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The Greatest March Madness Program

Based on this data, which do you think is the greatest March Madness program ever? Once students decide their “best program ever” challenge them use a different criteria than they originally used.  That is, ask them to think of another … Continue reading

03. April 2013 by oldmanmarks
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Typical Super Bowl scores 2013

The Super Bowl is coming up!  Are you planning to share a prediction for the score of the big game?  Don’t leave it all to chance, use math to help you get a better idea of what to expect for … Continue reading

23. January 2013 by Oldmanmarks and Leslie
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Typical Super Bowl scores

Do Super Bowl games tend to have typical scores? Are there usual point spreads between the losing and winning teams? In Brian’s activity, students study historical Super Bowl data to reflect on average (mean, median, and mode) losing scores, winning … Continue reading

24. January 2012 by Oldmanmarks and Leslie
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Harry Potter

The last of the Harry Potter movies was released this summer and the movie was a huge hit at the box office.  We take a look back at the Harry Potter series and ask kids to analyze actual Harry Potter … Continue reading

07. August 2011 by oldmanmarks
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Typical Super Bowl scores

Do Super Bowl games tend to have typical scores? Are there usual point spreads between the losing and winning teams? In Brian’s latest creation, students study historical Super Bowl data to reflect on average (mean, median, and mode) losing scores, … Continue reading

27. January 2011 by Leslie
Categories: Data and Probability, Holidays and Annual Events, Number Sense, Sports | Tags: , , , , , , | 2 comments