Creator: NCTM | visit site
Grade Range: 8 - 11
Explore and find interactives correlated to NCTM or Common Core Standards for data analysis and probability in 9th through 12th grade at this excellent site from NCTM. Scroll through to choose from interactives including an Advanced Data Grapher, a Fraction and Percent Tool, a Random Drawing Tool (that allows for exploring the relationship between theoretical and experimental probabilities), and several others. All interactives include complete instructions, an exploration, and correlation to standards.
In the Classroom
Bookmark these interactives for use during your unit on data and probability or to provide hands-on activities throughout the year. Share interactives on your whiteboard or during small group lessons and discuss problem-solving ideas with students. Add a link to interactives along with other online games to your class website for game play at home. Consider adding favorite links from this site to a bookmarking tool for student use. Padlet, (<a href="/single.cfm?id=10007">reviewed here</a>), offers several options for sharing and organizing bookmarks. After completing activities, ask students to reflect upon their learning and share problem solving ideas through a blog post. Telegra.ph, <a href="/single.cfm?id=17846">, reviewed here</a>, creates "quick and easy" blogs to be used one time only. A unique URL is provided, and with Telegra.ph you just click on an icon to upload images from your computer, add a YouTube or Vimeo, or Twitter links. It’s as easy as using a basic Word program!
At Home
Browse this site to find quality interactives for your student to use as a supplement to classroom data and probability lessons and activities.
Tags
problem solving, probability, mode, mean, median, financial literacy, measurement, charts and graphs, data, order of operations,