- HitTrackerOnline - Greg Rybarczyk
Hit Tracker "determines the true distance a home run travels by recreating the precise trajectory the ball followed during flight, and extending that trajectory all the way back to field level to allow 'measurement' of the home run." Hit Tracker's spreadsheet
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- Hubble Space Telescope - Space Telescope Science Institute (ST ScI)
STScI is responsible for the scientific operations of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). Site contents include what's new; pictures and news releases; education activities, HST observing and instruments, a searchable
data archive, and science resources.
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- Information is Beautiful - David McCandless
Compelling graphic presentations on health supplements, plane accidents by final destination, government spending, time travel in popular film and TV, and many other "facts, data, ideas, subjects, issues, statistics, and questions" -- all with the minimum
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- Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE)
The Brazilian agency that collects statistical and geographic information. "Brazil in Brief," short articles with graphs and/or data tables for key socioeconomic topics; the "Minimum National Social Data Set," a set of information following United Nations
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- Integrating the Internet with Excel to Create Computerized Line Graphs and Bar Charts - Ferne Beyer
A lesson plan where students identify the elements of a line graph and bar chart; manually plot data on both a line graph and bar chart; interpret information from both a line graph and bar chart; use Excel, a spreadsheet application program, to display
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- International Organisation of Palaeobotany (IOP)
The IOP manages the Plant Fossil Record database (PFR), with descriptive details of most plant fossil genera and of those modern genera which have fossil species. It also has records of some fossil occurrences, taken from the published literature or museum
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- International Salary Income & Expenditure Database - Bernard Parent, World Salaries Group
The International Salary Income & Expenditure Database provides an
international comparison of average salary for various professions and an
international comparison of average personal income & expenditure.
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- The International Study Center - Boston College
Dedicated to conducting comparative studies in educational achievement. Principally, it serves as the International Study Center for IEA's studies in math, science, and reading--the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) and the
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- An Introduction to Atmospheric and Oceanographic Datasets - National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
A text or Instructional Aid (IA) that describes, in very general terms, the datasets most commonly used to study the atmosphere-ocean system, including observations from conventional meteorological sources such as stations and ships, from satellites,
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- Introduction to Descriptive Statistics (MSTE) - Jay Hill; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
Designed for use in a classroom setting, these lessons use both hands-on and "virtual" activities to develop and establish the basic concepts of descriptive statistics. Topic pages include Mode, Median, Mean, Central Tendency, Variation, Range, Variance,
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- Introduction to Linear Models: Math 30 - Therese A. Stukel; Dartmouth College
An introductory course covering simple linear regression, multiple regression, and analysis of variance, as well as statistical model-building strategies. Regression diagnostics, analysis of complex data sets and scientific writing skills are emphasized.
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- Irish Central Statistics Office (CSO)
Statistical information for the country of Ireland from the government body responsible for compiling Irish official statistics. Tables of important socioeconomic data, press releases and publications (available for download in PDF format), and ordering
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- James P. Dildine - James P. Dildine
Interactive math lessons for exploring parabolas, triangle areas, Pythagorean triples, triangle angle sums (powered by a Cabri Java applet), cancer and mathematics (image analysis, and determining the area and perimeter of non-regular figures), systems
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- Journal of Statistics Education (JSE) Data Archive - American Statistical Association
A large collection of datasets, many associated with articles in the JSE.
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- Justice Research and Statistics Association (JRSA)
A national organization of analysts, researchers, and members of the U.S. criminal justice system. Introduction to the JRSA with membership information, links to state Statistical Analysis Centers, current programs and research with associated data,
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- Kangaroo Maths - Kangaroo Maths Ltd
Free maths resources to download in number, algebra, shape and space, and data handling. Assessments include homework sheets and "make the grade" tests; games and puzzles offer World Cup spreadsheet simulations. Kangaroo Maths also hosts Microsoft Word
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- Learn.co.uk - Guardian Education Interactive Ltd.
