Monday, April 9, 2012

HOMEWORK - 4/9/2012

We have 20 school days to review for testing. So tonight for Review #1, I need you to multiply and divide multi-digit numbers. Below you will see 2 different video with instruction in case you have forgotten anything.

Steps for tonights homework.
  1. Make sure you have your worksheet. (there is one below in case your forget, just click on it and then print it or you can copy down the problems on notebook paper)
  2. Watch the video if you need some extra help.
  3. If you watched the video, leave a comment.
  4. Complete the worksheet (this will be graded in class tomorrow)







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Multiplication Video


Division Video 1


Division Video 2

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

3/27/2012 HOMEWORK

1. COPY THE DEFINITIONS (turn in a hand written sheet with all 20 definitions)



































2.) COMPLETE THE VOCABULARY WORD SEARCH

S&P UNIT (LESSONS/TUTORIALS, ACTIVITIES, & EXTRA PRACTICE)

Statistical Questions and Collecting Data
Illuminations - Numerical and Categorical Data - Unit of Lessons - http://illuminations.nctm.org/LessonDetail.aspx?ID=U116

How to Create Misleading Statistics in 6 Easy Steps - Teacher Background Information -
http://blog.makingitclear.com/2010/03/25/statistics/

Dot Plots (Line Plots)
IXL - "Create Line Plots" - Interactive Applet - http://www.ixl.com/math/grade-6/create-line-plots

UEN - "The Human Line Plot" Lesson - http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview?LPid=15238

LearnAlberta - Displaying Data - Video Tutorial - http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/me5l/html/math5.html?goLesson=21

Histograms
Illuminations - Histogram Tool - Interactive Applet - http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=78

Illuminations - "There is a Difference: Histograms vs. Bar Graphs" Lesson –
http://illuminations.nctm.org/LessonDetail.aspx?id=L812

NLVM - Box Plot/Histogram - Interactive Applet -
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_145_g_3_t_5.html?open=instructions&from=category_g_3_t_5.html

Shodor - Histogram Lesson and Interactive Applet - http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/Histogram/

IXL - "Create Histograms" - Interactive Applet - http://www.ixl.com/math/grade-6/create-histograms

LearnAlberta - "Interpreting Graphs" Lesson -
http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/mesg/html/math6web/index.html?page=lessons&lesson=m6lessonshell10.swf

Box Plots (Box-and-Whisker Plots)
Illuminations - Food Court "The Clucking Chicken" Lesson - http://illuminations.nctm.org/LessonDetail.aspx?ID=L522

Illuminations - Food Court "The Pizza Palace" Lesson - http://illuminations.nctm.org/LessonDetail.aspx?ID=L523

Illuminations - "Using NBA Statistics for Box and Whisker Plots" Lesson - http://illuminations.nctm.org/LessonDetail.aspx?id=L737

Illuminations - "Bears in a Boat" Lesson - http://illuminations.nctm.org/LessonDetail.aspx?id=L856

NLVM - Box Plot/Histogram - Interactive Applet -
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_145_g_3_t_5.html?open=instructions&from=category_g_3_t_5.html

Shodor -" Box Plot" Lesson and Interactive Applet - http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/BoxPlot/

"Creating Box Plots" Lesson - http://math.springbranchisd.com/middle/Middle/7P/Resources/7P-4-CIGDD-Box_Whisker328-333.pdf

Box and Whisker Plot - Teacher Tutorial - http://staff.argyll.epsb.ca/jreed/math9/strand4/boxNwhisker.htm

 Measures of Center, Measures of Variability and Shape of Data
Illuminations - Mean and Median Interactive Applet - http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=160

Online Math Learning - Series of Video Tutorials - http://www.onlinemathlearning.com/mode-mean-median.html

Measures of Center and Spread - Student Handout - http://westernreservepublicmedia.org/quizbus/images/vid1_measures.pdf

PH - Finding Mean, Median and Mode - Video - http://www.phschool.com/atschool/academy123/english/academy123_content/wl-book-demo/ph-022s.html

PH - Finding and Using the Range - Video - http://www.phschool.com/atschool/academy123/english/academy123_content/wl-book-demo/ph-148s.html

Education World - "Candy Colors" Lesson - http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/03/lp293-02.shtml

Measure of Central Tendency - Teacher Tutorial - http://www.regentsprep.org/regents/math/algebra/AD2/measure.htm

LearnAlberta - Central Tendency - Student Interactive and Video http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/mejhm/index.html?l=0&ID1=AB.MATH.JR.STAT&ID2=AB.MATH.JR.STAT.CENT&lesson=html/video_interactives/centralTendency/centralTendencyInteractive.html

Mean Absolute Deviation
Wiki Answers - Teacher Tutorial - http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_do_you_calculate_mean_absolute_deviation

eHow - Teacher Tutorial - http://www.ehow.com/how_4918826_absolute-deviation-average-absolute-deviation.html

YouTube Video - Teacher Tutorial - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9AJk7TvdpQ

STATISTICS & PROBABILITY PRE-TEST

Today in class students will be taking a pre-test over the S&P Unit. Be aware that this material is very new for 6th grade students and some/very little has already been taught in previous years. So of this information is completely new to 6th grade students. I just want you to think through the questions and do your best.



STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY UNIT

Vocabulary Words - Vocabulary Test (MATCHING) on Friday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  1. box plot
  2. data
  3. dot plot
  4. first quartile
  5. histogram
  6. interquartile range
  7. line plot
  8. mean
  9. median
  10. mode
  11. outlier
  12. range
  13. statistical variability
  14. third quartile
  15. frequency
  16. mean absolute deviation
  17. center
  18. gap
  19. cluster
  20. measure of variation