By Heather Barker, Elon University 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 … [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