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Handout
Virginia Tech

Virginia Tech: Precision Without Accuracy in Crime Scenes

For Students 9th - 10th
A police forensics scientist discusses how precision will muddy the true accuracy of a crime scene. Interesting stuff. A new real world look at precision and accuracy.
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Computer Accuracy

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Accuracy of measurement in navigation depends very much on the situation. If a sailor's target is an island 200 km wide, sailing off center by 10 or 20 km is not a major problem. But, if the island were only 1 km wide, it would be missed...
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Other

Artel: Lab Report 4: Defining Accuracy, Precision, and Trueness

For Students 9th - 10th
This maker of precision instruments presents this solid article on the topic of accuracy and precision. Great discussion of types and sources of error, and quality control.
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Measuring Up

For Students 3rd - 5th
Measurements are very important for scientists. It is especially important that the measurements be accurate. Think about how important accuracy is when you want to know if you are taller than a friend of yours, every inch counts. In...
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Handout
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Error, Accuracy, & Precision

For Students 9th - 10th
A serious paper by serious geographers, discussing at full length the problems caused by error, inaccuracy, and imprecision in Geographical Information Systems. The definitive word in the real world.
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Unit Plan
OpenStax

Open Stax: Physics: Accuracy, Precision, and Significant Figures

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive site helps students determine the appropriate number of significant figures in both addition and subtraction, as well as multiplication and division calculations. They also calculate the percent uncertainty of a...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Close Enough?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Accuracy of measurement in navigation depends very much on the situation. If a sailor's target is an island 200 km wide, sailing off center by 10 or 20 km is not a major problem. But, if the island were only 1 km wide, it would be missed...
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Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Getting It Right!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this lesson, students will investigate error. As shown in earlier activities from navigation lessons 1 through 3, without an understanding of how errors can affect your position, you cannot navigate well. Introducing accuracy and...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: State Your Position

For Teachers 6th - 9th
To navigate, you must know roughly where you stand relative to your designation, so you can head in the right direction. In locations where landmarks are not available to help navigate (in deserts, on seas), objects in the sky are the...
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Other

Plan to Learn: Kinematics 1: Speedometer Cubed Lab (Physics)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Determine the speed of an object using three different methods and to compare the accuracy and precision of the results of each method.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Unit Conversions, Error, and Uncertainty

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students explore a science investigation learning module including conversions, error, and uncertainty in scientific measurement.

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