Explore these websites for
more information and to view some misleading graphs…..
http://mediamatters.org/items/200503220005
http://www.northcanton.sparcc.org/~technology/excel/files/Misleading_Graphs.xls
http://www.shodor.org/interactivate1.0/elementary/discussions/ElemGraphsdiscussion.html
Explore this website for more
information and to practice working on finding area and perimeter of basic
two-dimensional objects…
(open a blank word document while you are working on these and paste your results (do 15 of each formula) into it, calculate your final percent, put your name on the document, print it out and turn it in)
http://www.aaastudy.com/grade7.htm
Explore these websites for more information on probability, sample spaces, and independent events…
http://www.mathgoodies.com/lessons/vol6/intro_probability.html
http://www.aaastudy.com/g8-sta-basic-cntg.htm
This website has an activity
detailing how to construct a frequency histogram given a distribution of
scores. You will also need to open Excel and go back and forth between the
website and your excel page.
http://www.nald.ca/clr/flemings/math/stats/lbs4/lab8/lab8.pdf