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| Fall | Warm up (information); activities and instructional strategies used in class; Upcoming information; “Links” to videos; Assignment(s) |
| Wed 8/16 | Four rounds of puzzle activities (and reflections); fill out the student inventory for homework |
| Thur 8/17 | Groups discussed and shared reflections from the puzzle intro; perspective activity; things about Dr. Hartman |
| Fri 8/18 | Went over the syllabus…and had twinkies and cupcakes! |
| Mon 8/21 | Eclipse day! Video for eclipse; checked out books; bring a paper sack tomorrow to cover your book; read through a research article to wet appetite for stats! |
| Tue 8/22 | Pardi’s first video (HERE); Talked about examples of stats from CNN and the newspaper; gave SCC ID number; sent email…login to the HUB tonight!…bring paper sack for Friday to cover our books; Homework (20 minutes of class time to work): read and take notes on chapter 1 |
| Wed 8/23 | (A&P Wed…shorter classes); Groups of 3 worked on two different 5-W problems; notes check; discussion of quantitative vs. categorical; discrete vs. continuous; levels of measurement; Bring paper sack for Friday! |
| Thur 8/24 | Card sort activity; Graphing calculator activity (learn to enter lists and plot a scatterplot); Time to work on chapter 1 #1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 11, 13, 15, 25, 26….Bring a book cover tomorrow!!! |
| Fri 8/25 | Hmwk check…time to compare hmwk…ask questions…covered our book!…assigned 3 readings from (success from stats)…also need to start taking notes on chapter 2 (first 6-7 pages or so) |
| Mon 8/28 | Hmwk check on 3 readings (success from stats); looked at misleading graphs (ppt); students worked on sheet together (Jenny the Wonder Woman); More notes tonight (be up to pages 13-14 or so); Finish the sheet from class |
| Tue 8/29 | Derek Jeter vs. David Justice problem; Kidney stone and Berkeley Simpson’s paradox situations; Compared and addressed homework (Jenny the Wonder Woman sheet); Finish taking chapter 2 notes; Start working on Ch 2 #5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14ab, 17, 18 |
| Wed 8/30 | Dr. H had to go to the auditorium for club sign up. Notes check; Time to build circle for circle graph. Continue to work on Ch 2 #5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14ab, 17, 18 and ADD #24, 25 |
| Thur 8/31 | Hmwk check; questions on hmwk; looked at the circle graphs; video on 2-way tables (Click HERE); worksheet and add on Ch 2 #27, 30, 31, 35 |
| Fri 9/1 | Answered questions off the worksheet/additional problems. Then took a quiz. No hmwk for the long weekend! |
| Mon 9/4 | Labor Day |
| Tue 9/5 | Snake eyes data collection; addressed setting up a frequency table and histogram; addressed 2^k ≥ n for number of classes (Video HERE); addressed setting up histogram on the calc; tonight: Start taking notes on Chapter 3 (you have 2 nights to do so) |
| Wed 9/5 | Used MLB victory data to create freq. table, relative freq. table, and histogram. Video histogram (HERE). Take more notes on chapter 3 |
| Thur 9/6 | MLP homerun data to look at stem-and-leaf (by 10’s and by 5’s) as well as historgram and dot plot; Looked at initial WHS ACT data; Video stem-and-leaf (HERE). You should be done with Chap 3 notes |
| Fri 9/7 | Looked at Dak Prescott’s salary compared to others (HERE); ACT questions…quiz bowl buzzer style! “Stats for Dummies…4 puzzles” to do this weekend |
| Mon 9/11 | Looked at a couple back-to-back stem and leaf plots; “dummies” packet hmwk check; Video on median/mean (HERE); Discussed summation problems on the packet; started to talk about a box and whisker plot |
| Tue 9/12 | Warm-up with making number sets satisfying various conditions; Video on Box plot (HERE); Examples of box plots; Work on Ch 3: 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 19, 21, 24, 26, 33, 35, 37, 40, 50, 54, (calc) 55 |
| Wed 9/13 | Work on Ch 3: 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 19, 21, 24, 26, 33, 35, 37, 40, 50, 54, (calc) 55 |
| Thur 9/14 | Built a box plot on the calc; packet to look at IQR; officially discussed how to determine an outlier; Looked up box plots on google to see some in action; Time to work on the assignment |
| Fri 9/15 | Hmwk check; discussed questions on the hmwk; Looked at stdev on the calc; notes on center/spread…symbols for population and samples….variance and the formula for stdev; Examples in class; Do the 2 “dummies” worksheets this weekend. Chap 3 quiz on Monday; Chap 1-4 test on Friday |
| MOn 9/18 | Homework check; practiced StDev by hand; watched a good video (HERE); partner quiz (no calc)…students get 5 more min on Wed. |
| Tue 9/19 | Work day…be sure to read chapter 4 at some point! Work on Chap 4 #5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 16, 18, 20abc, 23, 31, 36, 37, 39, 41 |
