Jones, Visualizing Elementary and Middle School Mathematics
Chapter 17
Online Resources
• Math Playground www.mathplayground.com/probability/html
Includes a spinner activity that can be used to generate data. Students can record data and use them for probability.
• NCTM Illuminations illuminations.nctm.org
Go to Weblinks. Find a number of Direct to web activities that use data analysis and probability, such as Water Measurement, an activity that collects data on the evaporation of water, and Hand Squeeze, an activity that collects data as different people try a hand squeeze.
• National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
http://nlvm.usu.edu
Choose the Spinners activity. This gives users the opportunity to spin the spinner, change the size and color of the regions, and record the results. They can predict what will occur with various spinners and compare their predictions to actual results.
• National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
www.nctm.org
Go to Standards and Focal Points and select e-Examples.
1. Accessing and Investigating Data Using the World Wide Web (Activity 5.4) for grades 3–5: Students use
data sets on the Internet, such as census data, to answer questions.
2. Collecting, Representing, and Interpreting Data using Spreadsheets and Graphing Software (Activity 5.5) for grades 3–5: This activity demonstrates how weather data are collected and evaluated.
3. Comparing Properties of the Mean and the Median through the Use of Technology (Activity 6.5) for grades 6–8: This illustrates how a change in the data set affects the median and the mean.