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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

The Composition of Seawater

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Students explore the concept of finding the composition of seawater.  In this finding the composition of seawater instructional activity, students make a saturated salt water solution.  Students discuss why there is variation in ocean...
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Handout
Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Scatter Plots

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Explains, with examples, what scatter plots are and how to interpret the data. Discusses trends, interpolation and extrapolation, and correlation. Includes a set of practice questions.
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Unit Plan
Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Scatter Plots and Line of Best Fit

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Use this lesson, practice exercise, and teacher resource in planning instruction on scatter plots and line of best fit. In the lessons, you'll find definitions and examples of ways to make a scatter plot, determine correlations, and find...
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eBook
Math Planet

Math Planet: Scatter Plots and Linear Models

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Provides examples and a video lesson that explains scatter plots.
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Handout
Quia

Ixl Learning: Scatter Plots

For Students 7th - 9th Standards
Brush up on your math skills relating to scatter plots then try some practice problems to test your understanding.
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Lesson Plan
Other

Nearpod: Construct & Interpret Scatter Plots

For Teachers 8th Standards
In this lesson plan on scatter plots, 8th graders will learn how to interpret scatter plots and then graph them using a data table.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Constructing Scatter Plots

For Students 7th - 8th Standards
Practice plotting points to construct a scatter plot. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video, or receive hints.
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe Mathematics: Online Study Tools: Scatter Plots

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site gives a short interactive quiz which allows students to self-assess their understanding of the concept of scatter plots.
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Lesson Plan
University of Regina (Canada)

University of Regina: Math Central: Scatter Plots

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Three different concepts are examined about scatter plots. Topics featured are collecting data, analyzing scatter plots, and determining a line of "best fit". The lesson has an overview, material, procedures, and evaluation techniques.
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Review: Clusters in Scatter Plots

For Students 7th - 9th Standards
An article that discusses what we mean when we talk about clusters in scatter plots. It also includes practice questions that test your knowledge of the topic.
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Review: Outliers in Scatter Plots

For Students 7th - 9th Standards
Learn about the points that don't fit the pattern in a scatter plot with this article. Site also includes practice questions to test your knowledge of the topic.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Describing Trends in Scatter Plots

For Students 7th - 8th Standards
Practice making sense of trends in scatter plots. That is, explain what trends mean in terms of real-world quantities. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video, or receive...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Positive and Negative Linear Associations From Scatter Plots

For Students 7th - 8th Standards
Practice identifying the types of correlations shown in scatter plots. Sometimes we see linear correlations (positive or negative), sometimes we see non-linear correlations (the data seems to follow a curve), and other times we don't see...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Making Good Scatter Plots

For Students 7th - 8th Standards
A good scatter plot has the independent variable on the x-axis and the dependent variable on the y-axis. Also, the scale of both axes should be reasonable, making the data as easy to read as possible. In these practice problems, we...
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Handout
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Nctm: Ask Dr. Math: Stem and Leaf and Scatter Plots

For Students 6th - 9th Standards
This site is a question/response page which focuses on stem-and-leaf representation and how to construct scatter plots. Dr. Math works through an example and gives commentary notes. Site also contains links for more help.
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Lesson Plan
University of Regina (Canada)

University of Regina: Math Central: Scatter Plots

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Three different concepts are examined about scatter plots. Topics featured are collecting data, analyzing scatter plots, and determining a line of "best fit". The lesson plan has an overview, material, procedures, and evaluation techniques.
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Lesson Plan
University of Regina (Canada)

University of Regina: Math Central: Scatter Plots

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Three different concepts are examined about scatter plots. Topics featured are collecting data, analyzing scatter plots, and determining a line of "best fit". The lesson has an overview, material, procedures, and evaluation techniques.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Math Today for Ti: Is Leisure Time Really Shrinking

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will to organize data from the USA TODAY Snapshot, "Is leisure time really shrinking?," into two scatter plots and determine the quadratic model for each scatter plot. Students will determine if these graphs intersect and learn...
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Lesson Plan
University of Regina (Canada)

University of Regina: Math Central: Scatter Plots

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Three different concepts are examined about scatter plots. Topics featured are collecting data, analyzing scatter plots, and determining a line of "best fit". The activity has an overview, material, procedures, and evaluation techniques.
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University of Waterloo (Canada)

Univ. Of Waterloo: Wired Math: Linear Graphing: Graphing and Analyzing [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The mathematics resource assesses learners on linear relations. The activity has problems with graphing and analyzing linear relations. Some of the topics included are variation, scatter plots and linear relationships. The worksheet has...
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Math Today for Ti Navigator System: More Students Apply Early

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Using the USA TODAY Infograph, "More students apply early," students will explore scatter plots and independent and dependent variables. Students will determine a best-fit regression model for the real-life data set and then use the...
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Unit Plan
Shmoop University

Shmoop: Basic Statistics & Probability: Scatter Plots & Correlation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The statistics resource explores scatter plots and correlation. Students learn about the concepts through notes and detailed examples. The resource consists of practice exercises to check for comprehension of the topics.
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Handout
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Nctm: Ask Dr. Math: Graphing Scatter Plots

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page is in response to a question that someone emailed Dr. Math. It shows how to make a scatter plot for peoples' height and shoe sizes. The information is somewhat brief, but worth checking out on the subject.
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Handout
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Nctm: Ask Dr. Math: Correlation of a Scatterplot

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page from Ask Dr. Math describes the correlation of a scatterplot and gives an example of one with no correlation.