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/Home/Professional Development/Teaching Resources/Lesson Plans/Mathematics/Real World Math 9 -12 Data Analysis and Probability Votes:0 Here is a list of resources in Data Analysis and Probability including lessons and useful data sets. The links are organized to follow the NCTM Standards. Data Analysis and Probability goals can be found on page 48 of the NCTM Principles and Standards for School Mathematics. The Data Analysis and Pobability goals can also be found on the NCTM website Data Analysis and Probability Expectation: Instructional Programs from prekindergarten through grade 12 should enable all students to formulate questions that can be addressed with data and collect, organize, and displya relevant data to answer them. TITLE: Buffon's Needle AUTHOR: George Reese DESCRIPTION: A simulation of this problem by George Reese that finds an esitmate of pi through a random process TITLE: Exponential Fit AUTHOR: Ed Malcze Read More Go to Site Boston.com Votes:0 #conditions .weather, #conditions .traffic {padding:0;} 40° Fog Weather | Traffic Nov. 21, 2007 Local Search Site Search Home Today's Globe News Business Sports Lifestyle A&E Things To Do Travel Cars Cars Jobs Jobs Real Estate Real Estate Local Search Local Search Site updated: 11:32 AM Holiday travel, not a nightmare So far, road, air and train traffic is moving smoothly without many delays. (Globe, 10:45 a.m.) Traffic info | Forecast | Flight tracker Chat now Ask the teacher Slideshow Pats vs. Packers Superbowl? HS football Rivalry game schedules Shopping Make your Black Friday plan Gifts Owners go fetch for pets What's closed, open on Thanksgiving Day Sports Red Sox | Pats | Celts | Bruins | High schools | Colleges | Columnists | NESN | Dirt Dogs patriots Brady passes Peyton Tom Brady p Read More Go to Site Cereal Box Problem Votes:0 The Cereal Box Problem: A Lesson in Expected Value by George Reese Suppose there was one of six prizes inside your favorite box of cereal. Perhaps it's a pen, a plastic movie character, or a picture card. How many boxes of cereal would you expect to have to buy, to get all six prizes? It is not practical to go to the store and buy all that cereal at once. Suppose you got together with your friends and after a combined purchase of 8 boxes you do not yet have all six prizes. Should you be surprised? What if you don't have them all after 10, or 15, or 20 boxes? How many boxes do you think that it should take to get all six? Can you think of a way to model this problem without buying any cereal? Teacher's Notes Model the problem in your classroom Go on a java simulated shopping trip to get the Read More Go to Site Chi-Square Lesson Votes:0 Chi-Square a lesson by Amar Patel based on Ch 6 of Using Statistics by Travers, Stout, Swift, and Sextro Oh no! Calvin sees that a math lesson is waiting for him at his house. Can it really be that frightening? He doesn't like math, especially statistics, but the subject of statistics can be a very powerful tool in his life if he only knew how to use it. He could use it to see if a given die is fair, to see if a class favors one number over the others, or to even see if a certain basketball player is better than the rest. You could use statistics to do this also. Read the introduction and move on to the lesson and see if what Calvin sees is really that scary. Introduction This is a lesson about statistics, in particular the chi-square statistic. The material in this lesson will enable you Read More Go to Site Coupon Council: Lesson Plan Votes:0 September is National Coupon Month, sponsored by the Coupon Council of the Promotion Marketing Association, a trade association representing the promotion industry. Teachers who would like to introduce their students to coupons in the classroom in an interactive, fun manner can utilize the lesson plan below; it can be modified for a variety of age groups. If their school has a regularly scheduled information piece sent to parents, teachers may also want to request that the school include information on National Coupon Month and guide parents to the website, www.couponmonth.com , where they can access a "Parents Guide to using Coupons with Children." "TEACHING KIDS MATH AND HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT USING COUPONS" AIM: How Can People Save Money Using Coupons? STUDENT OBJECTIVES: Practi Read More Go to Site Earthquakes Votes:0 Earthquakes Earthquakes of the World Please note, links will be checked and updated soon. Thanks for your patience. 