Interactive resources for learners to support Great Britian's national curriculum. Self-guided lessons, with glossaries and self-assessments, for key stage 2, key stage 3, or key stage 4 cover numbers; shape, space, and measurement; handling data; algebra,
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- Lesson Plan Search - Google
Free math lesson plans that make use of Google Earth, Google Calendar, Exploring Computational Thinking, and other products and projects of the search engine company: Telling time & Google Calendar; Human Dimensions Project; Median of Latitude Data;
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- Make Math More - Make Math More, LLC.
Activities, lesson plans, extensions, teacher guides, student worksheets, and other materials created and sold by a Cleveland middle school teacher to engage his students by making math relevant to their lives: "Probability of Rock Paper Scissors"; "Creating
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- MAT 312: Probability and Statistics for Middle School Teachers - Roger Day; Mathematics Department, Illinois State University
A course with the objectives of developing greater skill and understanding of: statistics, as you collect, organize, display, and analyze data, generate and use statistical information to support or challenge a position; probability, as you distinguish
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- MathFLIX - Loyola University Chicago School of Education
Hundreds of free, brief instructional math QuickTime movies, organized by NCTM Standard. MathFLIX, the result of a partnership between Loyola University Chicago's School of Education and The Chicago GEAR UP Alliance, also offers downloadable worksheets
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- Math Problems Collection - Peter Chrenko
Solve math word problems and computational exercises in algebra, arithmetic, basic functions, combinatorics, geometry (3D), planimetry (two-dimensional geometry), statistics, and units. Drag the slider bars to increase or decrease the difficulty, range
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- MindTool Resource Page - Gary Lewallen
Mindtools are those computer-based technologies and programs that foster and facilitate critical thinking. A collection of online and print resources for databases, spreadsheets, programming, expert systems, and more, each categorized according to grade
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- Multicultural Pavilion, University of Virginia - Paul Gorski
Sites for educators interested in multicultural issues. Resources for teachers, including reviews of children's music, multicultural activities, online archives, and links to multicultural websites; papers, book reviews, and published materials; statistical
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- National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) - U.S. Department of Education
The primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education in the United States and other nations. NCES collects, collates, analyzes, and reports complete statistics on the condition of American education; conducts and publishes
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- National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The source for information about health and vital statistics in the United States. View tables of important statistics online or download data sets and reports (often in PDF format.)
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- National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC) - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
NSSDC provides access to a wide variety of astrophysics, space physics, solar physics, lunar and planetary data from NASA space flight missions, in addition to selected other data and some models and software, and in addition online information bases
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- National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) - Republic of the Philippines
The statistics agency of the Republic of the Philippines. Tables, graphs, and articles about key socioeconomic information; catalogue of services and publications; press releases; and an explanation of concepts and methodologies for major indicators.
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- National Statistical Office - Republic of Korea
The agency that supervises statistics collection for the country of South Korea. Resources include Korea in Graphs, a list of publications and surveys performed, and the history, organization, and legal basis of the department. The site also includes
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- NationMaster.com - Luke Metcalfe
A website for generating graphs and correlations based on numerical data extracted from the CIA World Factbook, United Nations, World Health Organization, World Bank, World Resources Institute, UNESCO, UNICEF, OECD, and other sources of indicators that
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- NCAA Basketball Finals (MSTE) - John Meseke; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
A statistics lesson using data from the NCAA basketball finals.
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- NFL Stats & Research Articles - Roland Beech
In-depth statistical coverage and analysis of the National Football League (NFL). See player stats and ratings by position, and regular season team stats such as drive charts, play call by down, and red zone performance. "Classic" articles include correlation
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- NOAAServer - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Search for environmental information on multiple NOAA computers; retrieve data from NOAA's electronic archives; view graphics; and download or order data.