| Wed 9/20 | Finish the partner quiz (no calc)…do the partner quiz (calc)…work on the hmwk problems from yesterday |
| Thurs 9/21 | Warm up with dot plots; 5 ppt problems to look at; go over quizzes; prepare for the exam; give review; work on review and the chap 4 hmwk |
| Fri 9/22 | Dr. Hartman was out working on homecoming things; Students had time to work on chapter 4 work and the review. The answers to the review will be posted HERE this weekend. |
| Mon 9/25 | Ch 4 hmwk check; First major exam |
| Tue 9/26 | Answered questions on the 2nd puzzle from the “dummies” sheet from two weekends ago; Normal curve video (Click HERE); At the boards discussion N(20, 1.5)…building normal curve based on empirical rule; Hmwk: start to read and take notes for chapter 5 |
| Wed 9/27 | Click HERE first; Look over the “reading” material on this part of Mathisfun.co…then at the bottom take the quiz; record your results on the piece of paper; Hmwk: continue to read/take notes for chapter 5 |
| Thur 9/28 | Sketched N( 84.7, 6.2); Analyzed test results; Went over the test; tests back; Looked at ACT results “information” |
| Fri 9/29 | Revisited: Click HERE first; Look over the “reading” material on this part of Mathisfun.co…then at the bottom take the quiz…the quiz is good! Looked at the NWU stats book problem with the twins; initial discussion about z-scores z = (x bar – mu) / stdev; started to watch: HERE; no hmwk for the weekend. |
| Mon 10/2 | Finished NWU book problem; finished the video; looked at the z-score table; time to start working…remember to take some notes on Ch 5 and start doing Ch5 #1, 3, 7, 9-13, 15, 17, 19, 23 |
| Tue 10/3 | Quiz w/ a group of 3…take more notes for ch 5…add to hmwk: 24-27, 31, 32, 35abc, 37 |
| Wed 10/4 | No class due to college signing day |
| Thur 10/5 | Tough day for us here at WHS……Click HERE second mathisfun.com part to look at; look over the “reading” material…at the bottom take the 2nd quiz; record your results. When done, compare homework!!!! Likely indiv. quiz on Monday (over chapter 5) |
| Fri 10/6 | Looked at newspaper stats; went over a tough normal curve / z-score problem; quizzes back; Add to chapter 5 hmwk: #39, 41, 43, 45; Assign math for dummies sheet |
| Mon 10/9 | Asked for any questions on the hmwk; dummies sheet; then time for partners to work on a quiz together |
| Tue 10/10 | PPT leading us through initial thoughts on simulations…flipping a coin…also looked at the calculator….AND the calc to find normal z-values! Read Chapter 10 (yes TEN), take notes, and start to do: Do #3, 5, 6, 9, 11 |
| Wed 10/11 | Started to talk through simulations…and random numbers to help lead the way…keep working on 3, 5, 6, 9, 11… |
| Thur 10/12 | More with simulations; go over the quiz (HERE); Add to hmwk…12, 13 |
| Fri 10/13 | Finish up the Ch 10 notes and book work if you haven’t already…then work on the coordinate plane “pumpkin” picture. (Dr. Hartman was gone at a quiz bowl competition!) |
| Mon-Tues | Fall Break |
| Wed 10/18 | Seniors were out and about on college visits! |
| Thur 10/19 | Last simulation activity in class (peers worked together); then time for finish old book work and add on Ch 10 #17-19, 31, 36. Notes check and hmwk check tomorrow as well as a quiz as well as moving on! |
| Fri 10/20 | Pushed quiz and hmwk/notes check to monday; Answered questions from the book (Ch 10); moved on to the rectangle activity. Download “sheet” HERE and watch first 18 minutes of this video (HERE). Spend time with this!!! |
| Mon 10/23 | Notes check ; hwmk check; Recapped Friday’s work; Chap 10 quiz; TIME to read and take notes for chapter 11; have this done by tomorrow! |
| Tue 10/24 | Notes check ch 11; Videos HERE and HERE over census, sampling, and types of sampling; began to talk about how sampling would work with our rectangles (SRS, systematic, and stratified); Hmwk: start working on Ch 11 #1, 3, 4, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 18, 21, 22, 23, 25, 27 |
| Wed 10/25 | Moved to the library so Dr. H could set up for quiz bowl club; Work on Ch 11 #1, 3, 4, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 18, 21, 22, 23, 25, 27; Quiz on Ch 11 will be Monday |
| Thur 10/26 | Discussed Stratified and Cluster sampling with our rectangles. Time to work |
| Fri 10/27 | Many gone; time to work; Quiz Monday on Ch 11 |
| Mon 10/30 | Hmwk check; went over the project expectations; partner ch 11 quiz; time to think about the project |
| Tue 10/31 | Time to work on the project; time to work on “reading and taking notes on ch 12″…MANY did not use their time wisely. |
| Wed 11/1 | No class (lots of things going on….10th grade Pre-ACT) |
