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Assessing Normalcy

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students define normal distribution as it relates to the bell curve. In this statistics instructional activity, students use the central tendencies of mean, median and mode to solve problems. They plot their data and draw conclusion from...
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Normal Probability Plot

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students analyze the graph of a distribution. In this statistics instructional activity, students define skewed or mound shape distribution as they investigate the data behind the graph. They define and plot outlier as well as normal...
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Looking Normal

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Learners identify the shape of a function. For this statistics lesson, students plot the data collected. They analyze their data for positive, negative or no correlation. They find the line of best fit.
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Percentiles

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students analyze the bell curve and make predictions. In this statistics lesson, students calculate the percentile to the left of the curve. They then are given the percentile and create the graph from the data.
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Probability Distributions

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students collect and plot data on a graph. For this statistics lesson, 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.
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Why NP Min?

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students calculate the normal distribution. In this statistics lesson, students use the normal distribution to estimate binomial distributions. They define when to use NP and n(1-p) to make approximations.
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Sampling Distributions

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students analyze sampling from different population. In this statistics lesson, students define the meaning of sample sizes and what causes an increase or decrease. They graph their data on the Ti calculator and draw conclusion from the...
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Meaning of Alpha

For Teachers 9th - 11th
students define the alpha level. In this statistics lesson, students identify what makes the "null rejected" and discuss the data surrounding the null. They observe the meaning of alpha as it relates to the bell curve.
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Meaning of Power

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students graph exponential and power functions. In this statistics instructional activity, students test a specific hypotheses and draw conclusion. They use the graph of polynomials to test and draw their conclusions.
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Cannonball

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students calculate the speed, motion and distance of a projectile. In this geometry instructional activity, students obtain measurements while calculating velocity. They graph their results and make predictions.
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Create a Quadrant Instructions for Teachers

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students, who are teachers, discover how to make a quadrant in their classrooms. They use the given pattern to make the tool which they would have their students research.
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Circle Equations

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Students explore the coordinate plane. In this secondary mathematics instructional activity, students follow a set of directions to plot points in the coordinate plane.
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Composing Music Mathematically

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students recognize relationships between mathematics and music by identifying the frequency and volume of a pure tone. Students discover that sound can be represented as a function and collect pure tones to generate smooth curves.
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Integration Unit: Riemann Sum

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
Learners investigate Riemann Sums. In this calculus lesson, students solve problems involving Riemann sums and Right Riemann Sums.
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Count the Differences

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Students determine the degree of polynomials.  In this determining the degree of polynomials lesson, students find the difference between consecutive y-values.  Students find the degree of a linear, quadratic, and cubic...
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Words for Algebra

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Young scholars rewrite word problems using symbols. In this algebra lesson, students relate algebra to the real world. They identify the correct steps to take when solving word problems.
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Slider Template

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students identify parameters using a slider template. In this precalculus lesson, students relate a slider to a calculator. It provides the students the opportunity to control the perimeter of the equations.
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Mystery of the Real Robinson Crusoe Solved

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore the location of the campsite of fictional character Robinson Crusoe. For this ESL lesson, students read an article that discusses the whereabouts of Robinson Crusoe's campsite, then have a class discussion on the...
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Exploring the CTK-671

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Learners demonstrate the operational aspects of the CTK-671 by selecting various tones, advanced tones, and rhythm patterns based on parameters set by the teacher.
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Measurement: Caliper Actitivy

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students participate in an investigation of winged organisms. Working with calipers, students measure the wing span of several butterflies from different areas. After recording their measurements, students use their data to explain...
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Texas Instruments: Your First Ti Navigator Sessions

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity is geared for the teacher that has the TI-Navigator System, a Smartboard, and possibly TI-Smartview. Even if you only have a projector (and no smartboard), you can use the PDF file. This activity is one that I use the first...
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Texas Instruments: Getting Started With the Ti Navigator: Exponential Models

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson introduces students' to Activity Center and represents a suggested TI-Navigator classroom procedure for students to explore an exponential model for the rebound heights of a playground ball.
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Texas Instruments: Give Me a Sine (And a Cosine) Using Ti Navigator

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson, students contribute data points to build graphs of the sine and cosine functions. The transition from trig ratios to trig functions is a particularly difficult one, but it is also one where the social space of the...
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Texas Instruments: Getting Started With the Ti Navigator: Linear Equations

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This lesson introduces students to Activity Center. The following lesson represents a suggested TI-Navigator classroom procedure for students to explore solving linear equations algebraically, numerically, and graphically.