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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Inferences of the Least Squares Regression

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This set contains questions regarding inference for the slope of the least-squares linear regression line. The student learns to develop hypotheses, find the test statistic, and reach a conclusion in the context of the original problem.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Projectile Motion

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students can use the calculator's differential equation graphing mode to model projectile motion. They analyze time-height data for a falling object using the statistical features of the calculator. They also compare...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Let's Play Ball With Box and Whisker Plots

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity is designed to help students make decisions about what and how information could be displayed graphically. The data set deals with salaries of professional baseball players. It is designed for students to determine if the...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Heavy Hitting #2

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity uses baseball's slugging average to compute weighted means using summary statistics. Some students may need an explanation of the terms singles, doubles, triples, and home runs.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers:soccer: Kickin' Butts!

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learn the health benefits of soccer as well as the effects of tobacco smoking on athletic performance. Consider and discuss statistics about health, sports and making a difference for inner-city youth.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Activity: Exhibit Design Challenge

For Students 5th
From the San Francisco 49er's Museum Education Program which promotes STEAM concepts, students construct a three dimensional (3-D) artifact stand that is the exact replica of "The Catch" which is 70 inches high. Emphasis is placed on...
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Other

Federal Reserve Bank of New York

For Students 9th - 10th
This page from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York provides information in the following areas: About Us, Banking Information, Economic Education, Job opportunities, News Items, Publications, Economic Research, Savings Bonds,...
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Website
Other

Asia Society: Policy

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive storehouse of all types of information on Asia, both current and past: maps and statistics, Asian food, travel guides, photographs, articles, timelines, and more. Asia Source is the work of the Asia Society, a national...
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Website
Other

Denver.gov: Denver Today

For Students 9th - 10th
Get statistical and demographic information, see Denver's famous landmarks, find educational, cultural and economic facts, and take a virtual tour of neighborhoods and other historic areas.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control: Science Ambassador Fellowship: Lesson Plans

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site gives many lesson plans for teaching middle and high school students about current and relevant science topics like autism, ADHD, Diabetes, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, birth defects, genetics, and more. The lessons are based on...
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Website
International Olympic Committee

International Olympic Committee: Montreal Summer Olympics, 1976

For Students 9th - 10th
Despite the boycott of Africa, the 1976 Olympics in Montreal were successful. This website is highly interactive, with video clips, biographies, graphics, statistics and a link to educational packages you may obtain free of charge.
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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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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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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Weather Study With Ti Interactive

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will extract weather data from the web for several major cities. They will then display and discuss the data.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Confidence Intervals for Proportions

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The student will use the TI-83 Plus/TI-84 Plus to calculate confidence intervals for proportions.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: The Normal Distribution

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students graph normal distributions, shade desired areas, and find related probabilities. They graph Normal probability scatter plots to check the normal (linear) shape of a data distribution.