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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Against All Odds: Describing Relationships

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Video program showing how to use a scatter plot to illustrate relationship between response and explanatory variables, to determine patterns in variables, and to calculate least squares. Real-life examples -- manatee deaths per number of...
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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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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Scatterplots and Correlation With Ti 89

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students input data relating the values of one variable associated with values of another and use these data to generate a scatterplot. From the scatterplot, they determine whether there is a correlation between the two variables and...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Algebra: Applications of Function Models

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson students draw a scatter plot of data, find and draw the function that best fits that data, and make predictions from that information. Students watch...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Statistics: Scatter Plots on the Graphing Calculator

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This lesson covers finding the equation of best fit using a graphing calculator.
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Interactive
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Scatter Plot

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Graph ordered pairs and customize the graph title and axis labels. Points are connected from left to right, rather than being connected in the order they are entered.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Hooke's Law

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students study Hooke's Law. They understand that stretch on a spring is directly proportional to the force applied to the end of the string. Students observe a spring being stretched as candies are added to a cup...
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Glencoe Algebra 1: Graphing Calculator Investigation Curve

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will make scatter plots and find the appropriate regression equations that best fit the data.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Need for Speed Adventure 2

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use a radio controlled car and weights to record the time of each run and determine velocity. They represent motion graphically and determine the relationship between speed, time, and weight. Students create and interpret...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Height vs Arm Span

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This is a quick class opener. That allow students to practice reading scatter plots and determining the correlation among data points.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Fitting Quadratic and Exponential Functions to Scatter Plots

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Determine if a quadratic or exponential model fits a data set better, then use the model to make a prediction. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Birthday Dot Plots

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Using TI-Navigator, students' cursors become dots for a dot plot of what month they were born in.
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Handout
Iowa State University

Iowa State Univ: Plotting Scatter Plot in X Gobi

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Site explains how the XGobi computer program can be used to plot data in a scatter plot.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Modeling Data With Linear Functions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Given a scatterplot where a linear function is the best fit, the student will interpret the slope and intercepts, determine an equation using two data points, identify the conditions under which the function is valid, and use the linear...
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eBook
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Tea Statistics: The Regression Equation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A tutorial on how to find the line of best fit or least-squares regression line for a set of data in a scatter plot using different methods and calculations.
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Interactive
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Least Squares Regression

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Create your own scatter plot or use real-world data and try to fit a line to it. Explore how individual data points affect the correlation coefficient and best-fit line.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Analyzing Scatterplots

For Students 7th - 8th Standards
Given a set of data, the student will be able to generate a scatterplot, determine whether the data are linear or non-linear, describe an association between the two variables, and use a trend line to make predictions for data with a...
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US Department of Education

National Center for Education Statistics: Create a Graph Tutorial

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This tutorial walks students through how to create different types of graphs using the Create a Graph tool available on the website. Covers bar graphs, line graphs, pie charts, area graphs, scatter plots, and dependent and independent...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Statistics: Displaying Bivariate Data

For Students 11th - 12th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This Concept shows students how to display bivariate data using scatter plots and line plots.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: S Id Coffee and Crime

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This task addresses many standards regarding the description and analysis of bivariate quantitative data, including regression and correlation. Given a scatter plot, students will answer a variety of questions about linear relationships,...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: The Evolution of Pearson's Correlation Coefficient

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
For this activity, students explore nine scatter plots to develop their understanding of how two quantitative variables are related. Through an exploration of the properties of this association, they come to understand the standard...
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Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Figure This: Does It Make a Difference Where You Shop?

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
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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Activity
Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Algebra Review: Line Plot

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Find a quick, concise explanation of a line plot. An example is given and clearly explained.
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Lesson Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Cultivating Data

For Teachers 6th - 8th
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,...

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