Here is a list of resources in Data Analysis and Probability including lessons and useful data sets. The links are organized to follow the NCTM Standards. Data Analysis and Probability goals can be found on page 48 of the NCTM Principles and Standards for School Mathematics. The Data Analysis and Pobability goals can also be found on the NCTM website Data Analysis and Probability Expectation: Instructional Programs from prekindergarten through grade 12 should enable all ...

The Cereal Box Problem: A Lesson in Expected Value by George Reese Suppose there was one of six prizes inside your favorite box of cereal. Perhaps it's a pen, a plastic movie character, or a picture card. How many boxes of cereal would you expect to have to buy, to get all six prizes? It is not practical to go to the store and buy all that cereal at once. Suppose you got together with your friends and after a combined purchase of 8 boxes you do not yet have all six prizes. Should you be su ...

Chi-Square a lesson by Amar Patel based on Ch 6 of Using Statistics by Travers, Stout, Swift, and Sextro Oh no! Calvin sees that a math lesson is waiting for him at his house. Can it really be that frightening? He doesn't like math, especially statistics, but the subject of statistics can be a very powerful tool in his life if he only knew how to use it. He could use it to see if a given die is fair, to see if a class favors one number over the others, or to even see if a certain basketb ...

Earthquakes of the World Please note, links will be checked and updated soon. Thanks for your patience. 12/18/97 Here is a lesson using the data set of the number of earthquakes from 1900 to 1989 with a magnitude of 7 or greater. I found this after browsing the Internet at this location: United States Geological Survey (USGS), U.S. Department of the Interior. I clicked on Geologic Data, and then clicked on the National Earthquake Information Center. I found the data set after clicking on Eart ...

Search Lessons Write a Lesson Plan Guide Selection Criteria Copyright Statement Printer friendly text Lesson Plan #:AELP-MEA0002 Estimating Distances An Educator's Reference Desk Lesson Plan Submitted by: Chad Dahl Endorsed by: Don Descy, Mankato State University Date: May 14, 1997 Grade Level(s): 2, 3 Subject(s): Mathematics/Measurement Description: Map reading is more than just looking at maps and finding where you are on the map. ...

Search Lessons Write a Lesson Plan Guide Selection Criteria Copyright Statement Printer friendly text Lesson Plan #: AELP-MEA0003 Flying Objects An Educator's Reference Desk Lesson Plan AUTHOR: Daniel L. Ormond; Mary S. Black Elementary, NV Date: 1994 Grade Level(s): 3, 4, 5, 6 Subject(s): Mathematics/Measurement OVERVIEW: The students need a general background in measuring using metric systems and have an awareness of types of ...

The Hermit's Epidemic Expected value has very practical applications. For example, it can be used in the study of infectious diseases. The following is an extremely simplified version of such a study. Despite the somewhat unrealistic nature of the problem, it should help you to see how this statistic can be used. Six (unusually sociable) hermits live on an otherwise deserted island. An infectious disease strikes the island. The disease has a 1-day infectious period and after that ...

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Search Lessons Write a Lesson Plan Guide Selection Criteria Copyright Statement Printer friendly text Lesson Plan #: AELP-MEA0004 Integrating Math into a Spring Thematic Unit An Educator's Reference Desk Lesson Plan Submitted by: Mary Pat Grafwallner - St. Francis, WI Endorsed by: Paul Soik Aurora University Date: February 1, 1997 Grade Level(s): 2, 3, 4 Subject(s): Mathematics/Measurement Description of lesson: Students will a ...

Junk Food Math Sharon Ross DeWitt Clinton School 7231 N. Ridge 6110 N. Fairfield Chicago, Illinois 60645 Chicago, Illinois 60659 Phone (unlisted) 312-508-4025 Objective: The main objective of this miniteach is to teach 3rd through 4th grade students estimation and introduce percentage. Materials: For each student: - one zip-lock bag containing 75 randomly chosen Skittles candie ...

Photo-Math Martha Jean Barrett Groveport Middle School, Groveport, Ohio Subject: Mathematics Grade: 7 "This is by far the best project I have done in the classroom. I plan to make it a part of my yearly curriculum." Purpose and Description of Project Martha Jean Barrett is firmly convinced that even students who are bored or frustrated (or both) with mathematics can be motivated creation and construction of math games involving photographs they took at various community sites and the ...

Search Lessons Write a Lesson Plan Guide Selection Criteria Copyright Statement Printer friendly text Lesson Plan #:AELP-MEA0016 Learning Measurement An Educator's Reference Desk Lesson Plan Submitted by: Wendy Michelson Endorsed by: Dr. Don Descy, Mankato State University Date: May 12, 1998 Grade Level(s): 2 Subject(s): Mathematics/Measurement Description: In this lesson, students will understand the attribute of length, develop a ...

Search Lessons Write a Lesson Plan Guide Selection Criteria Copyright Statement Printer friendly text Lesson Plan #: AELP-MEA0005 Making Estimations in Measurement An Educator's Reference Desk Lesson Plan AUTHOR: Debbie Ballard, The Community School, Ketchum, Idaho Date: 1994 Grade Level(s): 1, 2 Subject(s): Mathematics/Measurement OVERVIEW: Children at this age will have difficulty in making accurate estimations in many areas o ...

Search Lessons Write a Lesson Plan Guide Selection Criteria Copyright Statement Printer friendly text Lesson Plan #: AELP-MEA0007 The Metric System An Educator's Reference Desk Lesson Plan Author: NIE Curriculum Guide - The Montana Standard - Butte, MT. Date: 1994 Grade Level(s): 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 Subject(s): Mathematics/Measurement OBJECTIVE: To practice standard and metric measurement via the newspaper MATERIALS: newspapers ...

