Curated OER
Miss Selle's Science Songs - You Know All Your Variables (One Direction Parody)
Introduce middle school scientists to scientific variables and the scientific method with a musical video. The song is a delightful parody of One Direction's "What Makes You Beautiful." It belts out the definitions of controlled,...
Flipped Math
Boxplots and Interquartile Range
Box in a lesson on box plots. Viewers of an informative video learn how to create box plots, both by hand and by using a graphing calculator. Additionally, they determine the interquartile range and interpret the value in terms of the...
Anywhere Math
Frequency Tables and Histograms
If the shoe fits, include it in the display. The presentation uses shoe size to introduce organizing data within a frequency table and a histogram. Using another histogram, the video outlines how to interpret the data display. To...
Anywhere Math
Stem-and-Leaf Plots
Keep the leaves on the stem for mathematical success. Using the lengths of telephone call data, an informative video goes through the steps to create a stem-and-leaf plot. The presenter shows how to read and interpret data in a...
Corbett Maths
Frequency Polygons
How many ways can you think of to display data? A quick video lesson describes the process of creating one of them, a line graph, which is also referred to as a frequency polygon. After creating the graph, the instructor models how to...
Corbett Maths
Drawing Conversion Graphs
A conversion graph makes quick work of determining unit conversions. A video lesson demonstrates how to create and use a conversion graph. Learners then demonstrate their understanding with provided practice problems.
Corbett Maths
Comparing Box Plots
Stacked box plots create an informative visual display. Using a video lesson, scholars compare data from box plots plotted on the same number line. They use both the visual display and the key intervals to make conclusions.
Corbett Maths
Reading Bar Charts
Not just a bar graph—it's a double bar graph! Young scholars learn to read a double bar graph as they view the instructional video. The video highlights the individual data as well as shows a comparison between the two sets of data...
Corbett Maths
Drawing Bar Charts
Learn the ins and outs of creating graphical displays. A video lesson demonstrates the process of creating a bar graph from a frequency table. The instructor models each step including labeling axes, determining intervals, and creating...
Corbett Maths
Reading Stem and Leaf Diagrams
What are you growing in your math classroom? Scholars use a video lesson to learn how to read a stem and leaf diagram. The video instructor explains how to interpret the key and then explores how to find the range, mode, and median from...
Corbett Maths
Drawing Stem and Leaf Diagrams
Plant the seed and watch it grow! A video lesson teaches learners how to create a stem-and-leaf diagram from a set of data. The instructor discusses the purpose and advantages of organizing data with the diagrams.
Corbett Maths
Scatter Graphs: Correlation
How does understanding correlate with instruction? A systematic lesson describes the different types of correlation as well as how to determine the strength of the correlation. After watching the video, learners complete practice...
Corbett Maths
Scatter Graphs
No scatter brains here—only graphs! A thorough video lesson begins by describing the process of plotting data to create a scatter plot. The instructor goes on to explain how to draw a line of best fit and then use it to make some...
Corbett Maths
Interpreting Pie Charts
Not pi, but pie! A video instructor explains how to read and interpret a pie chart. The lesson shows the best way to identify the part of the population in each section of the pie using fractions and/or percents.
Corbett Maths
Drawing a Pie Chart
Easy as pie ... with a little work anyway! A complete lesson provides video instruction on creating a pie chart from a set of data. The practice that follows helps learners draw their own pie charts while practicing skills from the...
Anywhere Math
Introduction to Statistics
Would you recognize a statistical question if you saw one? A video lesson introduces scholars to the branch of mathematics called statistics. Using dot plots and other data representations, the lesson instructor analyzes the data in...
Crash Course
Plots, Outliers, and Justin Timberlake - Data Visualization Part 2: Crash Course Statistics #6
How many ways can you visualize data? An informative video showcases data representations, with specific attention to stem-and-leaf plots and box plots. Viewers also learn to identify and interpret outliers in data.
TED-Ed
How To Spot A Misleading Graph
A source that includes a graph may not always be the best reliable. A short resource highlights how graphs and charts can be misleading. Learners view actual graphs and note the way the graph is distorted to make a point.
Mathed Up!
Stem and Leaf Diagrams
Order the data within a stem-and-leaf display. Pupils take data and create and ordered stem-and-leaf diagrams, including the key. Participants take their data and determine answers about the information. Class members then find...
Bozeman Science
Beginner's Guide to Graphing Data
A graph is a graph is a graph. This video reviews different types of graphs (line, bar, circle, histogram, scatter plot) using a matching game. It also describes the purpose of each type of graph to help learners remember when to use...
Northeast Arkansas Education Cooperative
Construct and Interpret a Cumulative Frequency Histogram
The finer points of telling the difference between cumulative and frequency histograms are laid out with clear examples for how to get from one to the other. From defining vocabulary through converting charted data to histogram form,...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Inventing Bar Graphs
The CyberSquad creates a bar graph representing the amount of bugs that are infecting the Cybrary in this video from Cyberchase.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Study Edge Statistics: Histograms and Comparing Distributions
Explains the features of histograms, when they are useful, and the statistical vocabulary that is used when describing them. Also models how to compare and contrast distributions. Includes downloadable study guide with exercises - guide...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Study Edge Statistics: Stemplots and Comparing Distributions
Explains the features of stemplots, or stem-and-leaf plots, and the statistical vocabulary that is used when describing them. Also models how to compare and contrast distributions. Includes downloadable study guide with exercises - guide...