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Statistics is defined as measures that describe data with numbers.

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In statistics, numbers in context (data) are key, and what separates statistics from mathematics.

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Posing a question that is statistical in nature.

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Posing a question that is statistical in nature.

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What it Looks Like: Students will pose a non-statistical question such as “how old is my dog?”.
To Help: Emphasize that statistical questions rely on the context and can only be answered by collecting data. (if there is only one answer it is not a statistical question)

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Determining categories for grouping data.

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Determining categories for grouping data.

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What it Looks Like: After collecting data, students will list out each piece of data rather than sorting it into categories.
To Help: Use categorization activities or provide/brainstorm possible category ideas.

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Looking at the data set within a graph as a whole (rather than at single data points).

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Looking at the data set within a graph as a whole (rather than at single data points).

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To Help: Explicitly asked questions about the shape of the data.

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By: Bruce Goldstone
This book is great when introducing statistics and collecting data to children because it introduces children to the idea that something is possibly, probable, or impossible.

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By: Alan R. Dabney and Grady Klein
This is a book that promote creativity and imagination while teaching how to collect reliable data, make confident statements based off information, and analyzing the efficiency of data!

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1. Formulate Questions
2. Collect Data
3. Analyze Data
4. Interpret Results

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By: Andy Field
A great book that offers a compelling visual story-telling that addresses the misconceptions/difficulties students may face when learning statistics for the first time.

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New York Times offers a free, weekly feature where students can observe the graph presented and answer the following questions:
What do you notice?
What do you wonder?
What story is the graph telling?

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Graphs, maps and charts from The Times -- and an invitation to students to discuss them live.

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Link to "STEM Teachers Explain Why 'What's Going On in This Graph ' is a Powerful Activity"

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Link to "STEM Teachers Explain Why 'What's Going On in This Graph ' is a Powerful Activity"

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1.Easily fits into the curriculum
2. Inspires rich discussions, which yields deeper understanding
3. Begins with safe questions
4. Encourages students to see statistics in a different way- a way of telling stories
5. Makes math relevant

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‘What’s Going On in This Graph?’ Is Now Weekly. STEM Teachers Explain Why It’s a Powerful Activity. (Published 2018)

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Each week we select an engaging Times graph and pair it with a simple protocol — asking students what they notice, what they wonder, and what they think is going on in the graph.

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CAUSEweb is an online resource for teachers that includes helpful resources for teaching an introductory statistics course, including class examples, labs, homework assignments, data sets, cartoons, songs, jokes, and quotes.

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CAUSEweb | Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education

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© 2021 Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education

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The vile vendor game is a great educational game that teaches students about probability using math vocabulary such as: possibly, unlikely, equal, likely, certain.

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Bugs in the system is an educational game that teaches students about bar graphs in a fun way! Students must drag the bugs into the correct bins to create a bar graph.

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Cyberchase . Games . Bugs in the System | PBS KIDS

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Play with data -- make a graph by catching bugs!

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HangMouse- Date and Statistics Vocab Game

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HangMouse- Date and Statistics Vocab Game

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HangMouse is a great way to teach the math vocabulary for data and statistics to students. Students must find the correct statistical term to fill in the sentence without waking up the cat!

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4th Grade Math

Kids love online flash games! They're a great way for students to brush up on their math vocabulary. Math games for kids can help make learning math fun with games, flash cards, worksheets, and activities. Math is so much easier when there are cool games to play for online learning. Children can start with flash cards and work up. Teaching math has never been easier! After studying addition facts, students can work on subtraction, multiplication, division, and other advanced facts as well. Math teachers can incorporate online flash games into their elementary math curricula. Elementary schools and middle schools are incorporating fun online games into their regular curricula as playing games, learning songs and watching educational videos online provide the results teachers want for their students. Songs and music can make learning even more fun! Even high school students love flash games, whether they're learning science, social studies, spelling, vocabulary, art, music, or language arts. Students of all ages-and even students learning ESL (English as a Second Language)-can benefit! Online lessons can help students improve their grades and do better in school. And best of all, kids are having fun while learning!

4th Grade Data & Statistics

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Kids love online flash games! They're a great way for students to brush up on their math vocabulary. Math games for kids can help make learning math fun with games, flash cards, worksheets, and activities. Math is so much easier when there are cool games to play for online learning.

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1. Bar Graphs
2. Object Graphs
3. Picture Graphs
4. Pie Charts/ Circle Graphs
5. Line Graphs

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Measures of Center:
Mean
Median Mode
Measures of Variability:
Range
Mean Absolute Deviation

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“Statisticians think about the mean as a point on a number line where the data on either side of the point are balanced.”

Two points moved down one are balanced by one point moved up two, etc.

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Free online manipulative for students to create their own bar, line, area, pie, and XY graphs. This website also has a chances tab where you roll the dice!

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The NCES Kids' Zone provides information to help you learn about schools; decide on a college; find a public library; engage in several games, quizzes and skill building about math, probability, graphing, and mathematicians; and to learn many interesting facts about education.

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Free online manipulative that allows students to create their own pictographs.

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Pictograph creator for teaching statistics to years 1 and 2.

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NLVM- National Library of Virtual Manipulatives

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NLVM- National Library of Virtual Manipulatives

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This website has all the virtual manipulatives students will need to assist their learning of statistics and data. All the resources are also divided into specific grade levels.

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Data Analysis & Probability (All Grade Bands)

Virtual manipulatives for Data Analysis & Probability.
Data Analysis & Probability (Grades Pre-K - 2)Data Analysis & Probability (Grades 3 - 5)Data Analysis & Probability (Grades 6 - 8)Data Analysis & Probability (Grades 9 - 12)

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NLVM Data Analysis & Probability Manipulatives

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NLVM manipulatives for Data Analysis & Probability

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Common Core Statistics and Probability Resources

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Common Core Statistics and Probability Resources

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Includes resources from the ASA, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, and others that support the teaching of statistics and probability as covered by the Common Core State Standards. Included are lesson plans, applets, videos, data sources, media, technology, teacher preparation materials, and assessment resources.

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This is Statistics is aimed at high-school juniors and seniors, as well as their parents, instructors, and counselors. The goal is to interest students in statistics as their future career.

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This is Statistics | Statistics Jobs Around the World

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The American Statistical Association created the This is Statistics website and campaign to raise awareness of the many interesting careers in statistics.

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Is a free, online resource for peer-reviewed statistics lesson plans that are categorized by their grade levels.

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STatistics Education Web (STEW) is an online resource for peer-reviewed lesson plans for K???12 teachers.

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A resourceful website that has videos, review, and tutoring on the entire statistics and probability course.

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