Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs: Mathline Creature Feature Lesson Plan [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
An interdisciplinary math, science, and language arts lesson plan that engages students in an exploration of statistics. Through a study of various forest climates, students utilize data collection and analysis, classification, and...
Website
Other

Looper's Delight: Home Page

For Students 9th - 10th
An interesting loop-based music site featuring loop-based artists, performances, tools, tips and tricks, and more.
Activity
Other

Writing Instructions Sample: How to Raise Potatoes

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A good example of a piece of writing which instructs the reader. Good for students to use as a model for instruction-writing essays.
Unit Plan
Mangahigh

Mangahigh: Data: Questionnaires

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
Students learn about the concept of collecting data using questionnaires by exploring a tutorial. They can then test their knowledge by taking a ten question assessment that increases in difficulty as they correctly answer questions.
Unit Plan
Mangahigh

Mangahigh: Data: Sample Size

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
This site provides students practice with the concept of sample size. Students can learn about the topic by completing an interactive tutorial. Students can then take a ten question timed test to practice the skill.
Unit Plan
Mangahigh

Mangahigh: Data: Random Sampling

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
This site provides students practice with the concept of random sampling. Students can learn about the topic by completing an interactive tutorial. Students can then take a ten question timed test to practice the skill.
Unit Plan
Mangahigh

Mangahigh: Data: Stratified Sampling

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
This site provides students practice with the concept of stratified sampling. Students can learn about the topic by completing an interactive tutorial. Students can then take a ten question timed test to practice the skill.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Introduction to Data and Measurement Issues Grades 11 12

For Students 11th - 12th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This Concept familiarizes students with data analysis and statistical terminology.
Interactive
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Biased Sampling Methods

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Discover the types of sampling methods and explore what biased sampling is. Take a quiz to assess knowledge.
Activity
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Sampling the Electorate

For Students 9th - 10th
As the pollster for candidate Higgins, you need to know how she is faring with different groups. Read her political profile, view the demographic profile of the city, decide on the groups to poll, review the results and learn about...
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Determining Sample Size for a Given Margin of Error

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This set contains questions about statistics involving how to choose a sample size to fit a desired maximum error bound. The student learns to do this on confidence intervals for proportions as well as confidence intervals for means.
eBook
Web Center for Social Research Methods

Research Methods Knowledge Base: Sampling in Research

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Site discusses the use of sampling in research. The key statistical terms used in sampling are linked for the user to quickly find definitions. The major concepts of probability and nonprobability are also highlighted.
Interactive
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Biased Sampling Methods

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Determine what a biased sample is and the types of sampling methods used. Complete the quiz to assess learning.
Article
Other

Journal of Statistics Education: A Sample / Population Size Activity

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
The author of the article admits having had a difficult time in the past when getting students to understand that samples need to contain a substantial portion of the population. Here, an activity is detailed to bring this important fact...
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe Mathematics: Online Study Tool: Self Check Quiz on Sample Sets of Data

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This quiz tests students on advanced mathematics skills in Algebra II. The questions help build comprehension on sample sets of data.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: s.ic.4 the Marble Jar

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Sometimes hotels, malls, banks, and other businesses will present a display of a large, clear container holding a large number of items and ask customers to estimate some aspect of the items in the container as a contest. In some cases,...
Handout
University of New Brunswick (Canada)

University of New Brunswick: Sample, Random, Systematic, Stratified Sampling

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site contains explanations and examples of the different kinds of data sampling.
Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Valid Claims

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Practice figuring out whether we took a random sample and whether we're able to draw valid conclusions from our data. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
Lesson Plan
Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Sample Space

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learn and practice the concept of sample spaces. Features include a teacher resource page.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Statistics: Sampling Methods

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Decide how to choose a sampling of a population to produce reliable statistical results.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Statistics: Sampling and Bias

For Students 11th - 12th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This concept introduces to students to the difference between a census and a sample, and how to identify sampling error and bias.
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Common Core Sheets

Common Core Sheets: Statistics & Probability 7.sp.1 Worksheets

For Teachers 7th Standards
Create or print a worksheet to assess students' understanding of identifying populations and samples.
Lesson Plan
Other

Statistics Education Web: Bubble Trouble [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Use random sampling to formulate, collect, and compare data from two populations. Written by Peter Banwarth of Oregon State University.
eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Algebra Ii: 5.7 Margin of Error

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This section introduces the concept of Margin of Error. Explore how results from surveys are most accurate within a range of values, and use this concept to make inferences about the preferences of a full population, given data from a...