APEC Summer Workshop
Session 1
Introduction
Data About us/Variables and
Patterns
Syllabus
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Internet Explorer or Netscape
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http://www.seas.upenn.edu/~keenan/apec
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Add to bookmarks
Follow the morning program
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Couple internet resources
Major Topics
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Data about us/Variables and Patterns
Prime Time/Stretching and Shrinking
Bits and Pieces/Comparing and Scaling
Covering and Surrounding/Filling and
Wrapping
How likely is it?/What do you expect?
Session Structure
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Overview (20 min)
Explore web sites
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Discussion (30 min)
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One in detail (30 min)
Use of sites in your classroom
Explore other web sites (30 min)
Wrap-up and Assessment (25 min)
Data About Us/Variables and
Patterns
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Probability
Statistics
Graphing and coordinates
Algebra
Probability
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Ideas that Lead to Probability
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Lesson plan and activities
Not interactive
Rock, paper, scissors
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Currently unavailable
Statistics
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Measurements
Polls
Oceans of data
Body mass index
Mean and median
Measurements
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Leonardo da Vinci Activity
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Not interactive
Measurements and gathering data
Processing data
Graphing data
Spreadsheets
Polls
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Statistics
Statistics – Introduction
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Election polling
Resource
Non-interactive
Oceans of data
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Math Forum/USI - Exploring Data
Spreadsheet activity
Analyzing data
Presentation of data
Body mass index
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Figure this! Body mass index
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Interactive
Mean and Median
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Interactive site
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National Council of Teachers of
Mathematics
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NCTM
Graphing and coordinates
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Line Jumper
Hot Tub
Reading graphs
Search and Rescue
Zoom Graph
Symmetry
Basic concepts
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Number line game
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Coordinates game
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FunBrain - Line Jumper
Playing with Lulu
Elementary operations
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FUNBRAIN Math Baseball
Hot Tub
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Cynthia Lanius' Mathematics Lesson:
The Hot Tub
Not interactive
Interpreting graphs
Reading graphs
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FunBrain.com's What's the Point?
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All 4 quadrants
Interactive
Search and Rescue I
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Interactive
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Degrees, headings, distances
Search and Rescue: Part I
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ESCOT Problem of the Week
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Math Forum
Graph Zooming
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ZOOM!
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POTW
Interactive use of graphs
Symmetry
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StudyWorks! Online : Playing with
Symmetry
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Interactive
Interpreting graphic data
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In the dark
Marathon graphing
Earthquake
Interactive Graphs
In the dark
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In the dark
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POTW
Interactive
Marathon graphing
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Predict winning time
Linear fit
Marathon time graphing
POTW
Earthquake prediction
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Earthquake 1
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More sophisticated versions at same site:
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Earthquake 2
Earthquake 3 and Earthquake 4
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Rate/time equations
Interactive Graphs
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NCTM
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Learning about rate of change in linear
equations
Algebra
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Algebra Explorations
The Three Daughters
Who Gets the Money?
Algebra Explorations
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StudyWorks! Online
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Planning a Trip
Solving Algebra Equations
Pharaoh’s Puzzle
The Secret of the Pythagorean Theorem
The Three Daughters
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StudyWorks! Online
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Brain teaser
Who Gets the Money?
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StudyWorks! Online
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Brain teaser