American Statistical Association
An A-MAZE-ING Comparison
Teach your class how to use descriptive statistics through a hands-on data collection activity. Pupils collect their own data, calculate test statistics, and interpret the results in context. They compare male and female results, looking...
American Statistical Association
Colors Challenge!
Does writing the name of a color in a different colored ink affect one's ability to read it? Scholars design an experiment to answer this question. They collect the data, analyze the statistics, and draw a conclusion based on...
Statistics Education Web
How High Can You Jump?
How high can your pupils jump? Learners design an experiment to answer this question. After collecting the data, they create box plots and scatter plots to analyze the data. To finish the lesson, they use the data to draw conclusions.
Statistics Education Web
Using Dice to Introduce Sampling Distributions
Investigate the meaning of a sample proportion using this hands-on activity. Scholars collect data and realize that the larger the sample size the more closely the data resembles a normal distribution. They compare the sample proportion...
Statistics Education Web
It’s Elemental! Sampling from the Periodic Table
How random is random? Demonstrate the different random sampling methods using a hands-on activity. Pupils use various sampling techniques to choose a random sample of elements from the periodic table. They use the different samples to...
Statistics Education Web
Are Female Hurricanes Deadlier than Male Hurricanes?
The battle of the sexes? Scholars first examine data on hurricane-related deaths and create graphical displays. They then use the data and displays to consider whether hurricanes with female names result in more deaths than hurricanes...
Statistics Education Web
Types of Average Sampling: "Household Words" to Dwell On
Show your classes how different means can represent the same data. Individuals collect household size data and calculate the mean. Pupils learn how handling of the data influences the value of the mean.
Statistics Education Web
Consuming Cola
Caffeine affects your heart rate — or does it? Learners study experimental design while conducting their own experiment. They collect heart rate data after drinking a caffeinated beverage, create a box plot, and draw conclusions....
Curated OER
CO2 and You
Students study the scientific evidence about carbon dioxide emissions. They learn to calculate the amount of energy used by different appliances. They complete a worksheet which analyzes the amount of energy that their home uses.
Curated OER
Drops on a Penny
Young scientists explore the concept of surface tension at is applies to water. In this activity, learners use a dropper to place drops of water on a penny. Each group guesses how many drops a heads-up penny will hold, then conducts the...
TryEngineering
What is a Nanometer?
Exactly how small is a nanometer? Scholars investigate the scale of a nanometer by measuring classroom objects and converting these measurements to nanometers.
Bowland
Reducing Road Accidents
By making the following changes to the roads, we can prevent several accidents. A multiple-day lesson prompts pupils to investigate accidents in a small town. Pairs develop a proposal on what to do to help reduce the number of...
Mascil Project
Amberhavn: New Bus Network
Public transportation is an important aspect of any growing city. Collaborative groups work to redesign a system for a city in need of restructuring. Young scholars design a route, create a timetable, and incorporate a quality control...
Curated OER
Function Machine
Second graders decipher a pattern using input and output. In this functions lesson, 2nd graders use input and output numbers to find a pattern involving addition and subtraction. Students use the pattern they discovered to help solve...
Curated OER
The Part-Adder 2
Third graders use mental-math strategies to solve two-digit plus two-digit addition problems. They observe and discuss online demonstrations, solve word problems as a class, and independently solve problems and describe their solutions...
Curated OER
4 Discrete Probability Distributions
High schoolers read and complete problems on how to solve discrete probability distributions. In this probability distributions lesson plan, students read math problem examples and solve them.
Curated OER
Identifying Functions
Students, after completing a warm up exercise on one proportion word problem, distinguish between functions and non-functions. They identify domain and range on a function as well as recognize and implement function notation. They solve...
Curated OER
Skip it to multiply it
First graders make sensible estimates and check the reasonableness of answers.
They make up, tell and record number stories up to 9 about given objects. They skip count in twos, threes and fives.
Curated OER
The Multiplier (2-digit by 2-digit numbers)
Fourth graders Split a 2-digit number into tens and ones. They use The Multiplier to partition and solve 2-digit by 2-digit multiplications. They describe how to solve 2-digit by 2-digit multiplications using a diagram.
Curated OER
Composition of Functions
Students solve problems using the composition of functions. In this algebra lesson, students analyze the graph of a quadratic equation for its vertex and intercepts. they find the inverse of the function using addition, subtraction,...
Curated OER
Mathematical Wackie Wordies
In this word activity, 9th graders examine pictures and write a mathematical phrase to describe the picture. This one-page activity contains 25 problems. Answers are provided.
Curated OER
Single Digit Division And Multiplication Practice
In these multiplication and division worksheets, 3rd graders solve single digit problems. Students complete 100 multiplication and 100 division problems with no remainders for mastery.
Curated OER
Accuracy of Measurements
In this accuracy of measurements worksheet, students solve and complete 3 different types of word problems. First, they find the largest area of pitch in the problem described. Then, students write down an inequality to show the range of...
Curated OER
Linear - Quadratic Systems
In this quadratic system worksheet, students solve systems of linear equations. This one-page worksheet contains two story problems where students write their own system of equations and then solve. The remaining eight problems are...