Overview of Lesson In this lesson, students explore actual data from the 1969 Vietnam War Draft, which was used as a way for the Selective Service to prove to the United States public that the draft was a truly random way to choose who would be chosen to serve. But how truly random was it? In this investigation, students will simulate the way that men were chosen to be … [Read more...] about Lesson Plan: Vietnam War Draft Probability Exploration
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Lesson Plan: COVID-19: A Teachable Moment
Overview of Lesson At a time when nothing good can be said about COVID-19, Sara Brown, Patrick Hopfensperger, and Henry Kranendonk—authors of Focus on Statistics: Investigations for the Integration of Statistics into Grades 9–12 Mathematics Classrooms—have made available for free an investigation that can at least help students understand how the virus spreads. Investigation … [Read more...] about Lesson Plan: COVID-19: A Teachable Moment