Secondary Math Probability and Statistics Resources

Curriculum page : Math Curriculum

Title: Descriptive Statistics
Site: http://www.mste.uiuc.edu/hill/dstat/dstatintro.html
Description: An introduction to mode, median, and mean.

Title: Min-Max Temperatures
Site: http://www.mste.uiuc.edu/meseke/minmax.html
Description: Students use the predicted minimun and maximum temperatures for various cities throughout the U.S. to caculate averages.

Title: Three Door Puzzle
Site: http://www.intergalact.com/threedoor/threedoor.html
Description: Figure the probability the door that is chosen will have the prize and the probability you change the selection you will get the door with the prize.

Title: Distribution Curves
Site: http://www.mste.uiuc.edu/project/ProjTitle.html#lesson
Description: A statistic lesson on the appearance of different distributions.

Title: NCAA Basketball Finals
Site: http://www.mste.uiuc.edu/meseke/ncaa.html
Description: A statistical lesson using data from the NCAA basketball finals.

Title: Temperature of a Point on a 2-D Plate
Site: http://www.mste.uiuc.edu/malcz/2dplate/PLATE.html
Description: Finding the temperature at a particular point of a rectangular plate using statistical methods. It is assumed that the temperature of the edges as well as the dimensions of the plate are known. The lesson includes a program that will run on Resampling Stats, and a graphical Macintosh application program simulating the random walk.

Title: Variance and Covariance
Site: http://www.mste.uiuc.edu/malcz/spreads/intro.html
Description: Uses Geometer's SketchPad notebooks to give a graphical introduction to variance and covariance. Then the lesson uses Microsoft Excel to explore numerically the steps in calculating variance and covariance.

Title: Birthday Problem
Site: http://www.mste.uiuc.edu/reese/birthday/intro.html
Description: Discusses the probability of at least two matching birthdays in a small group of people. It includes an online program that creates a set of dates at random.

Title: Linear Regression
Site: http://www.mste.uiuc.edu/patel/amar430/intro.html
Description: Allows students to explore notions of relationships between two variables. There are many problems and activities included in this lesson to aid learning and classroom discussion. The lesson requires Excel 5.0, Netscape (or equivalent), willing students, and a knowledgable teacher.

Title: Fun with Probability! The Probable Pen in the Cereal Box
Site: http://mac.246.ed.uiuc.edu/students/mcornell/cereal box
Description: This project was a cooperative classroom project for grades K-9. During the last three weeks of April, 1996 project participants calculated the expected value of a simple probability via experimentation. This project (or one like it) will be repeated next year. Lesson plans and classroom materials are available on the site.

Title: The Cereal Box Problem
Site: http://www.mste.uiuc.edu/reese/cereal/intro.html
Description: FREE INSIDE! Collect all six!! How many cereal boxes would you expect to buy to get all the prizes. This lesson examines the expecteds value question. It includes an online simulation.

Title: The Hermit Problem
Site: http://www.mste.uiuc.edu/hill/ev/hermitprob.html
Description: Tracks the spread of a disease on a desert island with hermits on it. It uses the internet, a computer program (written in Future Basic), and other student activities to explore the concept of expected value (i.e.: How many hermits do we expect to get the disease?).

Title: The World Series Problem
Site: http://www.mste.uiuc.edu/hill/ev/seriesprob.html
Description: Uses the internet, a computer program (written in Future Basic), and other student activities to explore the concept of expected value (i.e.: How many games do we expect the World Series to last?).

Title: Descriptive Statistics (introduction to measures of central tendency and variation)
Site: http:/www.mste.uiuc.edu/hill/dstat/dstat.html
Description: Designed for use in a classroom setting, these lessons use both hands-on and "virtual" activities to develop and establish the basic concepts of descriptive statistics.

Title: Chi-Square
Site: http://www.mste.uiuc.edu/patel/chisquare/intro.html
Description: Enables you to understand statistical terms such as expectation, significance, and chi-square. The lesson requires Excel. A very amusing presentation.

Title: Three Door Puzzel
Site: http://www.intergalact.com/threedoor/threedoor.html
Description: In interactive page with explanation of this classic, controversial problem sometimes referred to as "Monty's Dilemma" or the "Game Show Problem."

Title: Exponential Fit
Site: http://www.mste.uiuc.edu/malcz/Expfit/INTRO.html
Description: Explores the process of finding the best fitting exponential curve to sets of data. Requres Internet access, a bag of Skittles, and Microsoft Excel.

Title: Guessing Correlations
Site: http://www.stat.uiuc.edu/~stat100/guesscorr.html
Description: Part of the Statistics 100 course at UIUC. You will see four scatter plots and four correlation coefficients. Your task is to match up the correlation coefficients with the plots.

Title: Temperatures
Site: http://www.mste.uiuc.edu/meseke/weather.html
Description: Use current weather data to calculate range, mean, variance, and standard deviation of certain data sets, and then analyze these calculations.
OIPs: 7.05, 7.08, 8.04, 8.05, 8.06

Title: INDY 500
Site: http://www.cs.rice.edu/~sboone/Lessons/Titles/indy500.html
Description: Students will find the mean and median speed for the Indianapolis 500. Rates per lap will be calculated as well as the length of each lap. Students will need to research information via the Internet. Algebra I: Mean, Median, Interpreting Data, Finding Rates, Times and Distances.
OIPs: 11