Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Teachers Rule!
Most students like their teachers. However, they may not always say so. Peer pressure may keep a student from expressing how they really feel. In this experiment you will find out if more students like their teacher in younger grades...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Gamers: Myth or Man?
Lots of people have preconceived ideas and perceptions of people because of stereotypes. This science fair project will help you examine whether the stereotypes of "gamers" actually matches those that actually play video games.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes 1 Making Predictions
Use Glencoe's randomly generated self-checking quiz to test your knowledge of making predictions using surveys. Each question has a "Hint" link to help. Choose the correct answer for each problem. At the bottom of the page click the...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Interactives: Cast Your Vote!
Upper elementary, middle, and high school students can use this exhibit to get an understanding of how polls and elections are conducted. The discussion includes random samples, margins of error, and other concepts related to statistics.
Teachnology
Teachnology: Survey Teaching Theme
Survey Theme provides an excellent collection of free sample worksheets, teacher resources, lesson plans and interactive media for grades k-12.
Teachnology
Teachnology: Survey Teaching Theme
Survey Theme provides an excellent collection of free sample worksheets, teacher resources, lesson plans and interactive media for grades k-12.
Other
U. Of Wisconsin: Formulating Statistical Questions and Collecting Data
This slideshow gives a detailed explanation of the characteristics of statistical questions and how they differ from other types of questions, the types of studies, and the methods for collecting data. It describes the case of Clever...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Fence That Farmland!
Students develop and solidify their understanding of the concept of perimeter as they engage in a portion of the civil engineering task of land surveying, using the technology of a LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT robot to automate this task.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Homework Help Independent Practice: Samples and Surveys
Get independent practice working with samples and surveys. Each incorrect response gets a text box explanation and another try. Correct responses are confirmed.
Joe Landsberger
Study Guides & Strategies: Sq3 R Reading Method
For students, the SQ3R Reading Method provides a method for how to read and comprehend a reading assignment.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Seventh Grade Mathematics: Data Sense
This site has some interesting ways to collect and evaluate data. There are some activities about note taking, spreadsheets, surveys, and a cool bridge construction project. Teachers may want to use this site as a resource for some...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Hat Trick
In this activity, students learn to solve a real-world problem in economics. Students get to understand how surveys often use a sample of people rather than all of the people involved. They also learn how to make decisions based on the...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Welcome Survey
This activity is a great kickoff for the new year--it will help you learn more about your students and their knowledge of the new technology.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Sources of Survey Bias
This set contains statistics questions regarding experiments and experimental design. The student becomes familiar with the various elements of experimental design.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Survey Project
Students survey other students (numerical and non numerical data) and calculate measures of central tendency (if possible) of data and make regular box-an-whisker plots and outlier box-and-whisker plots to analyze the data.
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Changing Transportation Routes [Pdf]
"Changing Transportation Routes" is a one page, fictional, reading passage about how the problem of public transportation could be solved through the process of surveying the community, developing a workable solution, and presenting it...
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Statistical Studies, Central Tendency, and Dispersion
The mathematics tutorial investigates statistical studies, central tendency, and dispersion. The lesson consists of class notes, calculator tips, examples, and practice problems with solutions. The teacher resource includes an activity...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Pros and Cons of Public Opinion Polls
How do public opinion polls work? And, more importantly, are they accurate? Jason Robert Jaffe reveals the complexities and biases of polls and provides tips on how to think about polls as we make everyday decisions. [4:25]
Web Center for Social Research Methods
Research Methods Knowledge Base: Plus and Minus of Survey Methods
Advantages and disadvantages of survey methods: questionnaires and interviews.
Everything ESL
Everything Esl: What Is Your Favorite Food?
Students will interact with mainstream students while conducting a survey about their favorite foods. Meet the ESL standards with this engaging activity.
TeacherLED
Teacher Led Interactive Whiteboard Resource Survey
Students can explore surveys, pie charts, and bar graphs with this interactive white board resource.
National Health Museum
Access Excellence: Sq3 R Plus
This site gives a description of the steps in the SQ3R method. It also gives details and examples of each step.
Mangahigh
Mangahigh: Data: Questionnaires
Students learn about the concept of collecting data using questionnaires by exploring a tutorial. They can then test their knowledge by taking a ten question assessment that increases in difficulty as they correctly answer questions.
Mangahigh
Mangahigh: Data: Practical Ways to Carry Out a Survey
Students learn about the concept of taking a survey by exploring a tutorial. They can then test their knowledge by taking a ten question assessment that increases in difficulty as they correctly answer questions.