Introduction 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/introduction-to-the-central-limit-theorem_1
The Area Between
Students will find the area between two curves while determining the required amount of concrete needed for a winding pathway and stepping stones.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/the-area-between_1
Slopes of Secant Lines
Collect data about the slope of a secant line and then predict the value of the slope of the tangent line.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/slopes-of-secant-lines
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. Students will also explore the graph of the Poisson distribution and how it behaves.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/is-it-rare_1
Slope Fields Forever
Dynamically explore a particular solution to a differential equation for different initial conditions and investigate slope fields.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/slope-fields-forever_1
Independence Is the Word
Students use a simulation to find the experimental probability of independent events. They will find the sample space and then compare the experimental and theoretical probabilities.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/independence-is-the-word
Slope Fields
Use a visual representation of the family of solutions to a differential equation.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/slope-fields
Sequences
Graphically evaluate the limit of a sequence.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/sequences
Second Derivative Grapher
Visualize the relationship between the graph of a function and the graph of its second derivative.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/second-derivative-grapher
Sign of the Derivative
Make a connection between the sign of the derivative and the increasing or decreasing nature of the graph.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/sign-of-the-derivative
Makin' It Through The Winter
Students simulate a binomial distribution and calculate probabilities for a variety of situations involving binomial probability distributions.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/makin-it-through-the-winter_1
Olympic Gold (Regression Wisdom)
This activity takes a deeper look into the use of linear regressions. It addresses some of the limitations and common mistakes encountered with regressions.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/olympic-gold-regression-wisdom
Looking Normal
This lesson involves examining multiple samples taken from a single approximately normal population.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/looking-normal
Percentiles
The goal of this activity is for students to use the area to the left of a value in a normal distribution to find its percentile. The process will then be reversed to find the value for a given percentile.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/percentiles_ib_ns
It's To Be Expected
Students use a tree diagram to find theoretical probabilities and use this information in a spreadsheet to find the expected value.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/its-to-be-expected_1
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/iti-distributions_1
Trend or Noise?
This lesson involves investigating aspects of statistical information reported in the media or other venues, aspects that are often misunderstood by those unfamiliar with sampling.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/trend-or-noise
Transforming Univariate Data
This lesson involves square root, logarithmic, square, and exponentiation transformations of skewed univariate data using a given data set.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/transforming-univariate-data
How Many?
Students will explore Bernoulli probabilities. They will use them to calculate the probabilities of various single and cumulative events. They will also explore the Bernoulli probability distribution.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/how-many
Transforming Bivariate Data
This lesson involves square root, semi-log, and log-log transformations of curved bivariate data using given data sets.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/transforming-bivariate-data
Why np Min?
This lesson involves examining the general shape of binomial distributions for a variety of values of n and p.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/why-np-min
Two-way Tables and Association
This lesson involves analyzing the results of a survey using a two-way frequency table.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/twoway-tables-and-association
Type 2 Error
This activity allows students to experiment with different alpha levels and alternative hypotheses to investigate the relationship among types of error and power.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/type-2-error
NASA - Spacewalk Training
In this activity, students will plot data, looks at patterns, and draw conclusions given a real-world context of astronauts training in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) in Houston, TX.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/nasa--spacewalk-training
NASA - Maintaining Bone Mineral Density
In this activity students perform an appropriate test to determine the answer to the question "Is using the iRED exercise method significantly better than using the treadmill and bicycle in maintaining bone density?"https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/nasa--maintaining-bone-mineral-density