Author Archives: Evan

Where does the time go?

Analyse time-use data and determine students’ most popular activities. Continue reading

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Body and Mind

See the effect of hidden variables on the analysis of different hypotheses. Continue reading

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Talking feet

Is there a relationship between foot size and height? Create scatter graphs and determine the lines of best fit using two different methods, with and without technology. Continue reading

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Do you have big feet?

Manually plot a scatter graph of foot size against height. Continue reading

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Math = GAMES?

Are Math lovers more likely to be fond of games? Examine histograms, quartiles and standard deviations to find out. Continue reading

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Bullying—studying it to curb it….

Analyse data from your class and from a Canadian sample to better understand the bullying phenomenon. Continue reading

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Canada recycles! Do you?

Construct bar graphs then draw conclusions about how people are helping the environment, using data from your class and from a survey of Canadian households Continue reading

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The Vitruvian theory-does it apply to you?

Verify the famous theory illustrated by Leonardo Da Vinci-that armspan is equal to height-for a sample of students from your class. Continue reading

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You are the researcher!

Decide on an interesting question to research using your class results. See examples of student work. Continue reading

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How tall will you be?

Predict your adult height using today’s height. Continue reading

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