General Topics
Collaborative Project — Project ideas
that kids have used
http://mathforum.org/workshops/sum96/data.collections/datalibrary/lesson.ideas.html
SISA Simple Interactive Statistical Analysis
— Allows you to do statistical analysis online (High School
and above)
http://www.quantitativeskills.com/sisa/
Spreadsheet Resources — Lots of great
links
http://www.lttechno.com/links/spreadsheets.html
Statistical and Graphical Resources —
This is a extremely complete hotlist of other sites where data
can be gathered. There’s lots of articles and information.
http://www.math.yorku.ca/SCS/StatResource.html
Statistical Resources — Hotlist
http://www.educationindex.com/stats/
Texas Instruments Classroom Activities
http://education.ti.com/educationportal/sites/US/sectionHome/classroomactivities.html
Lesson Plans
BrunnerMath Data Analysis — Contains
a hotlist and activities from basic data analysis to statistics
http://www.brunnermath.com/dataanalysis.htm#32045859
CensusScope — Is an easy-to-use tool
for investigating U.S. demographic trends. Students can use it
to better understand graphs and the power of explaining complex
data in a graphic form. Maps are used to demonstrate demographics
on a county-by-county level.
http://www.censusscope.org/
Create a Graph — Makes five kinds of graphs
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/Graphing/
Dig Stats — A collection of activities
and discussion on inferential statistics and two and three dimensional
graphs. (Grades 9-14)
http://www.cvgs.k12.va.us/digstats/Dmain.html
Downloadable Data Sets — Can print out
a variety of types of maps, gives tiger data and more
http://www.esri.com/data/download/index.html
Excel Activities — From Eric Curts (North
Canton)
http://www.northcanton.sparcc.org/~technology/excel/index.html
Graph-it! — Provides an online graphing
calculator
http://www.coolmath.com/graphit/index.html
Rolling Thunder — Real-Time Data Lessons
on weather for k-12.
http://www.bhs.bboed.org/public/thunder/rollingthunder/science.html
Statistics Hotlist
http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/subject_matter/math/stats/
Texas Instruments — Literally thousands
of lesson plans on a variety of subjects.
http://education.ti.com/educationportal/activityexchange/activity_list.do?cid=us
Activities/Games
Create a Graph — Makes area, bar, line
and pie graphs. Also simulates throwing dice.
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/graphing/
Bugs in the System — (Primary) Game that
allows the students to make easy bar graphs
http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/games/bargraphs/bargraphs.html
Free Graphing Worksheets
http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/math/graph/
Maze Game — Use coordinates on a Cartesian
plane to get around a mine field.
http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/MazeGame/
Fish Tank — Students can calculate probability in this interactive
game. Are three levels of difficulty.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/mathsfile/shockwave/games/fish.html
State
Data Map — Allows you to put information on the U.S. map and
made comparison or graph the data. Allows for one variable and
two
variable graphs to be made.
From NCTM.
http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=151
Train Race — Allows you to compare mean, median and range of four trains.
Are 3 levels of difficulty.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/mathsfile/shockwave/games/train.html
Bar Graphs
Bar Graphs — Has bar graph quiz
http://www.mcwdn.org/Graphs/BarGraph.html
Bar Graph Sorter
http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/bargraph2/
Review of Bar Graphs
http://cstl.syr.edu/fipse/tabbar/revbar/revbar.htm
Circle Graphs
Circle Graph
http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/piecharttool/
Circle Graphs
http://www.mathplayground.com/piechart.html
Create a Graph: Pie Chart
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/graphing/pie.asp
Box Plots
Box Plot
http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/boxplot/
Box Plots
http://ellerbruch.nmu.edu/cs255/jnord/boxplot.html
Energy
Energy Fair — PDF file of an energy fair
(2002) Gives activities, projects, etc.