Search Lessons Write a Lesson Plan Guide Selection Criteria Copyright Statement Printer friendly text Lesson Plan #: AELP-MEA0009 Metrics An Educator's Reference Desk Lesson Plan Submitted by: Michael Anderson Date: December 6, 1996 Unit Plan Outline Cover page Outline Introduction, Rationale and Objectives Outline for Thematic Unit Unit Lessons Lesson: Introduction to Metrics (Including homework handout) Lesson: Boomerang To ...

Min-Max temperatures Here is a lesson dealing with minimum and maximum temperatures at certain cities in the U.S. I found this data after browsing through the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) John Meseke Last updated 11/14/94 Subject: Math Grade Level: Middle School/High School Assessment Activity: In this lesson, we will be looking at the week long predicted and normal minimum and maximum temperatures for various cities throughout the U.S. Let's take a look at some pred ...

NCAA Basketball finals Here is a lesson using the scores from all of the NCAA basketball finals. I found this after doing a search with TurboGopher on statistics education. I found it under the folder called The Journal of Statistics Education. John Meseke Last updated 11/14/94 Subject: Math Grade Level: Middle School Instructional Goal: To have students read and interpret graphs of data sets. Behavioral Objective: From looking at the graphs, the students will devise reasons as to why tea ...

Math lessons by topics of interest to students: Car Payments - a lesson for grades 9-12 which has students access a used car lot on the Internet and then select a car from the free buyer's and seller's service. Students will calculate monthy car payments on "their" car, using formulas with complex fractions and large exponents. Cellular Phone Service - an excellent example of a real-world problem using systems of equations. Students are asked to make a numerical, tabular, and graphical anal ...

Paper Toss Shootout Edwina R. Justice Gunsaulus Scholastic Academy 10641 South Lowe Ave. 4420 South Sacramento Ave. Chicago IL 60628 Chicago IL 60632 (312) 468-3376 (312) 535-7215 Objectives: Demonstrate a phenomenological approach to teaching mathematics. Inspire others to use the approach. Objectives (Grade 8): Use class data to calculate percentages. Participate in group activity. Relat ...

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Real Life Math for Fifth Graders Perry Local Schools Massillon, Ohio Activities for Students See if you can solve these real life math problems using the Web Sites given.InstructionsWeb Sites Answers Travel: Your Great Aunt Sophie, who lives in Pittsburgh, PA has become ill and wants you to come stay with her to help out. To get there the quickest, should you fly from Akron-Canton airport on USAirways, drive from Massillon, Ohio, or take an Amtrak train from Alliance, Ohio? Assume yo ...

Search Lessons Write a Lesson Plan Guide Selection Criteria Copyright Statement Printer friendly text Lesson Plan #: AELP-MEA0008 Smile Metric Style An Educator's Reference Desk Lesson Plan AUTHOR: Deana Metder Date: 1994 Grade Level(s): 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Subject(s): Mathematics/Measurement OVERVIEW: Using the metric system can be very confusing and difficult for many students. This activity enables the students to practice working ...

Search Lessons Write a Lesson Plan Guide Selection Criteria Copyright Statement Printer friendly text Lesson Plan #: AELP-MEA0013 Surf to the Planets on the Internet An Educator's Reference Desk Lesson Plan Submitted by: Amber M. Pointer Endorsed by: P. Sean Smith, Ph.D, Berea College, Berea, KY Date: January 31, 1998 Grade Level(s): 6, 7, 8 Subject(s): Mathematics/Measurement OBJECTIVES: 1. Students use computers and other elect ...

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Search Lessons Write a Lesson Plan Guide Selection Criteria Copyright Statement Printer friendly text Lesson Plan #: AELP-MEA0011 Tree Measurement An Educator's Reference Desk Lesson Plan AUTHOR: Jeanette Vratil, Lowell Elementary, KS Date: 1994 Grade Level(s): 4, 5, 6 Subject(s): Mathematics/Measurement OVERVIEW: This activity is used to help understand vertical and horizontal measurement of large objects. OBJECTIVES: Stude ...

Search Lessons Write a Lesson Plan Guide Selection Criteria Copyright Statement Printer friendly text Lesson Plan #: AELP-MEA0012 Using Parallax to Determine Distances An Educator's Reference Desk Lesson Plan AUTHOR: Neil Priddy, Seaside High School, Seaside, OR Date: 1994 Grade Level(s): 10, 11, 12 Subject(s): Mathematics/Measurement OVERVIEW: Parallax is not only used by astronomers to determine the distance of many stars, and ...

How Much Money Do Baseball Players Really Make? It is commonly accepted today that most baseball players make millions of dollars and that most of them are not worth it. In fact, the average (mean) salary of a ballplayer in the majors leagues is $1.2 million dollars. Only given this fact, it is easy to see how the perception of the overpaid baseball player was created. However, it is often conveniently ignored that the median salary for major leaguers is only $410,000. Remember, that the ...

Weather Plots Here is a lesson dealing with plots of weather data. I found this data after browsing through the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) John Meseke Last updated 11/14/94 Subject: Math/Science Grade Level: Middle School/High School Instructional Goal: The goal of this activity is to observe the relationship between temperature and humidity. Behavioral Objective: From looking at the graphs of the temperature and humidity, the students will determine that the two gr ...

How Many Games Does it Take to Win the World Series? In order to determine the champion of Major League Baseball in the U.S. and Canada, the winners from the National League and the American League play the "World Series." The Series consists of seven games. If a team wins four out of the seven games, they are the champions. Of course, all seven games are not played if a team has already won four. Thus, what we want you to find out is how many games do you expect to be played befo ...