Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Nevada's Population
In this activity, students examine patterns and use these patterns to try to predict different aspects of an event. They study the statistical patterns for the population of the state of Nevada over a period of hundred years, and predict...
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Texas Instruments: Bouncing Ball
In this experiment, students collect the height versus time data of a bouncing ball using the CBR 2. This activity investigates the values of height, time, and the coefficient A in the quadratic equation, which describes the behavior of...
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Texas Instruments: Muddy Footprints Adventure 11
In this adventure, students will analyze the relationship between height and stride length, and then use that information to identify the biker who left the footprints. They create a scatter plot, find the linear regression equation for...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Algebra: Quadratic Functions and Their Graphs
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Learn the anatomy of the graph of a quadratic function.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Cultivating Data
Students will understand key concepts of data analysis and their graphic representations. Students will construct and interpret data tables, line plots, box-and-whisker plots and stem-and-leaf plots, scatterplots with line of best fit,...
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Figure This: Does It Make a Difference Where You Shop?
A math investigation that uses scatter plots to compare prices of favorite soft drinks. Discover how valuable your skills in organizing and displaying data can be in real life scenarios.
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Houghton Mifflin: Math Graphs: Line of Best Fit 1 [Pdf]
The practice problem examines the line of best fit and scatter plots. The scatter plot is available in PDF format.
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Houghton Mifflin: Math Graphs: Line of Best Fit 2 [Pdf]
The practice problem examines the line of best fit and scatter plots. The scatter plot is available in PDF format.
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Houghton Mifflin: Math Graphs: Line of Best Fit 3 [Pdf]
Students sketch the line that best approximates the data in a scatter plot. The scatter plot is available in PDF format.
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Houghton Mifflin: Math Graphs: Line of Best Fit 4 [Pdf]
Learners sketch the line that best approximates the data in a scatter plot. The scatter plot is available in PDF format.
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Houghton Mifflin: Math Graphs: Line of Best Fit 5 [Pdf]
Learners use a scatter plot to determine the line of best fit. The scatter plot is available in PDF format.
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Houghton Mifflin: Math Graphs: Line of Best Fit 6 [Pdf]
Learners use a scatter plot to determine the line of best fit. The scatter plot is available in PDF format.
Math Graphs
Houghton Mifflin: Math Graphs: Line of Best Fit 7 [Pdf]
The practice problem examines the line of best fit and a scatter plot. The scatter plot is available in PDF format.
Math Graphs
Houghton Mifflin: Math Graphs: Line of Best Fit 8 [Pdf]
The practice problem examines the line of best fit and a scatter plot. The scatter plot is available in PDF format.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Finding Linear Models
Students graph a scatter plot, find average rate of change, develop a linear model, find a linear regression and a median/median line for a set of data graphed in a scatter plot and predict profit.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Mc Dougal Littell Middle School Math: Making Data Displays
Students will create data displays using a scatter plot and a line graph of the data and a circle graph of survey data.
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...
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Texas Instruments: Old Mac Donald's Pigpen
In this activity, students solve a standard maximum value problem using the calculator. Students help Old MacDonald build a rectangular pigpen with 40 m fencing that provides maximum area for the pigs. They graph scatter plots, analyze...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Math Today More of Us
In this activity students will investigate exponential functions and their graphs using real-life data. Students will analyze population data for the United States and create an exponential model for the scatter plot.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Exponential Growth Experiment
Students will work in pairs and will conduct a growth experiment. They will record their answers for 7 to 10 trials. They will make a scatterplot of their data and share their graphs with the class.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Is There a Limit?
In this activity, students examine data about bacteria and their growth. They produce a scatter plot, a best-fit model, and draw conclusions based on the data and graph.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: A Wet Welcome Home Adventure 4
Students perform an experiment that simulates a leaking pipe and gather data on volume of water lost over time. They graph the data collected as a scatter plot, find the equation of the line of best fit, find the total volume of water...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Algebra: Fitting Lines to Data
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Make a scatter plot of data and find the line of best fit to represent that data.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: In a Heartbeat [Pdf]
Apply knowledge of scatter plots to discover the correlation between heartbeats per minute before and after aerobic exercise.