Analyzing Distributions
...tions Planning and Resources Objectives Students recognize the advantages and disadvantages of different graphical representations and can use each to compare measures of center and spread for a given distribution. Vocabulary histogram dot plot box plot bar graph symmetric skewed mound shap...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/statistics/sequence1/analyzing-distributions
What is Probability
...esent the theoretical probability for an event and can interpret the long-run relative frequency of an event. Vocabulary probability outcome sample space probability model In this lesson, students use simulations to explore the relationship between the theoretical probability and the...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/statistics/sequence1/what-is-probability
Workshops by Texas Instruments
...tatistics and probability within and across middle grades. Focus on visual models of data distributions — with emphasis on analyzing and interpreting appropriate measures of center and spread — and probability models to explore relationships between theoretical probability, empirical probability ...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/workshops
American Mathematical Society
...ther the interests of mathematical research and scholarship, serves the national and international community through its publications, meetings, advocacy and other programs. American Mathematical Society AMS programs provide the following: promote mathematical research, its com...https://education.ti.com/en/activities/publisher-connections/american-mathematical-society
CORD Communications
.... Classrooms become active learning environments through group learning opportunities, discussions, and math labs all based on concrete, “real-world” applications. Incorporating TI-Nspire™ technology into a number of math labs not only gives students the knowledge they need, but a chance to work...https://education.ti.com/en/activities/publisher-connections/cord_communications
Visualizing Equations Using Mobiles
... PDF DOC TNS Lesson Snapshot Students understand how mapping a balanced mobile to an equation provides a foundation for reasoning about strategies for solving equations. What to look for Some stude...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/expressions/sequence1/visualizing-equations-using-mobiles
Probability Diagrams and Tables
... outcomes in order to determine the probability of a compound event. Sample Assessment A nickel, a dime, and a quarter are flipped at the same time. Each coin can land either heads up (H) or tails up (T). List all the different possible outcomes for this event in the chart below. The list has bee...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/statistics/sequence1/probability-diagrams-and-tables
Probability and Simulation
...r a real situation that is complex and where the theoretical probabilities are not obvious. What to look for Students should observe that chance will account for some variability, but overall the estimates of the probability of success from simulated distributions should be fairly close, provided...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/statistics/sequence1/probability-and-simulation
Outliers
...9872 Outliers Planning and Resources Objectives Students learn to identify outliers in a set of data through both visual and computational approaches. They can describe the impact of outliers on measures of center and spread. Vocabulary outlier upper quartile lower quartile interquartile ra...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/statistics/sequence1/outliers
Introduction to Histograms
... Students explore how changing the bin width can change the story in the distribution of the data. What to look for Note that histograms are ordered according to a number line and are used with quantitative data while bar graphs have no inherent order and are used to indicate some feature of qua...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/statistics/sequence1/introduction-to-histograms
Intro to Data
... variability in the response. This helps to set the stage for this series of lessons. What to look for As students compare data, be sure they use the appropriate vocabulary to describe the distributions. Sample Assessment The times it took participants to complete a marathon are shown in the grap...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/statistics/sequence1/introduction-to-data
Law of Large Numbers
Law of Large Numbers website In this lesson, students investigate how the relative frequency of an outcome approaches the actual probability of that outcome, as the number of repetitions ...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/statistics/sequence1/law-of-large-numbers
Comparing Distributions
...r women? Answer: 35 points Understanding Graphs and summary statistics can be used to make comparisons among distributions of the same characteristic for different populations. What are the students doing? Students evaluate advantages and disadvantages of using dot plots, box plots, hi...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/statistics/sequence1/comparing-distributions
Box Plots
...orresponding box plot. They recognize that the sizes of the four intervals determined by the box plot reflect the spread of the data values and that each interval contains approximately 14 of the data. Vocabulary median upper quartile lower quartile minimum maximum interquartile range (IQR) box ...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/statistics/sequence1/box-plots
Sample Proportions
...e variability will be close to the 75%. Understanding A statistic computed from a random sample can be used as an estimate of that same characteristic of the population from which the sample was selected. What are the students doing? Students investigate the relationship between sample ...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/statistics/sequence1/sample-proportions
Sample Means
...or In order to have a predictable shape and spread for a simulated sampling distribution, the sample size must be large. Sample Assessment Identify each statement as true or false. a) The larger the sample size the more likely that a sample mean will be farther from the population mean. Answer:...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/statistics/sequence1/sample-means
Two Way Tables and Categorical Data
...al Data Planning and Resources Objectives Students recognize whether there is an association between categorical data using two-way tables and stacked bar graphs. They also determine conditional probabilities given information in a two-way table. Vocabulary two-way table categorical data rel...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/statistics/sequence1/two-way-tables
Expressions & Equations
... formulas to solve problems. What is the teacher doing? You might want to point out that any letter could be used in the expressions; the files just happen to use x. The Big Idea In this lesson students focus on comparing expressions and establish a foundation for the definit...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/expressions
Linear Inequalities in One Variable
...at can be applied to inequalities and how these moves relate to the solution set for an inequality. What to look for Students will encounter the fact that multiplying both sides of an inequality by a negative number does not preserve order. Sample Assessment What are all the possible whol...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/expressions/sequence1/linear-inequalities-in-one-variable
What is a Variable?
...udents evaluate expressions, write expressions that correspond to given situations, and use expressions and formulas to solve problems. What is the teacher doing? You might want to point out that any letter could be used in the expressions; the files just happen to use x. The Big Idea Co...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/expressions/sequence1/what-is-a-variable
Equations of the Form ax+by = c
...are the students doing? Students explore a variety of contexts for a linear combination of two quantities with a given constraint. What is the teacher doing? Encourage students to explore the exchange between the two quantities and how that exchange maps out the solution on a coordinate gri...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/expressions/sequence1/equations-of-the-form-ax-plus-by-equals-c
What is an Equation?
... Objectives Students should be able to distinguish between an expression and an equation. They recognize that solutions to an equation are the replacement values for the variable that make the equation true. Vocabulary expression equation variable solution In this lesson students ...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/expressions/sequence1/what-is-an-equation
Extending Exponents
...xponents to express numbers in scientific notation, and interpret and explain numerical expressions involving exponents that are 0, negative, or \(\frac{1}{2}\) or \(\frac{1}{3}\). Vocabulary exponent base factor cube square power In this lesson students investigate how patterns ...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/expressions/sequence1/extending-exponents
Visualizing Systems of Linear Equations
...dation for reasoning about strategies for solving systems of equations. What to look for Some students may reason about the numerical value for each expression in an equation and how they must be the same, while others may reason by identifying numbers that make the mobile unbalanced and in ...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/expressions/sequence1/visualizing-systems-of-linear-equations
Units Other Than a Unit Square
Units Other Than a Unit Square website This lesson helps students to understand the importance of the unit by approaching fractions using area models. 393727 Units Other Than a Unit Squar...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/fractions/sequence-1/units-other-than-a-unit-square