http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/classactivities/EnergyFair2002.pdf
Energy Kids Page — Calculator, facts,
games and teacher pages
http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/science/energy_calculator.html
ESRI-Downloadable Data Sets — Can print
out a variety of types of maps, gives tiger data and more
http://www.esri.com/data/download/index.html
Green Energy Ohio
http://www.greenenergyohio.org
Investigating Earth Systems
http://www.agiweb.org/ies
Official Energy Statistics from the U. S. Government
http://www.eia.doe.gov/
Solar Energy International
http://www.solarenergy.org/resources/energyfacts.html
U.S. Department of Energy
http://www.energy.gov/foreducators.htm
Excel Help
Data Pig Excel Concepts — Basic concepts,
pivot tables, charts and advanced Excel
http://www.datapigtechnologies.com/ExcelMain.htm
Excel Help Page
http://lacher.com/toc/tutpiv.htm
Introduction to Pivot Tables
http://www.microsoft.com/dynamics/using/excel_pivot_tables_collins.mspx
Tutorial — Basic information plus quiz
http://www.usd.edu/trio/tut/excel/
Microsoft Excel 2007
http://www.microsoft-office-excel.com/
Histograms
Exploring Histograms
http://illuminations.nctm.org/LessonDetail.aspx?ID=L449
Histogram
http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/histogram/
The Histogram
http://www.netmba.com/statistics/histogram/
Mean, Median, Mode
AAA Statistics — Some practice using mean,
median and mode
http://www.aaamath.com/B/sta.htm
ExploreLearning: Mean, Median and Mode Gizmo
— Quiz plus cute activity
http://www.explorelearning.com/index.cfm?method=cResource.dspDetail&ResourceID=262
Mean and Median — Allows a little investigation
of mean and median
http://www.svgs.k12.va.us/math/Statistics/Histogram/Mean.html
Plop It — Put data points in and they
are graphed and calculates mean, median and mode.
http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/plop/index.html
Train Race — Short game activity
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/mathsfile/shockwave/games/train.html
Misleading Graphs
Media Matters — Shows a misleading graph
that CNN used about the Schiavo case.
http://mediamatters.org/items/200503220005
Misleading Graphs
http://www.northcanton.sparcc.org/~technology/excel/files/misleading_graphs.html
Probability
What Are Your Chances
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/Probability/
Scatterplots
Scatter Plots
http://mste.illinois.edu/courses/ci330ms/youtsey/scatterinfo.html
Simple Plot
http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/simpleplot/
Line of Best Fit
http://www.mste.uiuc.edu/users/carvell/PlotPoints/default.html
Simulations
Cereal Box Problem
http://www.mste.uiuc.edu/reese/cereal/cereal.html
Theoretical Probability — an explanation
http://www.mste.uiuc.edu/reese/cereal/theor.html
Stem and Leaf Plots
Stem and Leaf — Examples
http://www.purplemath.com/modules/stemleaf2.htm
Stem and Leaf Plots — Tutorial
http://www.statcan.ca/english/edu/power/ch8/plots.htm
Stem and Leaf Plotter — Makes Stem and
Leaf Plots
http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/stemleaf/index.html
Tutorial on making plots (with some student
interaction)
http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index_tj.asp?objid=TMH1101
Sources of Data
Baseball-reference.com
http://www.baseball-reference.com/
Bureau of Labor Statistics
http://www.bls.gov/cps/home.htm
CensusScope — CensusScope is an easy-to-use
tool for investigating U.S. demographic trends. Contains eye-catching
graphics.
http://www.censusscope.org/
ChildStats.gov — Access to federal and
state statistics about children and their families. http://childstats.gov/
Exploring Data — Data Sets, Courses,
Software http://mathforum.org/workshops/usi/dataproject/usi.genwebsites.html
Facts for Features — Gives statistical
information pertinent to various holidays http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/factsheets.html
Fast Food Facts — Search to find information
on fast food menu items. (Calories, fat, cholesterol, etc.)
http://www.foodfacts.info/
A Feast of Nutrition Ideas on the Internet
— Hotlist
http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr061.shtml
The First Measured Century — Gives data
about the "average" population in the US. Can be used
to compare your community to this community.
http://www.pbs.org/fmc/book.htm
Free Survey and Poll Site — Allows you
to put short survey questions on the web and get the results
http://pollcat.com/
Major League Baseball Statistics Index (CNN)
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/statistics
National Football League
http://www.nfl.com/stats/
National Basketball Association (Select Statistics
from the left column.)
http://nba.com/
National Center for Education Statistics —
US Department of Education
http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/quickfacts.asp#3
Population Reference Bureau
http://www.prb.org/
School Matters — Gives information on
districts throughout the US
http://www.schoolmatters.com/
Statistics.com — This has statistics
from lots of different sources.
http://www.statistics.com/
U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/
U.S. Census Bureau — Basic Facts
http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/BasicFactsServlet
U.S.A. Statistics in Brief
http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/brief.html
Water on the Web — Offers unique opportunities
for high school and first year college students to learn basic
science through hands-on science activities, in the lab and in
the field, and by working with state-of-the-art technologies accessible
through a free web site.
http://wow.nrri.umn.edu/wow/overview.html
Associations
American Statistical Association
http://www.amstat.org/
National Center for Educational Statistics
http://nces.ed.gov/
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