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Curated OER

How Old Are the Stars?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students determine the age of a star cluster by observing, measuring, and plotting astronomical data. They examine the Jewe lbox cluster, located within the southern constellation Crux and determine its age.
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Curated OER

Building Boxes- Polynimial And Rational Functions

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students investigate the concepts of polynomial and rational functions. They identify the general patterns used to solve problems. The use of real world contexts in the problems helps to promote engagement and understanding of how the...
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Shodor Education Foundation

Algorithm Discovery with Venn Diagrams

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Here is a lesson that takes an interesting approach to analyzing data using box and whisker plots.  By using an applet that dynamically generates Venn diagrams, the class forms a strategy/algorithm for guessing the rule that fits the...
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Statistics Education Web

The United States of Obesity

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Mississippi has both the highest obesity and poverty rate in the US. Does the rest of the data show a correlation between the poverty and obesity rate in a state? Learners tackle this question as they practice their skills of regression....
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Statistics Education Web

Sampling in Archaeology

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Compare different random sampling types using an archaeological setting. Scholars collect data from an archaeological plot using simple random samples, stratified random samples, systematic random samples, and cluster random samples....
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Curated OER

Analyzing Country Data

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students analyze different data in percentage form. In this statistics lesson, students plot data using box-plots, dotplot, and histogram. They compare and contrast the collected data using the boxplot.
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Curated OER

Power Metering Project

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners collect and analyze variable data and understand the concept of electrical power.  In this energy instructional activity students use a spreadsheet to manage their data and create box plots. 
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American Statistical Association

Don't Spill the Beans!

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Become a bean counter. Pupils use a fun activity to design and execute an experiment to determine whether they can grab more beans with their dominant hand or non-dominant hand. They use the class data to create scatter plots and then...
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EngageNY

Describing the Center of a Distribution Using the Median

For Teachers 6th Standards
Find the point that splits the data. The lesson presents to scholars the definition of the median through a teacher-led discussion. The pupils use data lists and dot plots to determine the median in sets with even and odd number of data...
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Curated OER

The Vietnam Lotteries

For Students 10th - 12th
In this probability and statistics worksheet, students examine the “fairness” to the Vietnam draft lottery system by constructing box plots of each of the twelve months using data provided.  The three page worksheet contains one problem...
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Curated OER

Analyze and Interpret Statistical Information

For Students 9th
In this probability and statistics learning exercise, 9th graders analyze and interpret histograms as they identify trends in the data.  The two page learning exercise contains four problems.  Answers are provided. 
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Curated OER

Story Mapping A Favorite Book

For Teachers 1st
First graders create a diagram of a story by using the computer program Kidspiration. In this diagramming lesson plan, 1st graders will pick a book to write about. They then will plug in story elements of the book into the computer...
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Curated OER

Central Tendency

For Students 8th - 9th
In this central tendency worksheet, students solve and complete 10 different problems that include measures of central tendency. First, they write down the names and heights of students in their class. Then, students explain how they can...
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Curated OER

Connecting Measurement

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students participate in activities the connect measurement to geometry, statistics, estimation, and the real world. They collect measurements from their elbow to the tip of their middle finger and make a box plot of the data as well as...
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West Contra Costa Unified School District

Comparing Data Displays

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
There is so much more to data than just numbers, and this resource has learners use three methods of comparing data in a multi-faceted lesson. The 21-page packet includes a warm-up, examples, an activity, and assessment for a complete...
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Curated OER

A Tale of Two Quarters

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Have your class use the life of a quarter to understand and design plot and flow charts. They read the book, The Go-Around Dollar, think about how their teacher got her quarters that day, then create a flow chart. They have to show how...
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Mathed Up!

Coordinates

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
Young graphers decide where to plot a point given a specific ordered pair. The problems vary in difficulty, beginning with simpler coordinates, and ending with plotting and connecting coordinates. Each graph is labeled with the...
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Curated OER

Elastomers: The Best Bungee Cord

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students examine elastomeric polymers in a lab activity in which they design a bungee cord. Students must determine the tensile strength, percent elongation, and plot stress versus strain graphs for their experiments on rubber bands...
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Curated OER

Creating a Classic Comic Book

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students read a given play. They choose the key scenes from the play and write a narration to carry the plot line between those scenes. They create a comic book that depicts these key scenes, complete with pictures and text balloons.
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Mathed Up!

Frequency Polygons

For Students 7th - 10th
Frequency polygons are a different way to represent frequencies over intervals. Pupils take frequencies for intervals of data from a frequency table and plot them as a frequency polygon. Budding mathematicians find information about the...
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Curated OER

Illustrating the Elements of a Story

For Students 6th - 8th
Explore the elements of a story with this two-page graphic organizer. Readers write and draw descriptions of each element, including setting, plot, conflict, rising action, climax, dialogue, and narration.
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EduGAINs

Data Management

For Teachers 7th - 10th Standards
Using a carousel activity, class members gain an understanding of the idea of inferences by using pictures then connecting them to mathematics. Groups discuss their individual problems prior to sharing them with the entire class. The...
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Curated OER

Relations and Graphs

For Teachers 2nd
Here is a simple, yet clever lesson on how to teach the important concepts of greater than, less than, and equal to. Pupils write their names down on grid paper - one letter per box. They compare their names and find a name that is...
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Curated OER

Regarding the Fountain: Questioning Strategy—Cubing

For Teachers 3rd - 7th Standards
Look deeper into the text with a reading strategy based on asking critical thinking questions. While reading Reading the Fountain by Kate Klise, learners think of questions that help them describe, compare, associate, analyze, apply, and...

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