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- Northeast Regional Climate Center (NRCC) - Department of Soil, Crop and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University
The NRCC serves a 12-state region that includes Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and West Virginia, working to acquire and disseminate accurate, up-to-date
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- Oceanographic Data - National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
From An Introduction to Atmospheric and Oceanographic Datasets, a text or Instructional Aid (IA) that describes, in very general terms, the datasets most commonly used to study the atmosphere-ocean system, including observations from conventional meteorological
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- Office for National Statistics - Government Statistical Service, United Kingdom
The United Kingdom agency that coordinates national statistics. Tables of key social, economic, and environmental data, press releases, catalogue of publications, articles, and a newsletter. Information about the British census, including articles in
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- OR-Library - J. E. Beasley; Imperial College of Science, Medicine and Technology
A collection of test data sets for a variety of Operations Research (OR) problems, available via emailing to o.rlibrary@ic.ac.uk a message containing the name of the required file, or via FTP/WWW using the links provided. Also at http://mscmga.ms.ic.ac.uk/info.html.
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- Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) - The Palestinian National Authority
The agency that collects official statistics for Palestine. Tables of key social, economic and demographic statistics are online; some are available for download, or are linked to methodological information. Site also includes census information, list
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- A Practical Guide to Wavelet Analysis - Christopher Torrence and Gilbert P. Compo
Read an introduction to wavelet analysis and Monte Carlo methods, or download it in PDF or PostScript format. Use an interactive wavelet plotting form to investigate sample time series or your own data. Download wavelet software in Fortran, IDL, or
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- Productive Struggle
Group blog, with most contributions by secondary math and science teachers, that aims to "push teachers to learn in the same way that we push our students to learn" and "work together to make our struggles productive." Posts, which date back to March,
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- Radical Math
A site for integrating issues of social justice into the classroom. Contribute your own resources, search them by keyword, or browse by math topic, title, or types such as lesson plans, article, charts, graphs, data sets, maps, books, websites, and more.
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- Recent Earthquake Teachable Moments - Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS)
Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS) is a university consortium sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF), dedicated to the operations of scientific facilities for the acquisition, management, and distribution of freely available
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- Retrosheet
Digitizing play-by-play accounts of Major League Baseball games from the past century through the present. Freely download event files, which detail "literally every play" in big league baseball; game logs; schedules; narratives, which provide text play-by-play
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- Rice Virtual Lab in Statistics - David M. Lane, Rice University
A comprehensive interactive resource for studying statistics, in four modules: HyperStat Online--an introductory-level hypertext statistics book, with links to other statistics resources on the Web; simulations/demonstrations--Java applets that display
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- R. S. Schaeffer - Randy S. Schaeffer, Math & Computer Science, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
Schaeffer teaches a course called "Methods of Teaching Secondary Mathematics." Download the lessons created by his students that call on Geometer's Sketchpad, graphing calculators, and Microsoft Excel. Lesson topics address parallel lines, box and whisker
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- Southeast Regional Climate Center - Water Resources Division, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
Home site for CIRRUS, the Climate Interactive Rapid Retrieval System, an educational medium that provides economically and environmentally important climatic information. The system gives students the opportunity to observe and analyze the weather on
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- Statistical Consultants Ltd - Dion Walker
Data analytics and other consulting services. See, in particular, the New Zealand company's blog, which dates back to 2010 with posts such as "Battle of Britain Casualty Data," "Gretl: A free alternative to EViews," "Life expectancy at birth versus GDP
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- Statistics Demonstrations with Excel - Erich Neuwirth
Experimental examples, for which you must have installed Excel as a viewer for your Web browser (instructions are supplied). Correlation Visualized: See a data set with a given correlation coefficient, and change the correlation by moving a slider. Central
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- Statistics lessons using data on the Internet - Mathematics Department, University of Wisconsin-La Crossse
Lesson plans for mathematics, science, and social studies secondary school teachers, which apply statistical analysis to data obtained from the Internet.
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- Statistics New Zealand (Te Tari Tatau)
New Zealand's official statistics agency. Key data are available online, with a catalog of publications and discussion forums.
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