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Probability Distributions
Students collect and plot data on a graph. In this statistics instructional activity, students analyze the distribution of a sample and predict the outcome. They find the line of best fit and discuss what would make the sample larger.
Kenan Fellows
A Farmer’s Challenge to Breed to the Greatest of Grapes
What does your class know about GMOs? Are they savvy to selective breeding? Challenge young minds to engineer the greatest crop of all time using a hands-on genetics unit. Learners discover the good and bad details of selective breeding,...
Curated OER
Area and Perimeter
Learners find the area and perimeter of regular polygons and composite figures and examine the effect on the area and perimeter of a figure if the dimensions are multiplied by a constant. The nine page worksheet contains thirty-seven...
Math Guy
Algebra 2 Practice Final
Work out to Algebra II with the 50-question activity that practices different types of functions. Multiple choice questions focus on topics such as rational, radical, and logarithmic functions. The resource comes with a printed answer...
Curated OER
Real-World Linear Programming
Explore linear programming on a website game. Partners solve a real-world problem by setting up an objective function and a linear inequality. They graph their results on chart paper and also using a calculator before presenting their...
Curated OER
Sentence Completion 16: High-Intermediate Level
More sentence completion practice! The strength of this worksheet lies in the lengthy answer and explanations key included with the resource. The key explains in detail how to approach each problem, what strategies to employ, and why...
Teach Engineering
Don't Be a Square
If Parseltongue is a genetic trait, what is the probability a wizard will inherit the ability to speak Parseltongue? Scholars investigate magical and biological genetics with Punnett squares.
Virginia Department of Education
The Real Meal Deal
Burgers and salads and sodas, oh my! Scholars use a menu to investigate the Fundamental Counting Principle. They create tree diagrams to illustrate the number of possible choices for each given scenario.
Curated OER
Children's Museum of Houston - Pre/Post Classroom Activities - Nets
Students make three dimensional shapes with nets. In this nets lesson, students receive nets which they fold to make a three dimensional object. They predict what shape each net will make and verify it after making the net. They use the...
Curated OER
A Slice of Pi
Math pupils, by viewing a video, discover the history of pi and some of the applications of its uses in the world today. They conduct an experiment by measuring the diameter and circumference of various circular objects to calculate...
Curated OER
What Are The Chances
Students calculate the probability of an event occurring. In this probability instructional activity, students differentiate between independent, dependent or compound events. They find the range of the data.
Mathematics Vision Project
Circles: A Geometric Perspective
Circles are the foundation of many geometric concepts and extensions - a point that is thoroughly driven home in this extensive unit. Fundamental properties of circles are investigated (including sector area, angle measure, and...
Curated OER
Investigation-Pattern/Functions
Students explore number patterns. In this number patterns and probability math activity, students work in groups to describe the patterns present in the first five rows of Pascal's Triangle, then write numbers to continue this pattern....
Pennsylvania Department of Education
Adding and Subtracting Rational Numbers to Solve Problems
Students explore the concept of probability. In this probability lesson plan, students use area to determine probability. Students use charts and spinners to help determine the probability of events such as flipping a coin or rolling a...
Curated OER
Graphs: All About Our Class
Students respond to survey questions, discuss results, brainstorm ways to represent survey information, and create table of class results. They find mean, range, and percentages, and create graph to display results.
Curated OER
Geometric Probablitiy: Spinners and Dartboards
Sstudents explore and analyze the properties of geometric areas. In this geometry lesson, sstudents use technology to simulate spinners and dartboards in order to fing areas of circles and sectors of circles and compare and contrast...
Curated OER
Solving Genetic Puzzles
Seventh graders examine genetics combination using statistics. In this statistics lesson, 7th graders examine genetic trait using a table or punnett square to identify genotype and phenotype. This assignment requires more than one class...
Alabama Learning Exchange
I Scream for Ice Cream!
Students perform an experiment. In this combinations lesson, students complete an experiment where they find out how many ice cream cone combinations they can make with 5 different flavors of ice cream and 4 types of cones. They design a...
Curated OER
Which Bag is Which?
Learners explore number sense by completing a statistical analysis game in class. In this data graphing instructional activity, students utilize visual references such as colored cubes and tiles to map out the results of an experiment...
Curated OER
Math Made Easy
Students evaluate word problems. In this problem solving lesson, students are presented with word problems requiring graphing skills and students work independently to solve.
Curated OER
Birthday Problem
Young scholars identify the probability of an event occurring. Learners explore the complement of an event in finding why an event will not happen. They also explore basics of probability within algebra.
Curated OER
Mean, Median, and Mode
Seventh graders examine the uses of mean, median, and mode. They define key vocabulary terms, observe the teacher model examples of mean, median, and mode, and discuss real world examples of central tendency of sets of data. Students...
Pennsylvania Department of Education
Equal Groups
Students explore statistics by completing a graphing activity. In this data analysis lesson, students define a list of mathematical vocabulary terms before unpacking a box of raisins. Students utilize the raisins to plot data on a line...
Curated OER
Is the Hudson River Too Salty to Drink?
Learners explore reasons for varied salinity in bodies of water. In this geographical inquiry lesson, students use a variety of visual and written information including maps, data tables, and graphs, to form a hypothesis as to why the...