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Shodor Education Foundation

Skew Distribution

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Slide the class into a skewed view. Learners alter the location of the median relative to the mean of a normal curve to create a skew distribution. They compare the curve to a histogram distribution with the same skewness. 
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Parallel and Skew Lines: Parallel or Not?

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
There's nothing askew about an informative resource. Pupils adjust one of two lines in an interactive to determine if the lines are parallel or skew. They answer a set of challenge questions about the lines.
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Measuring Variability for Skewed Distributions (Interquartile Range)

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Should the standard deviation be used for all distributions? Pupils know that the median is a better description of the center for skewed distributions; therefore, they will need a variability measure about the median for those...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Classifying Angles

For Students 10th
In this classifying angles worksheet, 10th graders solve and complete 35 various types of problems. First, they match each type of angle with its correct description. Then, students determine whether the given lines or planes are...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Distributions—Center, Shape, and Spread

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Data starts to tell a story when it takes shape. Learners describe skewed and symmetric data. They then use the graphs to estimate mean and standard deviation. 
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EngageNY

Creating a Histogram

For Teachers 6th Standards
Display data over a larger interval. The fourth segment in a 22-part unit introduces histograms and plotting data within intervals to the class. Pupils create frequency tables with predefined intervals to build histograms. They describe...
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Curated OER

The Bell Curve

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Learners are introduced to the concepts of the normal curve, skewness and the standard deviation. They discuss how the normal distribution has been used and misused to support conclusions.
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Activity
101 Questions

Class Height Distribution

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
A picture is worth a thousand words, and this is no exception! The introductory photo shows a group of classmates lined up in height categories; females and males are in different colors, and the shape of the curve they create is...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Geometry Lines and Angles

For Students 10th
In this lines and angles worksheet, 10th graders solve and complete types of problems that include different line segments and angles to identify. First, they determine whether each line is parallel, skew, or perpendicular in the diagram...
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Unit Plan
Core Knowledge Foundation

Civil Rights Leaders

For Teachers 2nd Standards
A unit focuses on Civil Rights leaders. Scholars read or listen to an informational text about Susuan B. Anthony, Mary McLeod Bethune, Eleanor Roosevelt, Jackie Robinson, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr., Cesar Chavez, and other...
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Lesson Plan
K20 LEARN

How Did We Get Here? Native Americans in the United States

For Teachers 11th
High schoolers imagine what their lives would be like if they had no access to potable water and watch a morning news show about the water situation on a Navajo reservation. Groups investigate the policies that lead to the lack of water...
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Interactive
DocsTeach

What is Patent Number 1,693,515?

For Students 4th - 8th
Scholars examine a document from 1928 featuring a mystery invention. Following their observations and discussion, the document reveals the invention of the permanent wave machine by Marjorie S. Joyner. Class members read about Joyner,...
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Curated OER

Amounts of Dissolved Oxygen in Various Bodies of Water

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Learners test water to determine the dissolved oxygen content while displaying the proper use of testing instruments while visiting water testing sites. They determine if the amount of dissolved oxygen is appropriate for the tested...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Parallel Lines and Transversals

For Students 10th
In this parallel lines and transversals worksheet, 10th graders solve nine different problems related to measuring parallel lines and transversals. First, they name two more pairs of parallel segments, two more skew segments, and two...
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Curated OER

The Bell Curve

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the concept of the bell curve. In this bell curve instructional activity, students discuss the controversy associated with the bell curve. Students use an applet to explore a normal distribution. Students discuss...
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Lesson Plan
K20 LEARN

It’s My Party and I’ll Hear What I Want To: Gatsby’s Party Playlists, The Great Gatsby and the Sense of Sound

For Teachers 10th - 11th Standards
Young scholars consider how film soundtracks can help support not only the mood but also the tone of a scene. After viewing two very different trailers for the same film, class members create their own soundtracks for two party scenes...
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K20 LEARN

To Be or Not to Be? That’s a Career Question! College and Career Readiness

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Tell your class members Que sera might be if they complete a survey of their interests, examine a list of careers that address these interests, research these careers, and develop an action plan that will help them progress toward their...
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Activity
American Psychological Association

Do Cookies/Donuts Improve Memory? Errors in Methodology

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
If the methodology is skewed, the results will be skewed. That's the takeaway from an exercise designed to get class members thinking about research methods and statistics gathering. Instructors manipulate the testing environment to...
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Lesson Plan
Anti-Defamation League

‘Migrant Caravan’ and the People Seeking Asylum

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
The controversies surrounding migrants seeking asylum in the U.S. have recently been a hot topic. To understand some of the issues involved, young scholars investigate the Migrant Caravans of 2018. A 10-page packet, including photos, a...
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Lesson Plan
Anti-Defamation League

Hair Discrimination and the CROWN Act

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
The CROWN Act (Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair) is the subject of the activity that asks groups to research the stories of five different women and share their insights in a jigsaw activity. Participants then craft...
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Activity
Curated OER

Navajo Weaving: A Lesson in Math and Tradition

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Combine geometry and tradition with a lesson that spotlights Navajo weaving. The book, The Goat in the Rug by Charles L. Blood and Martin Link hooks scholars before watching a video of Navajo people tending their sheep and beginning to...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Stem-and-Leaf Plots and Histograms: Digital Photography

For Students 8th - 10th Standards
Cameras use histograms to communicate the exposure of a photograph. An interesting lesson uses this idea to help learners deepen their understanding of histograms. It highlights the skew of the graphs by showing under- and overexposed...
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CK-12 Foundation

Mean: Arithmetic Mean

For Students 6th - 9th Standards
How is a mean affected by changes in data? A well-designed animation allows individuals to manipulate data and watch the effect on the mean. Challenge questions help guide users to conclusions about outliers and skew within data.
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Curated OER

Mean, Median, Mode, Range

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Learners engage in a study of mean, median, mode, and range in order to represent data in tables. They are also exposed to the results of data that is skewed because of the outlier.

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