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Where does the time go?
Analyse time-use data and determine students’ most popular activities. Continue reading
Posted in Grade 9 to 12, Learning Activities
Tagged time-use
Body and Mind
See the effect of hidden variables on the analysis of different hypotheses. Continue reading
Posted in Grade 9 to 12, Learning Activities
Tagged hidden-variables
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
Posted in Grade 9 to 12, Learning Activities
Tagged scatter-plots-technology
Do you have big feet?
Manually plot a scatter graph of foot size against height. Continue reading
Posted in Grade 9 to 12, Learning Activities
Tagged scatter-plots-manually
Math = GAMES?
Are Math lovers more likely to be fond of games? Examine histograms, quartiles and standard deviations to find out. Continue reading
Posted in Grade 9 to 12, Learning Activities
Tagged histograms
Bullying—studying it to curb it….
Analyse data from your class and from a Canadian sample to better understand the bullying phenomenon. Continue reading
Posted in Grade 9 to 12, Learning Activities
Tagged data-sets
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
Posted in Grades 4 to 8, Learning Activities
Tagged bar-graphs, data
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
Posted in Grades 4 to 8, Learning Activities
Tagged frm, hypothesis, scatter-plots
You are the researcher!
Decide on an interesting question to research using your class results. See examples of student work. Continue reading
Posted in Grades 4 to 8, Learning Activities
Tagged hypothesis
How tall will you be?
Predict your adult height using today’s height. Continue reading
Posted in Grades 4 to 8, Learning Activities
Tagged pef