Curated OER
Ellipses
In this ellipses instructional activity, students calculate the eccentricity of 5 given ellipses and show their calculations. Students then determine the percent deviation for their calculations using the accepted values of eccentricity.
Curated OER
Percent Deviation Rocks and Minerals
In this rocks and minerals activity, students calculate the percent deviation from various mass measurements taken of rocks or minerals. This activity has 10 problems to solve.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Deviant M&ms
This activity uses the basic M&M color activity of old to introduce students to CellSheet, CellSheet Converter, and TI-InterActive! while figuring the % Deviation for each color. If there is extra time or for a more advanced math...