12/18/97 Here is a lesson using the data set of the number of earthquakes from 1900 to 1989 with a magnitude of 7 or greater. I found this after browsing the Internet at this location: United States Geological Survey (USGS), U.S. Department of the Interior. I clicked on Geologic Data , and then clicked on the National Earthquake Information Center. I found the data set after clicking on Earthquake Statistics. John Meseke Last updated 11/14/94 Subject : Earth Science Grade level : High School Instructional Goal : To have students observe the number of earthquakes with a magnitude of 7 or greater from 1900 to 1989. Behavioral Objective : After observing the curves, the students Read More Go to Site Education Center Activity: Surprise Snack Votes:0 Surprise Snack Math Activity Students will have a surprise math lesson as they prepare a simple recipe -- complete with an unexpected guest! WHAT YOU NEED Quick Snack recipe (print and copy) Ingredients for recipe An unexpected guest Your students' favorite recipes (optional) WHAT TO DO Discuss with the class some things that make a guest feel welcome, such as a big smile, a hearty welcome, and an offer of something to drink or eat. Often when people visit, it's fun to have a snack ready for all to enjoy. Distribute a copy of the Quick Snack recipe to each child. Explain that this recipe is a good one to use because it is easy to make and doesn't take too long. However, because it serves only eight people, the recipe amounts will have to be changed. To do so, ask some math questions such a Read More Go to Site Hermit Problem Votes:0 The Hermit's Epidemic Expected value has very practical applications. For example, it can be used in the study of infectious diseases. The following is an extremely simplified version of such a study. Despite the somewhat unrealistic nature of the problem, it should help you to see how this statistic can be used. Six (unusually sociable) hermits live on an otherwise deserted island. An infectious disease strikes the island. The disease has a 1-day infectious period and after that the person is immune (cannot get the disease again). Assume one of the hermits gets the disease (maybe from a piece of the Mir space station). He randomly visits one of the other hermits during his infectious period. If the visited hermit has not had the disease, he gets it and is infectious the following day. The Read More Go to Site Junk Food Math Votes:0 Junk Food Math Junk Food Math Sharon Ross DeWitt Clinton School 7231 N. Ridge 6110 N. Fairfield Chicago, Illinois 60645 Chicago, Illinois 60659 Phone (unlisted) 312-508-4025 Objective : The main objective of this miniteach is to teach 3rd through 4th grade students estimation and introduce percentage. Materials : For each student: - one zip-lock bag containing 75 randomly chosen Skittles candies and 5 small paper cups - classroom set of centimeter grids for graphing results - worksheet prescribed with a circle in which 75 Skittles can be placed - worksheet with directions - box of 8 crayons Recommended Strategy : . Distribute zip-lock bags containing Skittles and paper cups. . Take out paper cups. . Estimate amount of each color Skittles. . Record estimated numbers. . Count all Skittles an Read More Go to Site KODAK: Education - Photo-Math Votes:0 Photo-Math Martha Jean Barrett Groveport Middle School, Groveport, Ohio Subject: Mathematics Grade: 7 "This is by far the best project I have done in the classroom. I plan to make it a part of my yearly curriculum." Purpose and Description of Project Martha Jean Barrett is firmly convinced that even students who are bored or frustrated (or both) with mathematics can be motivated creation and construction of math games involving photographs they took at various community sites and then used these games to teach math skills to two classes of students with learning problems. Working in teams, the advanced students covered seven math categories-whole numbers, decimals, fractions, measurement, geometry, graphs, and percents. Each team selected a theme and pattern for its game, began constructio Read More Go to Site Math Forum: Alejandre - Math Unit - Crystals Votes:0 --> Crystals Polyhedra in the Classroom || Suzanne's Math Lessons Students studying polyhedra enjoy seeing the structures as they occur in the real world. Crystalline structures can be categorized into seven crystal systems. Students can access links to photographs of beautiful crystals. Paper models of crystals can be made by printing out nets of crystals and constructing the models. CrystalMaker software gives students experience with ball-and-stick, space-filling, wire-frame, stick, dot surface cloud, and