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• Review: Six Knowledge Domains (Slides)

 
• What is Data Analysis really all about? Some Questions

1. What are the chances of two students in your class sharing the same birthday?
2. Can the temperature be estimated by a cricket's chirp?
3. Is it colder in Northern States than in Southern States?
4. Fat Cat Activity
5. The Great Green Globs challenge

• Glencoe investigations (gr 6-8)
• Houghton Mifflin's Data Place
• Scholastic Resources for Teachers

Core Curriculum Standards for Data Analysis (4.12) 

• Random Birthday Applet - Birthday Problem Revisited : "Flying" Dates version

• http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/DASL/Stories/HealthyBreakfast.html

Abstract: This datafile contains nutritional information and grocery shelf location for 77 breakfast cereals. Current research states that adults should consume no more than 30% of their calories in the form of fat, they need about 50 grams (women) or 63 grams (men) of protein daily, and should provide for the remainder of their caloric intake with complex carbohydrates. One gram of fat contains 9 calories and carbohydrates and proteins contain 4 calories per gram. A "good" diet should also contain 20-35 grams of dietary fiber
 
• Chirps & temperature - the answer?

• Cricket Weathercasters Lesson (grades 4-6)

• Bonus Question: Do taller people have larger feet than smaller people?