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NBA Finals

Celebrate the NBA and NBA Finals by involving your students in interpreting what can be deduced from graphical representations.  In this activity students consider scatter plots, circle graphs, bar graphs, Venn Diagrams and the concept of mean. To start the … Continue reading

31. May 2012 by Oldmanmarks and Leslie
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Holiday candy sales 2012

Another Candy holiday is upon us. Brian asks students to translate a pie chart of information on candy sale expenditures to actual dollars spent for 4 major candy holidays … Halloween, Easter, Christmas and Hanuka, and Valentine’s Day. Serve a … Continue reading

03. April 2012 by Oldmanmarks and Leslie
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Occupy Wall Street protest is growing

The Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement has grown since it began on September 17th.  Students can look at charts that show percent mentions of the demonstrations and calculate the percentage of media mentions, percentage of comment  growth, and the percentages … Continue reading

20. October 2011 by Leslie
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The NBA Finals

The NBA Finals are here again and the Dallas Mavericks will be playing against Miami’s Heat. In Brian’s latest investigation, he has asked students to study the frequency of teams making the finals with data given as a pie chart … Continue reading

01. June 2011 by oldmanmarks
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Holiday Candy Sales

Another Candy holiday is upon us. Brian asks students to translate a pie chart of information on candy sale expenditures to actual dollars spent for 4 major candy holidays … Halloween, Easter, Christmas and Hanuka, and Valentine’s Day. Serve a … Continue reading

21. April 2011 by Leslie
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