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Class Interval: Scale and Impr...	Bar graphs (Math 7)+	Calculator	Support Material		[0]
How scales help to represent or mis-represent data in histograms. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Gathering Information from Gra...	Data displays (Math 7)	Calculator	Support Material		[0]
Interpreting graphs and their how curved lines represent velocity on a graph of distance vs. time. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Histogram vs. Bar Graphs Dialo...	Bar graphs (Math 7)+	Calculator	Support Material		[0]
Differences and similarities between the two types of graphs. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Mean, Median, and Mode Dialogu...	Mean, median & mode (Math 7)	Calculator	Support Material		[0]
Defining and discussing the concepts. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Probability vs. Statistics Dia...	Data analysis (Math 7)	Calculator	Support Material		[0]
Defining, comparing and contrasting probability and statistics. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Stem-and-Leaf Plots Dialogue	Stem-and-leaf plots (Math 7)	Calculator	Support Material		[0]
Introduces Stem-and-Leaf Plots to students. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Vertical Scale: Increase or De...	Bar graphs (Math 7)+	Calculator	Support Material		[0]
How class interval size influences the look and interpretation of histograms. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Data Games: Cartweight	Line graphs (Math 7)	Computer	Tool		[0]
Students guess the total weight of a cart loaded with a given number of bricks. This requires them to interpret and apply data from the linear model. [Access requires setting up a (free) login.] More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Data Games: Floyd's of Fargo	Data analysis (Math 7)	Computer	Tool		[0]
Students find the optimal price for an insurance company premium in this game by interpreting data and applying their understanding of linear and quadratic models. [Access requires setting up a (free)... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Data Games: Markov	Data analysis (Math 7)	Computer	Tool		[0]
Students play Roshambo against the evil Dr. Markov. If they win, they can save a captive dog. Students can improve their odds of winning by analyzing data in a two-way frequency table and recognizing ... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Data Games: Shuffleboard	Data analysis (Math 7)	Computer	Tool		[0]
Students try to push disks using varying amounts of force and earn higher scores when they land on a pad without falling off. They learn to interpret data from the linear model relating the distance t... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
DataFerrett: For TheDataWeb	Data analysis (Math 7)	Computer	Tool		[3]
DataFerrett is a data mining and extraction tool that works with TheDataWeb, a network of online data libraries. Topics include economics, health, income and unemployment, population, labor, cancer,... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Dimenxian	Data analysis (Math 7)	Computer	Tool	$	[4]
Students experience, explore, and apply math concepts in an engaging three-dimensional virtual world. The topics covered in Dimenxian include: coordinate system and scatter p... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
How much did it cost back in?	Data collection (Math 7)+	Computer	Tool		[0]
This WolframAlpha widget calculates and displays the current value of a historical amount of money. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Links to Data	Data analysis (Math 7)	Computer	Support Material		[0]
Key Curriculum Press has organized an area with links to data sets for use with their TinkerPlots software. They are listed under these headings: Online Resources Network Science ... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Rolling a Pair of Dice	Bar graphs (Math 7)	Computer	Lesson Plan		[0]
In this lesson, students use Logo for a computer simulation for rolling dice to speed up the work such that they can "roll dice" more times, keeping track of the outcomes. It is not intended to be an ... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Snapshots	Data analysis (Math 7)	Computer	Support Material		[0]
"Snapshots" of various statistics and poll results, in news, money, sports, and life sections. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
The Next Billion	Data analysis (Math 7)	Computer	Lesson Plan		[1]
In 1999 the world population passed the 6 billion mark. In this lesson, students predict when it will reach 7 billion. To do so, they use an on-line counter (from the PBS site, "Six Billion and Bey... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
TinkerPlots Movies	Data analysis (Math 7)	Computer	Support Material		[0]
TinkerPlots comes with five short movies, which provide basic instruction in the software. The TinkerPlots team recommends that all users, both teachers and students, watch the first movie, TinkerP... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Tinkerplots	Data analysis (Math 7)	Computer	Tool	$	[0]
Tinkerplots is a software construction set of basic operations (stack, order, separate) that allows students to build their own plots to analyze data. Students make graphs by using a con... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
WinPlot	Data analysis (Math 7)	Computer	Story		[1]
Middle school teacher, Jeff LeMieux, writes about how he uses the Windows program by Richard Parris, WinPlot, with his students. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
A Graphical Analysis of M&M�s ...	Bar graphs (Math 7)+	Excel	Lesson Plan		[0]
Students will create bar graphs and pie graphs, use these graphs and the statistical calculations done in a previous activity to compare individual data with class data and discuss the effect of sampl... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Analyzing Birth Rates	Data analysis (Math 7)+	Excel	Lesson Plan		[0]
The data in this activity include the number of live births per 1,000 23-year-old women in the United States between 1917 and 1975. Students create a scatterplot and historically analyze the trends i... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Analyzing Smoking and Lung Can...	Scatter plots (Math 7)	Excel	Lesson Plan		[0]
This activity uses a data set from an actual study to explore the relationship between smoking and deaths from lung cancer. Students will use real world data to explore an important issue in our socie... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Analyzing Temperature Trends f...	Bar graphs (Math 7)+	Excel	Lesson Plan		[1]
Students will collect temperature data from the data archive of the National Climatic Data Center website. They will choose three cities with similar latitude or longitude and compare the average tem... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
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