The Graphing Calculator Connection: Problem Solving and Investigations
Over 30 reproducible, motivating investigations designed especially for middle school students to use with any TI Graphing Calculator model.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/the-graphing-calculator-connection-problem-solving-and-investigations
t Distributions
Students compare the t distribution to the standard normal distribution and use the invT command to find critical values for a t distribution.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/t-distributions
Claims About Two Proportions
Students test claims about two proportions by calculating test statistics, critical values, and P-values, for both one-tailed and two-tailed tests.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/claims-about-two-proportions_1
NUMB3RS - Season 2 - "Soft Target" - Are You Sure?
In "Soft Target," Charlie uses Linear Discriminant Analysis (LDA), a multiple regression method, to predict the next terrorist attack. This method, like many others used to predict events, may use a tree diagram to visualize possibilities. The use of tree diagrams is seen in probability.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/numb3rs--season-2--soft-target--are-you-sure
Survey Project
Students survey other students (numerical and non numerical data) and calculate measures of central tendency (if possible) of data and make regular box-an-whisker plots and outlier box-and-whisker plots to analyze the data.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/survey-project
Square it Up!
Students investigate the method of least squares by finding the residuals and the sum of the squares of the residuals.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/square-it-up_1
Car Sales
In this activity, students' will create a box and whisker plot using a list. The list will be sent using TI-Navigator™ and contains the number of car sales since 1970. They will determine the values in the box plot and answer some additional questions.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/car-sales
Comparing Two Means
Students test hypotheses concerning means of two populations by calculating the test statistic and the critical values and graphing the critical region.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/comparing-two-means
Collecting Pens (Continued)
In this activity, students learn how to instruct the calculator to collect and organize the results from several trials of a simulation designed to find out how many boxes of cereals a customer would have to buy to collect all six color pens. Students enter a prewritten program, analyze the resul...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/collecting-pens-continued
Describing One-Variable Data
Students sort data and display it graphically using various plots. They also get familiarized with statistical concepts like measures of spread and central tendency.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/describing-onevariable-data
Collecting Pens
Students explore simulation strategies to solve real world problems involving probability and randomness. They use the Monte Carlo procedure to simulate the collecting of six different colored felt-tipped markers from boxes of Kellogg's cereals. They examine and analyze summary statistics and sta...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/collecting-pens
NUMB3RS - Season 2 - "Rampage" - I...It...Itera...Iteration
In "Rampage," a suspect enters the FBI Bullpen and moves about, apparently shooting people at random. Charlie examines a diagram of the killer's path through the Bullpen and suggests it might resemble Brownian motion. In this activity, students first model this motion with ten iterations by hand...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/numb3rs--season-2--rampage--i---it---itera---iteration
Describing Categorical Data
Students analyze the distribution of categorical data. They calculate percents and visually compare the data sets with a bar chart.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/describing-categorical-data
Collecting Data
In this activity, students investigate how to use random numbers to collect samples and how to randomly assign subjects to experiments to collect data. They also use the CBL system to collect data in real time.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/collecting-data
NUMB3RS - Season 2 - "Mind Games" - Walkabout
In "Mind Games," Charlie uses the Fokker-Planck equation to predict the movement of illegal immigrants. The equation is used to predict the likely movement of something under the influence of external forces. It was originally developed to study Brownian motion, the apparently random movement of ...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/numb3rs--season-2--mind-games--walkabout
Density Curves
Students will be introduced to density curves as a simple analysis of a data set. They also will investigate where the median and mean lie on symmetric or skewed graphs.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/density-curves
Is it Rare?
Students use the Poisson distribution to determine the probabilities for various numbers of hurricanes hitting the United States in a given year.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/is-it-rare
Demonstrating Probability, Simulations, and Probability Distributions
This activity demonstrates the probability of an event happening with the simulation of a coin toss. Students will learn how probabilities can be computed. They will simulate distributions to check the reasonableness of the results. They also explore various probability distributions.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/demonstrating-probability-simulations-and-probability-distributions
NUMB3RS - Season 2 - "Mind Games" - Thumbs Up!
In "Mind Games," the FBI hires a psychic to help them solve a series of murders. To test how good he is, they show him the backs of a set of 25 playing cards and ask him to predict whether each is red or black. He gets every single one wrong. In this activity, students conduct an experiment and ...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/numb3rs--season-2--mind-games--thumbs-up
Data Analysis: Home Runs in Major League Baseball
This activity provides an opportunity to collect data from the internet, and perform data analysis employing capabilities of the TI-83/84.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/data-analysis-home-runs-in-major-league-baseball
Intro to the Central Limit Theorem
Students discover the Central Limit Theorem by simulating rolls of two, four, and seven number cubes via the random number generator.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/intro-to-the-central-limit-theorem
Interpreting Confidence Intervals
This activity is used in conjuntion with the famous M&M's experiment for introducing confidence intervals in AP Statistics. Navigator is used to allow each student to contribute the endpoints of a CI obtained from their own sample of M&M's. Quick polls are used to questions student confidence i...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/interpreting-confidence-intervals
Difference Between Two Proportions
Students use confidence intervals to estimate the difference of two population proportions.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/difference-between-two-proportions
NUMB3RS - Season 2 - "Mind Games" - Right or Wrong
In "Mind Games," a psychic shocks Charlie by incorrectly guessing the color (black or red) of 25 cards in a row. As Larry says, "the probability of getting them all wrong is the same as getting them all right." This activity applies the binomial theorem to the probability of correctly guessing a ...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/numb3rs--season-2--mind-games--right-or-wrong
NUMB3RS - Season 2 - "Judgement Call" - Filtering Suspects
In "Judgement Call,"Charlie helps the FBI sort through their case files for relevant suspects. He applies a logical filter to find the files most relevant to a specific crime. This activity explores Bayesian Filtering and exposes students to how math can be seen in the world around them.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/numb3rs--season-2--judgement-call--filtering-suspects