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Regents Prep

Activity to Show Sample Population and Bias

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
There is bias in many aspects of our lives, and math is no exception! Learners explore provided data to understand the meaning of biased and random samples. The resource includes various data sets from the same population, and...
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Handout
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San Diego Unified School District

On-Demand Persuasive Writing Samples

For Students 6th - 7th Standards
Young writers complete a timed persuasive writing assignment in which they argue for a club they would like to see established at school, and are then provided with real student samples of responses. 
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Lesson Plan
Ontario

Sample Guided Reading Lesson for Emergent Readers

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Give your guided reading lesson plan a boost with a sample lesson plan designed to reinforce academic content covered in previous assessments. The sample plan describes how the story and activities were chosen and offers the following...
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Assessment
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CCSS Math Activities

Smarter Balanced Sample Items: High School Math – Claim 4

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
What is the appropriate model? Sample problems show the extent of the Smarter Balanced assessments Claim 4, Modeling and Data Analysis. Items provide pupils the opportunity to use mathematical modeling to arrive at a reasonable answer....
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Designing Samples/Simple Random Samples

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students consider the advantages and disadvantages of various sampling techniques. They define a simple random sample and identify possible sources of bias in other types of samples. Answer Key included.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Random Sampling

For Teachers 7th - 9th
In this random sampling worksheet, students compare data collected by a random sample to data collected by an actual count using pieces of paper with numbers written on them. They compare their data for the actual count to the random...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Mounting Dried Plant Samples

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students take samples, mount, and identify plant samples of the school community.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Galaxy Hunter - A Cosmic Photo Safari

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Space science stars journey through our night sky and take virtual photos of galaxies to investigate simple random samples. Higher math is used to analyze the data collected. Copy the evaluation/assessment questions onto a handout for...
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Lesson Plan
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Curated OER

Valentine Marbles

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
if you've ever had to guess how many items were in a jar, then this problem is for you! With a big jar full of red and white marbles, does picking a sample of 16 allow your learners to get a good estimate on the percentages of each...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Graphing Data

For Students 7th
Seventh graders solve and graph 10 different problems that include various questions related to data on a graph. First, they create bar graphs to display the data given. Then, pupils determine the random sample of a population listing...
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Assessment
Minnesota State University

Writing Sample Constructed-Response Assignment

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Class members practice their writing skills by completing a prompt about maturity. They develop a constructed response about something they once thought was important, but may not be as important now. 
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Random Statistics

For Students 7th - 8th
Seventh and eighth graders solve and complete 20 various types of short answer problems. First, they write a brief description of themselves including those as stated. Then, learners categorize the type of sampling used in various...
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Lesson Plan
Discovery Education

Fuss About Dust

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Dust is everywhere around us; it's unavoidable. But what exactly is dust and are certain locations dustier than others? These are the questions students try to answer in an interesting scientific investigation. Working independently or...
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Activity
NASA

Code a Mars Sample Collection Video Game

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Video game designer meets science in a lesson examining the science of space exploration. Young learners use online software to create a video game that mimics the process of sample collection on Mars. They must make appropriate...
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Lesson Plan
Omaha Zoo

Monitoring Amphibians

For Teachers 6th - 10th Standards
What sort of shoes do frogs wear? Open toad sandals. If your scholars want experience collecting field samples, this is the lesson for you. After learning the proper way to collect field samples, pupils catch amphibians to test for...
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Lesson Plan
PBS

The History and Use of Sampling Methods

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Young mathematicians define population, draw convenience sample from the population, draw quota sample from the population, and draw random probability sample from the population. They explain why a random probability sample usually...
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Assessment
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CCSS Math Activities

Smarter Balanced Sample Items: High School Math – Claim 3

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Communication is the key. A presentation provides 25 sample items for Claim 3, Communicating Reasoning, for the Smarter Balanced High School Math assessment. Items require pupils to answer the question and provide logical reasoning to...
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Assessment
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CCSS Math Activities

Smarter Balanced Sample Items: 8th Grade Math – Target E

For Teachers 8th Standards
One of several presentations of eighth grade sample items looks at the basics of functions. Smarter Balanced sample items for Target E highlights the way function content shows up on the assessments. The presentation contains eight items...
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Assessment
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CCSS Math Activities

Smarter Balanced Sample Items: 8th Grade Math – Target J

For Teachers 8th Standards
Look at patterns in bivariate data. Eight sample items illustrate the eighth grade statistics and probability standards. The Smarter Balanced Sample multiple-choice items focus on numerical and categorical bivariate data. The slide show...
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Organizer
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McGraw Hill

Writing Prompts, Student Rubrics, and Sample Responses

For Students 7th Standards
Whether you are teaching mainstream, advanced, or intervention language arts classes, you will find something helpful in a thorough writing packet. It includes prompts, rubrics, responses, helpful hints, graphic organizers, and many...
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Assessment
CCSS Math Activities

Smarter Balanced Sample Items: High School Math – Target A

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Don't get irrational about rational exponents. A PowerPoint presentation highlights the sample high school questions from the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) Claim 1 Target A item specifications. As one part of a larger...
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Assessment
CCSS Math Activities

Smarter Balanced Sample Items: High School Math – Target B

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
There are only two options to consider: rational or irrational. Pupils review rational and irrational numbers by answering a set of eight questions provided in a PowerPoint presentation. Part of larger Claim 1 Item Slide Show series, the...
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Assessment
CCSS Math Activities

Smarter Balanced Sample Items: High School Math – Target J

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Good graphs make solving systems simpler. Pupils answer 18 questions shown in a PowerPoint presentation as part of the Claim 1 Item Slide Show series. By considering these questions, they review the concepts of graphing equations and...
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Assessment
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CCSS Math Activities

Smarter Balanced Sample Items: 8th Grade Math – Target B

For Teachers 8th Standards
Develop a radical approach to covering the Smarter Balanced targets for 8th grade math with a presentation that helps further develop math skills. Seven sample items demonstrate the expectation for working with integer exponents,...

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