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Lesson Plan
Statistics Education Web

Sampling in Archaeology

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Compare different random sampling types using an archaeological setting. Scholars collect data from an archaeological plot using simple random samples, stratified random samples, systematic random samples, and cluster random samples....
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Flipped Math

Sampling Methods

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Pupils watch a video to learn about different types of sample design and how to use technology to create a random sample. They discover different types of bias that may happen due to the sampling design or the questions. Learners use...
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AP Test Prep
College Board

Sampling Distributions

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
The validity of data depends on the strength of the sample. A collection of instruction and activities focuses on sampling distributions and the analysis of that data. Scholars learn about distribution tests such and Central Limit...
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Performance
Radford University

Population Project

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
How fast does it grow? Scholars work on two tasks dealing with exponential growth, one on population growth and the second on investments. Learners research a country's population over the past century and make predictions of the current...
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PPT
Biology Junction

Population Genetics

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Genetic variation shows the health of a population, yet cheetahs show very little variation over that last 10,000 years. Scholars learn the importance of genetic variation in populations after viewing an informative presentation. It...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Population Pyramids

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars explain the significance of population trends on world regions. They define relevant population vocabulary and examine age-gender patterns at various scales.
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Sampling Distribution of a Sample Mean: The Mean of the Average Ages

For Students 9th - 12th
What does it mean to take the mean of the mean? An easy-to-use interactive has users adjust the mean ages of different samples. Finding the average of these sample means gives an estimate of the population mean.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Sample Midyear Examination (Chemistry and Biology)

For Students 7th - 12th
A 12-page midterm exam sample can be given to young scientists in preparation for an exam. This particular installment is geared toward a class that delves into both ecology and chemistry concepts. There is no way to separate the 50...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Margin of Error When Estimating a Population Proportion (part 1)

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Use the power of mathematics to find the number of red chips in a bag — it's a little like magic! The activity asks learners to collect data to determine the percentage of red chips in a bag. They calculate the margin of error and...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Margin of Error When Estimating a Population Proportion (part 2)

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Error does not mean something went wrong! Learners complete a problem from beginning to end using concepts developed throughout the last five lessons. They begin with a set of data, determine a population proportion, analyze their result...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Margin of Error When Estimating a Population Mean (part 2)

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Don't leave your classes vulnerable in their calculations! Help them understand the importance of calculating a margin of error to represent the variability in their sample mean. 
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Margin of Error When Estimating a Population Mean (part 1)

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
We know that sample data varies — it's time to quantify that variability! After calculating a sample mean, pupils calculate the margin of error. They repeat the process with a greater number of sample means and compare the results.
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Sampling Variability in the Sample Proportion (part 2)

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Increase your sample and increase your accuracy! Scholars complete an activity that compares sample size to variability in results. Learners realize that the greater the sample size, the smaller the range in the distribution of sample...
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Lesson Plan
Statistics Education Web

Population Parameter with M-and-M's

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Manufacturers' claims may or may not be accurate, so proceed with caution. Here pupils use statistics to investigate the M&M's company's claim about the percentage of each color of candy in their packaging. Through the activity,...
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Lesson Plan
Statistics Education Web

Using Dice to Introduce Sampling Distributions

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
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...
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Mr. Brigg's Class Likes Math

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
A quick discussion question that brings some collaboration into your classroom will allow your thinkers to make a decision about sampling. Mr. Briggs wants to know if the results from his class are a valuable comparison to the entire...
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Election Poll, Variation 1

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Your class will learn what it means to take a random sample of a population and to draw inferences from the information gained. In part a, of the exercise, you discuss with your class how students during a class election can be best...
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Lesson Plan
Mathematics Assessment Project

Sampling and Estimating: Counting Trees

For Teachers 7th Standards
Your task today: count all the trees on a tree farm. To complete the assignment, learners first estimate the number of trees on a tree farm using random sampling. To improve their own response they then evaluate provided responses to the...
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CCSS Math Activities

Smarter Balanced Sample Items: 7th Grade Math – Target G

For Teachers 7th Standards
Don't leave learning to chance! Assess your class's understanding of random sampling and making inferences using questions from the experts at Smarter Balanced. As the seventh of nine parts in the Gr. 7 Claim 1 Item Slide Shows series,...
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Activity
American Psychological Association

A Tasty Sample(r): Teaching about Sampling Using M&M’s

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Here's a sweet activity! As part of a study of psychological research methods and statistic gathering, individuals develop a hypothesis about the number of each color of M&Ms in a fun-size package. They then count the number of each...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Population Growth

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students grow duckweed, observe what happens when an organism population is allowed to grow without predation or competition, view videos about invasive species, and develop a proposal for controlling the growth of an invasive species in...
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Assessment
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CCSS Math Activities

Smarter Balanced Sample Items: 7th Grade Math – Target H

For Teachers 7th Standards
Not one but two box plots. How will your pupils fare? Assess their understanding of box plots by having them compare two populations. The eighth of nine installments in the Gr. 7 Claim 1 Item Slide Shows series, the resource has them...
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CCSS Math Activities

Smarter Balanced Sample Items: High School Math – Claim 4

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
What is the appropriate model? Sample problems show the extent of the Smarter Balanced assessments Claim 4, Modeling and Data Analysis. Items provide pupils the opportunity to use mathematical modeling to arrive at a reasonable answer....
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Random Sampling

For Teachers 7th - 9th
In this random sampling worksheet, students compare data collected by a random sample to data collected by an actual count using pieces of paper with numbers written on them. They compare their data for the actual count to the random...

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