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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Sexually Transmissible Diseases (STDs), Day 4: Epidemiology

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) or infections (STIs) are totally preventable. Yet, the number of cases is on the rise. Why? This health lesson contains a lot of information about prevention, as well as a great activity about how...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Challenges of the new SAT

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers write a news feature about the changes of the SAT and how students can best cope with them. High schoolers respond to several questions addressing the new SAT. Students research about the changes in the test, and high...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Time Is On My Side! Again!

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders evaluate their current test-taking and studying skills. In groups, they read a case study in which they create a time schedule for a week. They color code the scheduled and unscheduled activities for Frantic Fred and share...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

GAURI AND PRITHVI: THE SUB-CONTINENT GOES NUCLEAR

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students write short papers on the background of the Pakistani missile called Gauri, named for one of the first Afghan military invaders of India in 11th century, Prithvi is named for Hindu general who fought Muslim invaders, Agni (Hindu...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Time is On My Side!

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders review the most effective test taking and studying skills. As a class, they are introduced to how to self-manage themselves when it comes to the activities they have to complete. To end the lesson, they complete a pretend...
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Handout
Math2

Math2.org: Series Convergence Tests

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an excellent resource! It states all of the most common tests for series convergence. Examples are not included.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Approximation of Pi Using Statistical Testing

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students can use a Monte Carlo method to collect data. This data, along with an area model of pi, will be used to approximate pi.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Ti Using the Chi Squared Significance Test

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students will apply the Chi Squared test for independence to a data set of high school AP Statistics Exam scores. They will set up a two-way table and calculate the chi squared test statistic by hand.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Different or Not?

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson has students examine cancer rates in population samples of the New England states to determine if the states' cancer rates are statistically similar. Hypothesis testing is...
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Taste Test

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Students collect sample data and use the calculator to create pictographs, bar graphs, and pie graphs to demonstrate the favorite brand in the sample data.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Testing Goodness of Fit and Two Way Table Chi Square

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students perform chi-square tests to see if data follows a hypothesized distribution. They also study the two-way table analysis.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: The Odds on Favorite

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
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...
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Some Nonparametric Tests

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explore nonparametric tests for dependent and independent data samples.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Assumptions and Conditions for Significance/hypoth

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
These questions cover the criteria for inference tests: "conditions," when the actual data is given, and "assumptions," when the data is missing and only summary statistics are given.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Z Tests

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students will be lead through the process of using the calculator to solve z test problems.
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Interactive
Math Science Nucleus

I. Science Ma Te: Integrating Science, Math and Technology

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This site offers a wealth of online textbook-related materials that encourage the discovery of science in the world around us. Enter the site to access material on specific topics. Each section contains reading material (complete with...
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Handout
Other

Random House: Prenatal Screening Procedures

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides information on the various tests doctors perform during an uncomplicated pregnancy.
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Unit Plan
Other

Mr coward.com: Dragonwings (Teacher Guide)

For Students 6th - 8th
This teacher's guide to the Newbery Award-winning novel contains study questions, vocabulary words, projects, supplementary information, and much more.
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Handout
Other

Sierra College: Summary of Tests for Series

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a summary of tests for series that includes the test, series, converges, sum of remainder, and diverges for nth Term, Geometric Series, Telescoping Series, p-Series, Alternating Series, Integral, Root, Ratio, Direct Comparison,...
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Unknown Type
Other

Esl Grammar Quiz 2: Adjectives With Ed or Ing

For Students 9th - 10th
A second quiz to challenge your knowledge of adjectives ending in -ing and -ed. Choose one of two possible answers. Hints supplied and results available as you go along.
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Handout
University of Victoria (Canada)

University of Victoria: Index to Grammar Materials

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page is an index to a range of materials created for students of the University of Victoria English Language Centre regular and online programs. It includes grammar presentations, interactive practice exercises, and help pages for...
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: T Test and T Interval #1

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students will to apply inferential statistics using a T-Test and T-Interval to analyze a random sample and determine the validity of a report.
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Activity
University of Victoria (Canada)

University of Victoria: Making Questions

For Students 3rd - 8th
This is targeted practice for question formulation; guided prompts ask the student to type question (yes-no or who, what, where, when). Students can then check the answer, ask for a hint, or see the answer.
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Handout
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control: Arboviral Encephalitides

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource describes several different kinds of encephalitis in detail.