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Shodor Interactivate: Mean, Median, and Mode Discussion
This is a virtual discussion between a mentor and student involving mean, median, and mode. Discusses when each is used and how they are found.
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Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Introduction to Statistics
"The goal of this lesson plan is to introduce the concepts of mean, median and mode and to develop understanding and familiarity with these ideas." This lesson plan is provided by Shodor Education Foundation.
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Shodor: Deaf Interactivate: Tools (With Text and Asl)
This collection of computational science resources discusses a variety of topics, from fractions to telling time to conducting scientific experiments. Videos provide narration in ASL. Requires Quicktime.
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Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Fire!, Probability, and Chaos
Students will simulate the probability of a forest fire then graphing the data.
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Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Intro Fractals: Infinity/self Similarity/recursion
Explore fractions, ratios, area, and perimeter through guided practice lessons.
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Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Introduction to Functions
Input numbers into the function machine and explore independent and dependent variables.
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Shodor Interactivate: From Probability to Combinatorics and Number Theory
Apply division to determine the probability of outcomes with a racing game.
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Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Pythagorean Theorem
Use triangles and worksheets to guide the learning of triangles to the discovery of the Pythagorean Theorem.
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Shodor Interactivate: Stopwatch
This is a general-use stopwatch that can serve any purpose, for any subject area. The stopwatch counts up and down, records times that events happen, and also includes a buzzer that will activate at any time the user chooses. Java is...
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Shodor: Newton Raphson Method
This page offers an explanation of the Newton-Raphson Method for finding the roots of a function. Includes both graphical and textual information and provides links to an online interactive tool for finding function roots.
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Shodor Interactivate: Intro to the Coordinate Plane and Coordinates Discussion
Contains a brief introduction to the cartesian coordinate system.
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Shodor: Background Reading for Ionization Energy
A very complete lesson on ionization energy, including tables and charts to illustrate the ideas presented in the text.
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Shodor Interactivate: Area (Elementary)
In this lesson students will practice finding the area of rectangular shapes and irregular shapes with right angles and understand why the area formula works for rectangular shapes. CCSS.Math.Content.3.MD.C.5.b A plane figure which can...
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Shodor: Enthalpy and Gibbs Free Energy Calculator
Interactive calculator that allows you to input reactants and products of a reaction and calculate the change in enthalpy and Gibbs Free Energy for the reaction.
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Shodor: North Carolina: Student Science Enrichment Program
The provides creative science enrichment activities for students in the 6th through 12th grades. It also provides lesson plans and resources for teachers and a special section on "Wildlife of the Alligator River" that features stories,...
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Shodor Interactivate: Arithmetic Four
Students try to connect four game pieces in a row by answering whole number and integer problems. They can choose the difficulty level as well as addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division.
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Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Bar Graph
This lesson is designed to give students practice creating and reading bar graphs as well as understanding how to accurately represent a graph with appropriate units.
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Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Perimeter (Elementary)
In this lesson students will practice finding the perimeter of regular and irregular shapes with right angles and the appropriate units for measuring perimeter.
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Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Estimation (Elementary)
In this lesson students will practice estimation with computation, counting, length and area.
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Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Area Explorations
In this lesson students will practice finding the area of irregular shapes with right angles and understand that there are different methods for calculating area.
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Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Area (Elementary)
In this lesson students will practice finding the area rectangular shapes and irregular shapes with right angles and understand why the area formula works for rectangular shapes.
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Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Angles (Elementary)
In this lesson students will learn what determines whether an angle is acute, obtuse or a right angle.
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Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Fire: Modeling Probability
In this lesson students will understand probability and chance and understand the results of probability and chance in real life situations.
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Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Elapsed Time
In this lesson young scholars will understand the concept of elapsed time and be able to calculate elapsed time given the starting and ending time.