By Anna Bargagliotti and Stephanie Casey (Grades 6-12+) Originally published in February 2013, this activity has students explore what a line of best fit is and where a line of best fit should be placed on a scatterplot of data with a linear association. This is done through students’ completion of an activity investigating the relationship between the drop height of a golf … [Read more...] about Lesson Plan: What Fits?
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Lesson Plan: Bubble Trouble!
By Peter Banwarth (Grades 6-12+) Originally published in May 2014, this lesson has the following two goals: In this lesson, students will determine if the size of a bubble blown in water is affected by different additions to the water. Students will design an activity to explore this and have fun blowing bubbles. They will use numeric summaries—including the mean and … [Read more...] about Lesson Plan: Bubble Trouble!