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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Measuring Velocity of Objects Using Video Clips

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students learn to analyze video clips and extract data about the velocity of moving objects, reinforcing the concept of average velocity. After mastering the technique of using videos to measure velocity, students can...
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Ministry of Education and Universities of the Region of Murcia (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion Y Ciencia: Tasa De Variacion De Una Funcion

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In Spanish. In this interactive activity you will learn and understand the concept of average and instantaneous speed and calculate the average and instantaneous variation of some functions.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Average Force

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson introduces the concept of average force.
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Mangahigh

Mangahigh: Data: Moving Averages

For Students 6th - 9th Standards
Students watch an online tutorial on the concept of moving averages. After watching, students test their knowledge by attempting ten practice problems that increase or decrease in difficulty based on their answers.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Short Run Production Costs: Foundational Concepts

For Students 9th - 10th
Practice what you have learned about the difference between marginal cost, average variable cost, and fixed costs in this four-question exercise.
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Mangahigh

Mangahigh: Data: Use the Range and Mode

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
This site provides students practice with the concept of range and mode. Students can learn about the topic by completing an interactive tutorial. Students can then take a ten question timed test to practice the skill.
Activity
Stefan Warner and Steven R. Costenoble

Finite Mathematics & Applied Calculus: Average Rate of Change

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The resource investigates average rate of change. Topics examined are the difference quotient and how to compute the average rate of change. Students learn about the calculus concepts through notes and examples.
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Education Development Center

Tune in to Learning: Get Going With Rate

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Explore the concepts of rate, distance, and speed in this interactive lesson. Discover how to use formulas to solve word problems and calculate salaries. A concise lesson with excellent examples, connections to real world experiences,...
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Mangahigh

Mangahigh: Data: Find the Mean

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
Students learn about the concept of mean by exploring a tutorial. They can then test their knowledge by taking a ten question assessment that increases in difficulty as they correctly answer questions.
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Mangahigh

Mangahigh: Data: Calculate the Mode

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
Students learn about the concept of mode by exploring a tutorial. They can then test their knowledge by taking a ten question assessment that increases in difficulty as they correctly answer questions.
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Mangahigh

Mangahigh: Data: Calculate the Median

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
Students learn about the concept of median by exploring a tutorial. They can then test their knowledge by taking a ten question assessment that increases in difficulty as they correctly answer questions.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Sports and Math: Batting Averages and More

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Set up a spreadsheet using a computer or graphing calculator, and perform calculations using columns. Calculate percentages and solve a system of equations regarding baseball statistics.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Introduction to Probability

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Introduction to Probability is a resource that provides assessment and teacher tutorials that focus on mathematic concepts such as probability, outcomes, events, probability distribution, laws, values and odd.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: Saxon Activity Center: Graphing Calculator Activity: Average [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A concise graphing calculator lesson on calculating average. Detailed examples, demonstrations of calculator functions, and practice problems included. Acrobat Reader required.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Spring Away!

For Teachers 7th - 9th
This lab demonstrates Hooke's Law with the use of springs and masses. Students attempt to determine the proportionality constant, or k-value, for a spring. They do this by calculating the change in length of the spring as different...
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That Quiz

That Quiz: Medias

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This interactive activity is designed as a review to the concept of mean, median and mode.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Instantaneous Velocity: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson introduces the concept of instantaneous velocity without the use of calculus. It is 1 of 2 in the series titled "Instantaneous Velocity."
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Measuring Surface Tension

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students observe capillary action in glass tubes of varying sizes. Then they use the capillary action to calculate the surface tension in each tube. They find the average surface tensions and calculate the statistical errors.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Curb the Epidemic!

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Using a website simulation tool, students build on their understanding of random processes on networks to interact with the graph of a social network of individuals and simulate the spread of a disease. They decide which two individuals...
Interactive
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Stock Exchange Game

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this game, two players compete in a stock exchange, working with the concepts of theorertical and experimental probabilities and expected value. They must enter the probability and payoff of winning a single game, then observe the...
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Figure This: How Much Time Do Teens Spend on the Job?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Try this math challenge where you investigate the average number of hours teen actually spend working. Apply your problem solving, number sense, and computation skills in this one page activity from the NCTM Math Challenges for Families...
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Figure This: Gasoline Tanks

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Inquiring minds want to know, how far can you go on a tank of gas? See if you can figure out this math challenge that explores rate, distance, and time. A one page activity from the NCTM Math Challenges for Families series. Application...
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Math Graphs

Houghton Mifflin: Math Graphs: Mean Value Theorem 3 [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
The handout investigates the calculus concept that given a section of a smooth curve, there is at least one point on that section where the slope of the curve is the same as the average derivative. The exercise consists of a graph that...
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Math Graphs

Houghton Mifflin: Math Graphs: Mean Value Theorem 4 [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
The handout investigates the calculus concept that given a section of a smooth curve, there is at least one point on that section where the slope of the curve is the same as the average derivative. The exercise consists of a graph that...