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Unit Plan
Mangahigh

Mangahigh: Data: Practical Ways to Carry Out a Survey

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
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.
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Activity
University of Regina (Canada)

University of Regina: Math Central: Bias or No Bias?

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Students analyze the types of biases in surveys and how they affect the outcomes. A downloadable version of the activity and a survey activity are included. This lesson is from a group of lessons that uses "Census at School" data.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Statistics: Surveys and Sample

For Students 7th - 9th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Learn how to use surveying and sampling to collect accurate data.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Great Golly Graphs

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This lesson plan asks middle schoolers to create a survey project including graphs, questions, tables, and data analysis. It gives an assessment and ideas for remediation and extension as well as ways to manage behavior problems and...
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Pros and Cons of Public Opinion Polls

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
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]
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Online News Hour: Mac Neil Lehrer Productions: Sampling Bias, Ca Recall

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson plan, students are exposed to the different types of political samples, given lists of election data and asked to differentiate between the samples, and informed as to the sources of bias in samples. In addition to...
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Fours and Sevens, Oh My!

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Based off the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson introduces students to the concept of random numbers and shows how human-generated random numbers are not always "really" random. This is done by framing the lesson in terms of...
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Handout
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Evaluate Information

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of how to evaluate and make judgments about scientific information.
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Professional Doc
American Institutes for Research

Center on Response to Intervention: Progress Monitoring: Leadership Team Content

For Teachers K - 1st
The purpose of this module is to help Leadership Teams undertake the support activities necessary to enable classroom teachers to develop and effectively use student progress monitoring data. The module provides guidance on bringing...
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Article
Other

Artificial Intelligence & Facial Recognition: Regulations & Privacy Issues

For Students 9th - 10th
Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology promises to automate and reshape business, commerce, and consumer activities worldwide. But AI also triggers concerns about privacy, potential racial bias, security, and plenty more. As a result,...