Time to experiment with mathematics! Learners study experimental design and how randomization applies. They emphasize the difference between random selection and random assignment and how both are important to the validation of the experiment. 

Concepts

experimental design, probability experiments, controlled experiments, statistics, random sampling, control groups, data analysis

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Use a graphic organizer to record new vocabulary with meaningful examples

Classroom Considerations

• Lesson requires a significant amount of reading, which may be difficult for English learners and struggling readers
• Requires graphing calculators or similar software 
• The 23rd lesson in a 30-part series

Pros

• Resources include detailed answer keys
• Scaffolding suggestions provide opportunities for differentiation

Cons

• None

Common Core

HSS-IC.B.3 MP1 MP2 MP3