this experiment you will attempt to reproduce Galileo's results using the inclined plane. You will test three hypotheses relating to motion on an incline. You will learn to draw a "best fit" or regression line of experimental data....
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College: Mqed: Instructional Modules
The statistics resource consists of links to interactive programs that explore introductory statistics concepts. Topics include hypothesis tests, p-value, and analysis of variance.
Richland Community College
Richland College: Definitions of Hypothesis Testing
The necessary vocabulary from Richland Community College for statistical hypothesis testing is provided here. After viewing the vocabulary, click the link returning the user to the Table of Contents to see the rest of the Chapter 9 notes...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: One and Two Sample T Distributions
This set contains questions about statistics regarding one- and two-sample t-distributions. The student learns to develop hypotheses, find the test statistic, and reach a conclusion in the context of the original problem.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Logic of Significance/hypothesis Testing
This set covers the logic of significance/hypothesis tests. Students decide whether a one- or two-tailed test is appropriate. They also decide, by comparing the p-value to the alpha level, whether statistically significant evidence exists.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: The Odds on Favorite
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson introduces students to the odds ratio, a method in statistics for determining if the findings of two groups are statistically significant to each other. Students will find...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Can You Solve This?
In this video, Veritasium asks people to try and figure out the rules of a pattern presented. This video teaches us about the scientific method and how our preconceived notions can affect how we discover new information. [4:43]
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Observations and Experiments
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Using observations and scientific experiments to test hypotheses.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Statistics: Inferences About Regression
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This Concept introduces students to testing a claim about linear regression.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Statistics: Null and Alternative Hypotheses
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This Concept introduces students to developing the null and alternative hypotheses.