Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Wild About Wildcards
The idea of a wildcard allows you to satisfy any condition. The same concept is behind using a wildcard when searching for something with your computer. Do this experiment to find out if using wildcards to conduct a search can help you...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: S cp.b.9: Random Walk Iii
The task provides a context of "random walking" to calculate discrete probabilities and represent them on a bar graph. Aligns with S-CP.B.9.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: Drug Testing
The use of performance enhancing drugs is the dark side of sport, and there are stringent measures in place to try to screen athletes. But what's the likelihood that an athlete who fails a drug test has actually taken the banned drug?...
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Advanced Monty Hall
Choose one of N doors to experimentally determine the odds of winning the grand prize behind one of the doors, as in the TV program "Let's Make a Deal."
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Digestive System Diseases
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] You've probably had an upset stomach. Most likely it was due to something you ate. But imagine bleeding from your stomach. That's a little different than your...
Curated OER
Kids Health: Acne
The bane of a teenager's existence--acne--is the topic of this informative article. You'll probably learn more than you really wanted to know about it, but the facts are presented in an interesting way. There's even a video to watch.
BSCS Science Learning
Bscs: Stocking Rivers With Trout
This inquiry looks at fish farming and the management of trout by state environmental resource specialists in Colorado. Students will practice working with data generated from a statewide citizen science project called River Watch of...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Social Security Numbers
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson is good practice for students who have already learned about permutations. U.S. Social Security Numbers are explained, and then students find the number of different SSNs which...
Other
Your Doctor: Sickle Cell Anemia (In Arabic)
Photos of slides and genetics charts accompany the text and explain the differences between sickle cell train vs. sickle cell anemia, symptoms of sickle cell disease, secondary diseases/conditions associated with sickle cell, mechanism...
Interactive Mathematics
Interactive Mathematics: Poisson Distribution
Enter the world of Poisson Distributions. A brief background is given on the properties and applications of the concept. Examples are presented for calculating probabilities, mean and variance for situations that fit the conditions of...
NASA
Nasa: El Nino Pudding!
Resource provides a fun project on El Nino. "You have probably heard people blame "El Nino" for everything from bad weather to lost homework. Now we are going to "blame El Nino" for inspiring a delicious and colorful dessert."
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: S cp.a.4, S cp.a.5 and S cp.b.6: The Titanic 3
On April 15, 1912, the Titanic struck an iceberg and rapidly sank with only 710 of her 2,204 passengers and crew surviving. Some believe that the rescue procedures favored the wealthier first class passengers. Other believe that the...
Stefan Warner and Steven R. Costenoble
Finite Mathematics & Applied Calculus: Bayes' Theorem and Applications
Students examine Bayes theorem. The tutorial investigates the statistics concept through class notes and examples. Review exercises and a chapter quiz are included.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Dependent and Independent Events
Determine if two events are dependent or independent.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Dependent and Independent Events
Determine if two events are dependent or independent. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
Mayo Clinic
Mayo Clinic: Infectious Diesease: Trichinosis
Everything that you need to know about trichinosis and the worm that causes it will probably be available on this comprehensive site. Everything from the cause to prevention and lots of other topics are all presented.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Skeletal System
Through this unit, written for an honors anatomy and physiology class, students become familiar with the human skeletal system and answer the Challenge Question: When you get home from school, your mother grabs you, and you race to the...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: The Grand Challenge: Fix the Hip Challenge
This lesson introduces the Bone Module Grand Challenge question. Students are asked to write their initial responses to the question alone. They will then brainstorm ideas with one other student. Finally, the ideas are shared with the...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Tea Statistics: Sampling and Data: Practice
A set of exercises where students must analyze statistcal data and methodology and answer questions about distributions, sampling, results, accuracy, frequency, experimental design, and ethical practices.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Markov Chain Links
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this activity introduces students to the concept of Markov Chains, and shows students how to find the probability of something (dependent) happening in the future, given certain conditions...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Learned Behavior of Animals
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Just about all human behaviors are learned. Learned behavior is behavior that occurs only after experience or practice. Learned behavior has an advantage over innate...
Other
Stat Soft: Statistics Glossary
Dozens of statistical terms are defined and illustrated in this glossary.
Other
Indingenous History: An Outline of Kaskaskia History
The Kaskaskia people were one of the primary tribes of the Inoka (Illinois) Confederacy of the 1600s and onwards. They were one of the Algonquian peoples attacked by the Haudenosaunee in the 1600s Beaver Wars, forcing them to take refuge...