3. Algebra II

 
  1. Reasoning About Numbers, Systems and Quantitative Situations (L1)
  2. Calculation, Algorithms, and Estimation (L2)
  3. Expressions, Equations, and Inequalities (A1)
  4. Functions (A2)
  5. Families and Functions (A3)
  6. Figures and Their Properties (G1)
  7. Univariate Data - Examining Distributions (S1)
  8. Samples, Surveys, and Experiments (S3)
  9. Probability Models and Probability (S4)

 

Additional Links to General Mathematics Sites

 

8. Samples, Surveys, and Experiments (S3)

 

High School

  1. S3.1 Data Collection and Analysis
    1. Corny Equations
      The teacher lessons at this site includes student activities.  Students use a graphing calculator, online calculators, and other tools to explore the profitability of raising corn. The lesson is most suitable for the end of the first year of algebra when students have knowledge of using in/out tables, identifying types of lines, and developing lines of best fit, equations, and interpreting graphs.
    2. El Nino or El No-no
      Student interactive site where the students collect data (Water temperatures from ocean buoys.) and present it using different statistical methods. They will then predict what the future weather patterens will be from their collected data.
    3. Exploring Population Growth
      This series of activities explores the environmental and mathematical aspects of population growth. It is a long term project with 9 available lessons each 45 minutes in duration. This project is appropriate for high school math and can be tailored to meet indivdual student needs.
    4. Glencoe Mathmatics - Webquest: "When is Weather Normal?"
      This site allows the student to become an assistant to a meteorologist for a local television station. The meteorologist wants to provide viewers with some interesting information about weather. The student is asked to research the relationship between latitude, longitude, and average monthly temperature and must prepare a portfolio of the data collected including any relationships shown by the data. Students could also prepare a Web page with the information. Very nice site already set up with links for students to use.
    5. Jurassic Oil: Fuel Blending
      Students will convert statements to the language of mathematics by determining the optimal blend of gasoline that minimizes cost. The website is not interactive but contains worksheets, teacher notes and case studies.
    6. Put the Heart Into Mathematics
      Outstanding! This NCTM (Illuminations) activity is geared for students in grades 9-12. This unit contains four different teacher lesson plans with reproducible student worksheets, and interactive graphing and data collection capabilities. The lessons provided explore cardiac output by measuring the amount of blood being pumped by an experimental heart. Students will explore rates of change and accumulation in the context of cardiac output and accumulation using hands on experimentation, data collection, "pencil and paper" activities, etc.
    7. Shedding Light on the Subject: Function Models of Light Decay
      Presented by NCTM (Illuminations), this website provides the teacher with a four lesson unit on the decay of light as an exponential model. Teachers will appreciate the printer friendly lesson plans accompanied by student objectives, worksheets, and references. The site includes an interactive grapher and downloadable movie clips (quick time required) for students.
    8. Take Me Out to the Ballgame!
      A WebQuest for high school statistics classes that is student interactive.  Students are asked to become the statistician and find the greatest baseball hitter of all time.  Students use the web to collect factual statistical information as they complete the project.  This activity is excellent for cooperative learning and group work, but could also be done independently
    9. The Cereal Box Problem
      This site includes a teacher lesson plan and resources to simulate an experiment related to prizes in cereal boxes.  From the simulation they will answer several questions and predict outcomes and finally decide what parameters would make the contest fail or succeed. It includes an online simulation and many open ended questions.
    10. What Percentage of your Class is Right or Left Handed?
      Cythia Lanius provides this lesson for high school students to determine the percentage of students that are right or left handed in a classroom. Students perform experiments, collect data, graph the data, and analyze their findings. Worksheets, spreadsheets and teacher notes are available.

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