Unit Plan
Curated OER

Button Bonanza

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Collections of data represented in stem and leaf plots are organized by young statisticians as they embark some math engaging activities.
Activity
US Department of Commerce

Applying Correlation Coefficients - Educational Attainment and Unemployment

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Correlate education with unemployment rates. Individuals compare state and regional unemployment rates with education levels by calculating the correlation coefficient and analyzing scatter plots. Pupils begin by looking at regional data...
Activity
US Department of Commerce

Educational Attainment and Marriage Age - Testing a Correlation Coefficient's Significance

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
Do women with college degrees get married later? Using a provided scatter plot of the percentage of women who earn bachelor's degrees and the median age at which women first get married over time, pupils conduct a linear regression...
Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Eruptions: Old Faithful Geyser

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
How long do we have to wait? Given several days of times between eruptions of Old Faithful, learners create a graphical representation for two days. Groups combine their data to determine an appropriate wait time between eruptions.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Mc Dougal Littell Middle School Math: Making Data Displays

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Students will create data displays using a scatter plot and a line graph of the data and a circle graph of survey data.
Activity
Rice University

Rice University: The Hand Squeeze

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will enjoy this data collection and class analysis experiment involving the time it takes for a hand squeeze to travel around a circle of people. From organizing the activity to collecting the data to making a table and graphing...