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Water, water, everywhere? Each pupil first uses an Internet program to select 50 random points on Earth to determine the proportion of its surface covered with water. The class then combines data to determine a more accurate estimate.
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Instructional Ideas
- Team up with a science teacher for the lesson
Classroom Considerations
- Lesson requires Internet access and word processing
- Although designed for high school, the lesson can easily be adapted for middle school
Pros
- Includes reproducible activity recording sheet
- Lesson gives explanations for each part of the Guidelines for Assessment and Instruction in Statistics Education (GAISE) statistical problem-solving procedure
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- None