Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Data Flyer
Enter a set of data points, then derive a function to fit those points. Manipulate the function on a coordinate plane using slider bars. Learn how each constant and coefficient affects the resulting graph.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Science Fair Central: Investigation Set Up and Collect Data
A brief overview of how to gather both quantitative and qualitative data, complete with a sample data table.
The Franklin Institute
Frankin Institute Online: Group Graphing
This site from The Franklin Institute explores how to make a simple graph using a spreadsheet to portray survey data. It also gives a set of interesting sports-related web sites so that students can get statistical inforamtion.
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Histogram
View histograms for built-in or user-specified data. Experiment with how the size of the class intervals influences the appearance of the histogram.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Graphing Using a Frequency Table
Multiple graphs can represent the same data set and make the information easier to understand.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Graphing With M&m's
M&M's can be used to create a unique data set and can be graphed by students
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Making a Stem and Leaf Plot
A line plot may not be a useful graph for investigating variation so we must come up with a new representation based on groups of data. Construct a stem and leaf plot from a set of 26 data values.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Sets of Things
Multiplication sounds cool to second graders, but we have to know what it is first. Creating and counting sets is one way to get there.
Math Drills
Math Drills: Statistics and Probability Worksheets
Download these free worksheets to sharpen your skills with statistics and probability. Sheets focus on collecting and organizing data, measures of central tendency (mean, median, mode, and range), and probability.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Forces and Graphing
This activity can be used to explore forces acting on an object, to practice graphing experimental data, and/or to introduce the algebra concepts of slope and intercept of a line. A wooden 2x4 beam is set on top of two scales. Students...
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Scatter Plots and Line of Best Fit
Use this lesson, practice exercise, and teacher resource in planning instruction on scatter plots and line of best fit. In the lessons, you'll find definitions and examples of ways to make a scatter plot, determine correlations, and find...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Statistically Thinking
The object of this project is for learners to learn how to find univariate and bivariate statistics for sets of data. Also, the students will be able to determine if two sets of data are linearly correlated and to what degree. The...
Palomar Community College District
Palomar College: Relative Frequency Polygon
A step-by-step worked problem from the Palomar College demonstrating how to take a set of data and produce a relative frequency polygon. Hints are provided along the way, and the final graph is shown for the user to check.