Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Clusters, Gaps, Peaks, and Outliers
In this exercise, students practice describing data distributions as clusters, gaps, peaks, and outliers. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to get hints and try questions repeatedly.
Other
Resilience: Increasing Global Nonrenewable Natural Resource Scarcity Analysis
A detailed analysis of how nonrenewable resources will not disappear but will become increasingly scarce in the years to come. Supported by research data, graphs, and tables on the scope of nonrenewable resources, and how much we have of...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Statistics: Interpretation of Circle Graphs Grade 7
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Interpret circle graphs by using given data.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Probability Simulations App
This App allows students to explore probability theory with interactive animation that simulates rolling dice, tossing coins, and generating random numbers. They use evaluation options such as bar graphs and table of trials data....
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Probability: Exponential Distributions
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers exponential distributions. Presents examples using a graphing calculator as well as guided and independent practice questions.
Texas A&M University
Wtamu Virtual Math Lab: Beginning Algebra: Reading Graphs
A good introduction to reading bar, line, and double line graphs, and drawing and reading Venn diagrams. Contains definitions and examples of these types of charts and graphs as well as practice exercises that ask you to answer questions...
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Statistical Studies, Central Tendency, and Dispersion
The mathematics tutorial investigates statistical studies, central tendency, and dispersion. The lesson consists of class notes, calculator tips, examples, and practice problems with solutions. The teacher resource includes an activity...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Box and Whisker With a Bed Sheet
The class will make a list of all of their classmates heights, ages in months, and shoe sizes. They will then use this data to create a human box-and-whisker plot. This lesson plan was created as a result of the Girls Engaged in Math and...
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Urban Systemic Initiative/oceans of Data
This site includes questions related to reading and understanding graphs. There are links on this site to lesson plans, benchmarks, and other webpages all of which mostly center about probability and statistics.
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Probability and Statistics Quiz
Students are asked to find the mean, median, mode, and range of a data set. Also, they must be able to interpret graphs and tables, and graphically represent data. The quiz is multiple choice and consists of nine questions, and a summary...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Picture Graphs (Pictographs) Review
Picture graphs are a fun way to display data. This article reviews how to create and read picture graphs (also called pictographs).
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Bar Graphs Review
Bar graphs are a nice way to visualize categorical data. This article reviews how to create and read bar graphs.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Stem and Leaf Plots Review
A stem and leaf plot displays numerical data by splitting each data point into a "leaf" (usually the last digit) and a "stem" (the leading digit or digits).
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Interpreting Quartiles
Practice understanding the meaning of quartiles of data sets. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Creating Dot Plots
Practice creating dot plots. Dot plots are very similar to frequency tables, but they make it easier to see the data. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: More Meat!
Third graders practice skills of addition, subtraction, word problems and graphing and develop their own theories about why meat consumption is so different across the world.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Statistically Thinking
The object of this project is for students 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...
University of Baltimore
University of Baltimore: Short History of Probability & Statistics
Several brief paragraphs give a short account of the history of the study of probability and statistics. Also included are many additional resources for referencing. Written by Dr. Hossein Arsham
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Getting Started With Probability Simulations App
Explore probability theory with interactive animation that simulates the rolling of dice, tossing of coins and generating random numbers. Evaluation options include bar graphs, table of trials data, settings for specifying the number of...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Hurricane Hunters: Tracking Katrina and Rita
In this activity students can use data collected on Hurricanes Katrina and Rita to study functions, predictions, and probability models. Students will track the two hurricanes to see how the paths of the hurricanes affected the Gulf...
Rice University
Rice University: The Hand Squeeze
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...
Other
Stat Soft: Statistics Glossary
Dozens of statistical terms are defined and illustrated in this glossary.
Microsoft
Microsoft Education Lesson Plan: Candy Is Dandy
Explore color distribution of M&M candies using this detailed lesson plan. An engaging integrated activity that requires understanding of spreadsheets and formulas, and logical reasoning. Links to related websites.
Other
Bscs: Budburst Lilac Festival
In this self-directed activity, students use graphs and maps of lilac phenology data to determine the best time to host a lilac blossom festival in their area. A handout with everything the student needs to complete this lesson plan is...