US Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Chemist
The BLS offers an overview of the career of a chemist. The website provides a general description of what being a chemist is like and includes information on the type of education and experience a chemist needs.
US Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Surveyor
Read about what surveyors do and what education one needs to become a surveyor. This article includes sections entitled "What the job is like" and "Preparing for the job."
Other
Journal of Statistics Education: A Sample / Population Size Activity
The author of the article admits having had a difficult time in the past when getting students to understand that samples need to contain a substantial portion of the population. Here, an activity is detailed to bring this important fact...
US Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Masonry Workers
This resource provides information about masonry workers.
GeoGebra
International Geo Gebra Institute: Geo Gebra
The free mathematics software creates interactive learning material that combines geometry, graphing, tables, algebra, statistics, and calculus. Teachers can download the free open source software to enhance their mathematics lessons. A...
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Unemployment in My Hometown
In this lesson plan, learners interpret data tables from the Bureau of Labor Statistics to compare national and local unemployment data.
Other
Miniature Earth: Comparative Demographics Worldwide
Miniature Earth reduces the world's population to 100 to underscore the dramatic differences in wealth, age, faith, education, environment, and health among people who live on this planet. An excellent apply-what-you-know site for...
Other
American Youth Policy Forum: Thinking About Tests and Testing [Pdf]
A comprehensive primer in assessment literacy that seeks to raise awareness of key aspects about tests and testing issues. Explains essential statistical terms associated with testing (mean, modes, medians, distribution, dispersion,...
US Department of Education
U.s. d.o.e.: Office of English Language Acquisition
The Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA) identifies major issues affecting the education of English language learners and publishes research and statistical reports on those issues. It serves as a clearinghouse for information,...
US Department of Education
U.s. d.o.e.: Office of English Language Acquisition
The Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA) identifies major issues affecting the education of English language learners and publishes research and statistical reports on those issues. It serves as a clearinghouse for information,...
Other
Michigan Association of School Boards: Home Page
The state school board provides information on its services, conferences, events, membership, publications, and state statistics. It also includes a variety of educational resources.
Other
College Profiles
Features in-depth profiles with information about academic programs, athletics, campus life, and financial aid, along with geographic search, directories for honors programs, women's colleges statistics on minority enrollment and...
Digital History
Digital History: The Great Society and the Drive for Black Equality
Read about President Lyndon Johnson's vision for the Great Society. See how the programs instituted were focused on lifting the poor from poverty, especially African Americans. Included were laws to increase civil rights and voting...
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Math World: World's Most Extensive Mathematics Resource
MathWorld provides a huge mathematics encyclopedia detailing the concepts of geometry, algebra, calculus, discrete math, number theory, and other math topics--complete with formulas, diagrams, examples, and references for thorough...
United Nations
United Nations Cyberschoolbus (Spanish)
Learn about flags, facts, and statistics about countries, art galleries, global themes and discrimination. It includes the English and Spanish version.
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Federal Bureau of Investigation: Gangs
A staggering 1.4 million active gang members walk the streets in the United States. Get the latest gang stories in the news, takedowns and cases, anti-gang programs, and toolkits for educators and parents.
Other
State of Georgia Official Site
This is the official website of the State of Georgia. Content includes government information, tourist information, statistical facts, local city and county information, and much more.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Ti Using the Chi Squared Significance Test
In this activity, students will apply the Chi Squared test for independence to a data set of high school AP Statistics Exam scores. They will set up a two-way table and calculate the chi squared test statistic by hand.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Escape! Because Accidents Happen: Car Crash
Examine the benefits and risks of using seat belts and analyze national statistics on seat belt use. Design and implement a study of local seat belt use and compare the results to the national statistics.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Comparing Distributions of Univariate Data
Students compare univariate data distributions using statistical concepts like box plots, stem plots, and histograms.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Summarizing Distributions of Univariate Data
Students understand statistical concepts like center of data and the amount of data variation from the center. They calculate the measures of the center of a distribution and the measures of spread for the data collected as a list....
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Assumptions and Conditions for Significance/hypoth
These questions cover the criteria for inference tests: "conditions," when the actual data is given, and "assumptions," when the data is missing and only summary statistics are given.
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: Enrico Fermi
Enrico Fermi was a titan of twentieth-century physics. He outlined the statistical laws that govern the behavior of particles that abide by the Pauli exclusion principle and developed a theoretical model of the atom in his mid-twenties....
Other
Genentech: Stroke Fact Sheet
The learning resource is a stroke or ?brain attack? fact sheet. Some topics discussed are stroke statistics, symptoms, and types of stroke.