tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4230992508614507790.post2413854262710415774..comments2023-08-11T01:49:40.599-07:00Comments on Undefined: Unit 1 - Stats (Help Wanted!)JamiDaniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02049355240683205794noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4230992508614507790.post-85428904371509225672010-07-29T13:55:26.816-07:002010-07-29T13:55:26.816-07:00Oh, and JamiDanielle: not on twitter, for sanity&#...Oh, and JamiDanielle: not on twitter, for sanity's sake. (I need a *little bit* of breathing room from teaching, sometimes.)<br /><br />Maybe in the future... :) You should surely email me about the chicken project when the time comes. IT'S MY FAVORITE!untilnextstophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15285583728476473117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4230992508614507790.post-49705438830167108522010-07-24T12:21:44.929-07:002010-07-24T12:21:44.929-07:00Grace, I love that idea. Look around and see if y...Grace, I love that idea. Look around and see if you can find the file. I may not use it for the big project, but it would be a great mini-lesson on correlations. :) Thanks!JamiDaniellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02049355240683205794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4230992508614507790.post-18974711810046176222010-07-21T07:35:05.455-07:002010-07-21T07:35:05.455-07:00My seniors had fun with a project about texting sp...My seniors had fun with a project about texting speed. Gave them a sentence or two to text while being timed, tried to find correlations between gender, age, thumb length, # of months texting experience, and type of phone (T9 vs. not). Totally stole this from somewhere (can't remember right now) but if you're interested I can look for the file :)gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09629147659164801681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4230992508614507790.post-60623014760118927112010-07-15T08:29:52.722-07:002010-07-15T08:29:52.722-07:00BTW, Mimi...the math teacher Twitter world was thr...BTW, Mimi...the math teacher Twitter world was throwing your name around this morning...wondering if you are on Twitter???JamiDaniellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02049355240683205794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4230992508614507790.post-89841521075068604702010-07-15T08:02:28.443-07:002010-07-15T08:02:28.443-07:00Actually, that sounds like an amazing project! I ...Actually, that sounds like an amazing project! I spend about a month to two months on linear functions around February so I would probably want to wait til then. We use that time to kinda of spiral back and connect it to the scatter plots and lines of best fit we learned about in September, but with more discussion of the equation, slope, y-intercept and so on. It would fit better in there than in the stats unit but would be a perfect connector between the two. :)<br /><br />I will definitely email you for more details. :)<br />Thanks for the comment/feedback.JamiDaniellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02049355240683205794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4230992508614507790.post-57739644407397343302010-07-14T14:30:50.988-07:002010-07-14T14:30:50.988-07:00There is a project that I have taken/modified from...There is a project that I have taken/modified from the NCTM archive that I love (and the kids go absolutely bananas for). It's a bungee-jumping project for practicing scatter plots and linear regression. Each team takes a doll (in my case, I give them crazy-looking rubber chickens that squeak when you squeeze them) and a bunch of rubber bands and a meter stick, and they have to measure / record / determine the effect of # rubberbands on the max height dropped. I give them the height of the balcony we will eventually be launching the rubber chickens from, and they don't get to test it out in advance by the balcony, only in the classroom. The day they finish the project we make a big deal out of going outside, and I find a teacher to be the official judge / a kid to be the video recorder as I drop the chickens one by one and the kids watch underneath on ground floor... Closest to the ground without hitting wins!<br /><br />It is hands-down one of the coolest projects, and the kids will never forget what slope and y-intercept mean again. They also have to figure out what data to collect and how to do it (the directions don't give that many details), so it's a good meta-processing project as well.<br /><br />If you want a copy of my project, you can email me at mimiyang at gmail dot com. Otherwise, good luck!<br /><br />http://www.blip.tv/dashboard/episode/2764759 (Year 1 video, short)<br />http://www.blip.tv/dashboard/episode/2800907 (Year 2 video, student made and so longerrr)untilnextstophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15285583728476473117noreply@blogger.com