polyhedral models of crystals. Crystallography Real world crystalline structures. Systems of Crystals The seven crystal systems with links to photographs of examples. Paper Nets Print out and construct paper models of nets. On the Web Web sites about crystals. The Isometric (Cubic) Cry Read More Go to Site min-max temperatures Votes:0 min-max temperatures Min-Max temperatures Here is a lesson dealing with minimum and maximum temperatures at certain cities in the U.S. I found this data after browsing through the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) John Meseke Last updated 11/14/94 Subject: Math Grade Level: Middle School/High School Assessment Activity: In this lesson, we will be looking at the week long predicted and normal minimum and maximum temperatures for various cities throughout the U.S. Let's take a look at some predicted and normal temperatures.Choose a section of the U.S. To access the data sets, there are two ways. One way is to use the software NCSA Mosaic at the Universal Resource Locator (URL). The address is- gopher://wx.atmos.uiuc.edu/11/Regional Choose one of the following files: Seven Day Read More Go to Site NCAA b-ball finals Votes:0 NCAA b-ball finals NCAA Basketball finals Here is a lesson using the scores from all of the NCAA basketball finals. I found this after doing a search with TurboGopher on statistics education. I found it under the folder called The Journal of Statistics Education. John Meseke Last updated 11/14/94 Subject: Math Grade Level: Middle School Instructional Goal: To have students read and interpret graphs of data sets. Behavioral Objective: From looking at the graphs, the students will devise reasons as to why teams from the 1950's and up have higher scrores than teams from the 1940's. Materials: NCAA championship games data set, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and TurboGopher,Mosaic or any other Internet browser. How to Access: Using the TurboGopher software, do a veronica search of directory t Read More Go to Site Page 2 Votes:0 Math lessons by topics of interest tostudents: CarPayments - a lesson for grades 9-12 which has students access a used carlot on the Internet and then select a car from the free buyer's and seller'sservice. Students will calculate monthy car payments on "their" car,using formulas with complex fractions and large exponents. Cellular PhoneService - an excellent example of a real-world problem using systems ofequations. Students are asked to make a numerical, tabular, and graphicalanalysis of three different payment plans for a cellular phone. (Used in thePUMP algebra curriculum) GetRich Quick - Is it better to be given $1000 a year until you're 21 or $1one year, $2 the next and so on doubling the amount you get each year untilyou're 21? In this lesson, students compare Read More Go to Site Paper Toss Shootout Votes:0 Paper Toss Shootout Paper Toss Shootout Edwina R. Justice Gunsaulus Scholastic Academy 10641 South Lowe Ave. 4420 South Sacramento Ave. Chicago IL 60628 Chicago IL 60632 (312) 468-3376 (312) 535-7215 Objectives : Demonstrate a phenomenological approach to teaching mathematics. Inspire others to use the approach. Objectives (Grade 8) : Use class data to calculate percentages. Participate in group activity. Relate activity to NBA stats. Calculate select percentages for NBA Finals data. Materials : waste baskets official "paper toss" paper liners for baskets NBA data worksheet Recommended Strategy : Place baskets 8-9 ft. from marked foul line. Select groups. Throw paper ball at basket three times per person for practice. Throw paper ball at basket ten times per person. Record number of hits p Read More Go to Site Please Update Your Bookmark Votes:0 Sorry! That page has been moved to: http://www.teachnet.com/lesson/math/realworld/ TEACHNET AUTOREDIRECT PAGE Read More Go to Site Real Life Math for Fifth Graders Votes:0 Real Life Math for Fifth Graders Perry Local Schools Massillon, Ohio Activities for Students See if you can solve these real life math problems using the Web Sites given. Instructions Web Sites Answers Travel: Your Great Aunt Sophie, who lives in Pittsburgh, PA has become ill and wants you to come stay with her to help out. To get there the quickest, should you fly from Akron-Canton airport on USAirways, drive from Massillon, Ohio, or take an Amtrak train from Alliance, Ohio? Assume you can leave any time after 6:00 p.m. today. US Airways Flight Search AutoPilot: Free Trip Amtrak Schedules Cooking: Aunt Sophie would like you to make dinner tonight. Go to the " Complete Meals By Category " item and select a menu for