Curated OER
The Titanic 3
Can survival rates on the Titanic be explained by the "women and children first" policy or did rescue procedures favor the wealthy? Use actual historical data to explore conditional probability and independent events with your class....
Curated OER
The Titanic 2
Did the rescue procedures on the Titanic favor the first-class passengers? Use actual historical data to explore independent and dependent events with your class. Part of a series of worksheets, but can be used separately.
Curated OER
Special Effects-Titanic and Beyond
Students view a video clip about special effects. They use geometry to determine how it changes one's perspective. They work together to construct their own room and comparing their room with other groups, noting the type of...
Teach Engineering
What Floats Your Boat?
Clay's as good a material as any to build a boat, right? An introductory lesson plan sets the stage for two activities associated with buoyancy. The first involves building boats out of clay, while the second uses these boats to measure...
Curated OER
From Future Flight to Past Flight
Learners complete a set of CD-ROM's to introduce them to the flight program at NASA. In groups, they research a topic related to flight and put their information on a CD-ROM. To end the lesson, they share their material with other...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Titanic Tales
In this activity, students interpret data tables and graphs. They find percentages, and create circle graphs to display data.