Physics Girl
Calculating Pi with Darts
Can pi be calculated through a game of darts? The video shows why this works mathematically and the issues surrounding the methodology. Once participants overcome errors, success through physics and mathematics leads to celebration.
PBS
Career Connections | Production Accountant
In this age of so much digital media production, someone has to be looking at the bottom line. Someone has to figure out all the factors that go into production—what it will cost and what to charge. Meet the person who does all that, the...
PBS
Career Connections | Accounting/Auditor
Have a head for numbers? Does preparing tax returns, auditing business plans, and finances, and keeping clients compliant with current tax law so like fun? A senior manager informs viewers about what it takes to be a tax accountant.
PBS
The Hunger Games
The odds will be in your favor that young statisticians will volunteer to participate in this experiment. After watching a short video that is part of the PBS Math at the Core middle school collection, scholars engage in a lottery and...
PBS
Real-Life Math | Baseball
The math in baseball is more than just batting averages. The Assistant General Manager of the Diamondbacks shows the numerous ways the management uses baseball math. The class participates in an activity to simulate batting averages and...
Mathed Up!
Probability
How likely is it to draw a blue marble? Pupils find the likelihood of events and connect that to the probability of the event. They find the probabilities of simple events and show their probabilities on a scale.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Probability: Probability (Part 1)
Video lesson introducing probability by exploring different understandings of probability and solving for the probability of simple events. Includes link to additional practice problems. [10:30]
Virtual Nerd
Virtual Nerd: How Do You Find the Mean of a Data Set?
Mean is another word for average. Learn how to determine the mean from a set of data. Watch this tutorial for an example. [3:13]
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Against All Odds: Histograms
Meteorologists use histograms to map when lightning strikes and this visualization technique helps them understand the data in new ways. [9:42]
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Against All Odds: Normal Distributions
A look at how histograms, and the curves that are drawn based on histogram data, can help one analyze data. Video program offers real-life examples to illustrate this: population age and baseball statistics. [28:40]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Real Life Math: Baseball
Watch and listen as the assistant general manager of a major league baseball team explains how he uses math in this video from KAET, Arizona PBS. A lesson plan and handouts are included. [7:43]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Probability: Probability (Part 5)
Video lesson finding the probability specific outcomes from rolling a pair of dice by looking at the sample space. [10:07]
Math Mammoth
Math Mammoth: Mean, Median, and Mode: Measures of Central Tendency
In this lesson, students learn about measures of central tendency and how the mean, median, and mode work in different contexts. [9:25]
Virtual Nerd
Virtual Nerd: What Is the Interquartile Range?
This tutorial teaches about one of the ways to dissect a set of data called the interquartile range. [4:34]
Virtual Nerd
Virtual Nerd: What Is Probability?
Probability is the chance an event will occur. Check out this tutorial to learn about probability. [5:17]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Experimental Probability
Discusses the difference between theoretical and experimental probability and how to use what information you have in order to estimate the likelihood of a given outcome. [6:55]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Statistics: Average
Video briefly talks about types of statistics. Gives demonstration of how to find arithmetic mean, median and mode of a set of numbers. Discusses how well each measure represents the data set. Includes link to practice problems. [12:34]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Statistics: The Average
Introduction to descriptive statistics and central tendency. Gives demonstration of how to find arithmetic mean, median and mode of a set of numbers.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Basic Probability: Example: Marbles From a Bag
Video lesson demonstrating the probability of picking a certain color of marble out of a bag. Includes finding the sample space.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Converting Between Odds and Probability
Use the probability of an event to determine what the odds of the outcome will be. Assess learning with a quiz.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Creating Area Models and Finding Theoretical Probability
On this site students watch a video tutorial on the concept of finding theoretical probability. Students learn to calculate theoretical probability by using an area model.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Theoretical Probability Using Area Models
This site provides a video tutorial on the concept of theoretical probability. Students learn how to find the theoretical probability of a compound event by using an area model.
Math Mammoth
Math Mammoth: Measures of Statistical Variation: A Beginner Lesson
A lesson in how to calculate measures of variation, including the range, the interquartile range, and the mean absolute deviation, and what each of these terms mean. [9:59]