dinner and adjust the number of servings in each recipe for the t Read More Go to Site scrtec.org Votes:0 scrtec.org Click here to go to scrtec.org . Read More Go to Site scrtec.org Votes:0 scrtec.org Click here to go to scrtec.org . Read More Go to Site scrtec.org Votes:0 scrtec.org Click here to go to scrtec.org . Read More Go to Site scrtec.org Votes:0 scrtec.org Click here to go to scrtec.org . Read More Go to Site Smile Metric Style - An Educator's Reference Desk Lesson Plan Votes:0 Lesson Plan #: AELP-MEA0008 Smile Metric Style An Educator's Reference Desk Lesson Plan AUTHOR: Deana Metder Date: 1994 Grade Level(s): 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Subject(s): Mathematics/Measurement OVERVIEW: Using the metric system can be very confusing and difficult for many students. This activity enables the students to practice working with the metric system. OBJECTIVE(s): The students will be able to: Accurately use a metric ruler to measure length. Accurately read and record measurements taken in centimeters and millimeters. Find a sum of multiple metric measurements. Compare and order individual measurements. Use a histogram to graph their results. Teacher Materials: chalkboard chalk large piece of construction paper or butcher paper graph paper Student Materials: metric ruler crayons or marker Read More Go to Site Surf to the Planets on the Internet - An Educator's Reference Desk Lesson Plan Votes:0 Lesson Plan #: AELP-MEA0013 Surf to the Planets on the Internet An Educator's Reference Desk Lesson Plan Submitted by: Amber M. Pointer Endorsed by: P. Sean Smith, Ph.D, Berea College, Berea, KY Date: January 31, 1998 Grade Level(s): 6, 7, 8 Subject(s): Mathematics/Measurement OBJECTIVES: 1. Students use computers and other electronic technology to gather, organize, manipulate, and express information and ideas. 2. Students demonstrate understanding of number concepts. 3. Students demonstrate understanding of concepts related to space and dimensionality. 4. Students demonstrate understanding of measurement concepts. OVERVIEW: Students will use the Internet to find data on two planets. The data retrieved will include each planets' diameter, distances from the sun and earth, length of day an Read More Go to Site Teachers.Net Lesson Exchange: Moving Out (Senior, Mathematics Votes:0 TEACHERS | ADMINISTRATORS | GROUPS MY LINKS: chat center Chatboards Teachers Administrators Grade Level Subject Area States Tech Chatboards Projects Interest Groups Classifieds Help Wanted Books for Sale Items Wanted Teaching Supplies Teacher Created Manipulatives Educ Games Educ Software Fundraising Miscellaneous Educ Programs Distance Learning Distance Teaching Continuing Education Tutors Wanted Tutoring Services Lessons New Lessons Add a Lesson Browse Lessons Search Lessons Jobs Search Jobs Post Resume Post Job Listings Resume Search Distance Learning Mailrings Harry Wong Projects Project Switchboard Classroom Centers Professional Readings Grant Writing Fundraising Eco-Chatboard 100 Days Traveling Buddies Classroom Pets Pen Pals Post Cards Live Chat Advertising <<Previous Lesson N Read More Go to Site The Birthday Problem Votes:0 The Birthday Problem: A short lesson in probability. Last revised 8/24/05 Introduction Simulation Questions Formula A Note to the Teacher Send comments to George Reese Introduction with simulation Happy Birthday! There's a birthday in your class today! Or will there be two? How likely is it that two people in your class have the same birthday? Say your class has 28 students. There are a number of ways to approach this problem. The most common is to take a survey and see if it happens that two birthdays fall on the same day. But if it happens in the surveyed class, will it occur in another class with different students? The question of how likely it is for any given class is still unanswered. Another way is to survey more and more classes to get an idea of how often the match would occur. T Read More Go to Site The Forum-Mathematics Votes:0 Add a Web Site Add a Classroom Activity Send Comments About the Forum Forum Home Mathematics A. Number Sense, Concepts, and Operations 1. The student understands the different ways numbers are represented and used in the real world. PreK - 2 3 - 5 6 - 8 9 - 12 2. The student understands number systems. PreK - 2 3 - 5 6 - 8 9 - 12 3. The student understands the effects of operations on numbers and the relationships among these operations, selects appropriate operations, and computes for problem solving. PreK - 2 3 - 5 6 - 8 9 - 12 4. The student uses estimation in problem solving and computation. PreK - 2 3 - 5 6 - 8 9 - 12 5. The student understands and applies theories related to numbers. PreK - 2 3 - 5 6 - 8 9 - 12 B. Measurements 1. The student measures quantities in the real world and Read More Go to Site the-arc.com Votes:0 This page requires frames Read More Go to Site USA and Canada Home by Texas Instruments - US and CANADA Votes:0 PRODUCTS DOWNLOADS STUDENT ZONE SIGN IN SELECT COUNTRY PURCHASE FUNDING, RESEARCH & SUPPORT CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT --> Comparison chart for back to school Top 5 questions on graphing calculators Students soar with TI-Navigator™ Educator resources for back to school Download the latest TI-Nspire™ OS and Software Why do so many teachers teach with graphing and other technology? These are learning tools specifically designed to help students develop a deeper understanding of math and science. In fact, research shows that students do better in math when they have a graphing calculator for both class and home use. HOME ABOUT TI SUPPORT EVENTS US and CANADA © Copyright 1995-2007 Texas Instruments Incorporated. All rights reserved. Careers Trademarks Privacy Pol Read More Go to Site Variance and Covariance Votes:0 How Much Money Do Baseball Players Really Make? It is commonly accepted today that most baseball players make millions of dollars and that most of them are not worth it. In fact, the average (mean) salary of a ballplayer in the majors leagues is $1.2 million dollars. Only given this fact, it is easy to see how the perception of the overpaid baseball player was created. However, it is often conveniently ignored that the median salary for major leaguers is only $410,000. Remember, that the median is the middle salary for baseball players. This means that 50% make more than $410,000, but 50% make less. That's still a lot of money but does not justify the perception that America has on major league salaries. So we are still stuck with the question if the salaries for the majority of baseball p Read More Go to Site weather plots Votes:0 weather plots Weather Plots Here is a lesson dealing with plots of weather data. I found this data after browsing through the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) John Meseke Last updated 11/14/94 Subject: Math/Science Grade Level: Middle School/High School Instructional Goal: The goal of this activity is to observe the relationship between temperature and humidity. Behavioral Objective: From looking at the graphs of the temperature and humidity, the students will determine that the two graphs are inversely proportional. Materials: Weekly weather plot of temperature and humidity percentage of Boulder, Colorado; Microsoft Word; NCSA Mosaic. How to Access Data: Data can be retrieved by using the software NCSA Mosaic at the Universal Resource Locator (URL). The address for the data Read More Go to Site What's for Dinner? Votes:0 Choose Your View View By Subject Math Research What's for Dinner? Unit Description Objectives Materials and Resources Unit Lesson Plans Relation to Standards One Computer versus Many Grade level: Middle School Subject Area: Math Unit Description In this unit, students will conduct Internet searches to find recipes for appetizers, main courses, side dishes, and desserts that appeal to them. They will then plan (and, optionally, cook) a dinner for their families or friends, taking into consideration the cost of the items they will need to buy in order to do their cooking, and the amounts they will need to buy in order adequately to feed a given number of people. Students will report on their dinners and compile their menus into a class Web cookbook. Objectives Students will: Learn about the Read More Go to Site World Series Problem Votes:0 How Many Games Does it Take to Win the World Series? In order to determine the champion of Major League Baseball in the U.S. and Canada, the winners from the National League and the American League play the "World Series." The Series consists of seven games. If a team wins four out of the seven games, they are the champions. Of course, all seven games are not played if a team has already won four. Thus, what we want you to find out is how many games do you expect to be played before a team wins four games and becomes the champion? Predicting how long a series will take is not easy. There are many factors that are involved: Where are they playing? Is anyone injured? What is the weather like? For the purpose of this problem, however, we will simplify these into one question... What is the pr Read More Go to Site

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