TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Mice Rule! (Or Not)
Students explore the relationships between genetics, biodiversity, and evolution through a simple activity involving hypothetical wild mouse populations. First, students toss coins to determine what traits a set of mouse parents...
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...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: S Id, F if Laptop Battery Charge
This task uses a situation that is familiar to students to solve a problem they probably have all encountered before: How long will it take until an electronic device has a fully charged battery? Given data, students perform a variety of...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: My Peanut Butter Is Better Than Yours!
The students will engage in the process of statistical data comparing data using tables and scatterplots. The students will compare data using measures of center (mean and median) and measures of spread (range). This lesson plan can be...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Let's Make a Pie
The students will survey their classmates and construct circle graphs to display their results. Students will produce circle graphs using a compass and protractor, and then with an interactive computer program.This lesson plan was...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Box and Whisker With a Bed Sheet
The class will make a list of all of their classmates heights, ages in months, and shoe sizes. They will then use this data to create a human box-and-whisker plot. This lesson plan was created as a result of the Girls Engaged in Math and...
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PBS
Pbs Teachers: Whirlybirds [Pdf]
Predict and determine the frequency of an event and measure to the nearest centimeter while constructing whirlybirds in a simulation of a parachute jump competition.
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Discrete Mathematics Project: What're the Odds?
This is an activity that may be instructive when trying to learn the concept of "odds" and how they are found.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: M&m's and Blogs: Interpreting Data!
In this hands-on, technology-rich lesson, middle schoolers will interpret data. The students will define words involving graphs, create a bar graph using M&M's, and post information from their findings on the internet. The middle...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Beep! Beep! Move Over! I Am Going to Be Late!
During this instructional activity, students will investigate how to "clear up" the "Traffic Jam." They will be using large manipulatives (their bodies), small manipulatives (carpet squares), and technology (the Java applet) to find the...