| Thur 11/2 | A few students gone!!! 1. Watch two videos: HERE and then HERE; 2. Make sure you have complete notes taken for chapter 12 (there will be a notes check on Friday)…and there is a LOT in chapter 12. Hopefully the videos helped some. 3. Things to consider: practice quiz w/ answers on Friday…time to work on book work Friday…time to work on Project Friday….Official Ch 12 quiz on Tuesday of next week….Chapter 5/10/11/12 TEST next Friday…keep or START working on the project as it’s due Wed Nov 15th. |
| Fri 11/3 | MANY gone!!! Notes check. “Practice quiz” with answers handed out when finished. (Click HERE) Time to work on book work and project. Ch 12 :#1-25 odd and 29, 37, 41 |
| Mon 11/6 | No school (teacher inservice) |
| Tue 11/7 | Teacher’s guide article to help students “see” the overview of chapter 12; Time for groups of 2 or 3 to work through the new quiz; Work on the book work and project. Test is Friday and Project is due next Wednesday |
| Wed 11/8 | Answers to the quiz handed out; began a discussion about statistically significant; answered a few question….make progress towards Friday’s test and next week’s project deadline. Review packet handed out |
| Thur 11/9 | Time to review / ask questions. Answers for the review handed out. Test is tomorrow….project due next Wed. |
| Fri 11/10 | Test; take home part to complete over the weekend. |
| Mon 11/13 | Turned in take home test; Dummies guide (start) for Correlation and Scatterplots (in class); time to work on Project….read and take notes on chapter 6 tonight |
| Tue 11/14 | Graphing calc activity (pg. 154….then #6) first; Part of Video #1 Scatterplots (Click HERE) Starting about 3:30; Video #2 on Correlation (Click HERE); Time to work on Projects…Tonight: take MORE notes on chapter 6…you should be coming close to having the whole chapter completed. Work on Project! Due Friday |
| Wed 11/15 | Club day / early release day…time to work on projects…some helped Dr. H set up for quiz bowl club in the library (project is due first thing on Friday!) |
| Thur 11/16 | Dummies guide (r); Round 1 of r by hand; then on the calculator; Round 2 of r by hand; Finish project tonight |
| Fri 11/17 | Turned in projects…Round 3 of r by hand; Video (click HERE); Practiced finding “r” using method of choice (sci. calcs!!!); partner quiz on Monday!!! |
| Mon 11/20 | (Dr. H is gone) Partner quiz calculating “r” (sci. calcs!!!); Time to work on chap 6: #1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 15, 16, 27, 28, 31, 39, 46 |
| Tue 11/21 | (Dr. H is gone) Turkey cards!!!! More time to work on chapter 6:1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 15, 16, 27, 28, 31, 39, 46 |
| Thanksgiving Break! | |
| Mon 11/27 | Time to explore with the correlation game (click HERE); summary sheet for chap 6; answered questions on the book work; start to read & take notes for chapter 7 |
| Tue 11/28 | Warmup (review of finding the equation of a line through 2 points); a couple basic Khan videos related to line of best fit; Twizzler activity; READ and take notes for chapter 7; “half-test” over chap 6 and 7 next week |
| Wed 11/29 | “Party” Video (Click HERE).Formal notes on calculating the regression line; Worksheet for homework (due Thursday) Also be sure to have the reading/notes done for chapter 7!!!! |
| Thur 11/30 | Went through the hmwk wkst; “airfare” worksheet in class; Start to work on chap 7 book work: Ch 7 #1, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 15, 16, 17, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 37, 47, 51ae, and 53 |
| Fri 12/1 | Time to work on chap 7 book work: Ch 7 #1, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 15, 16, 17, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 37, 47, 51ae, and 53 (quiz Monday; test Thursday) |
| Mon 12/4 | Partner/group quiz |
| Tue 12/5 | Handed out the review for the Ch 6-7 test (answers too) |
| Wed 12/6 | Early out / club day…in the media center studying and setting up for quiz bowl club |
| Thur 12/7 | Ch 6-7 exam |
| Fri 12/8 | Began chap 13; looking at probability. Video: HERE; Played SKUNK; “took” notes in class on the notesheet!. Will finish the notesheet on Monday; This weekend CAREFULLY read all of chapter 13; add to notes! |
| Mon 12/11 | Pardi video HERE; more with chap 13 notes; Quiz A w/ ans; Quiz C at home |
| Tue 12/12 | SKUNK x 2; Compared Quiz C; worked on Quiz D; answers giving for Quiz C&D; READ chapter 14 tonight |
| Wed 12/13 | SKUNK x 2; notes for chapter 14 |
| Thur 12/14 | Greedy pig work; “Quiz A” in class w/ answers…”Quiz B” at home |
| Fri 12/15 | Answers for “Quiz B”…class worked together on Quiz C for a grade…then on the greedy pig (10 games) |
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| Spring | Warm up (information); activities and instructional strategies used in class; Upcoming information; “Links” to videos; Assignment(s) |
| Thur 1/4 | Semester finals handed back (and collected again); Review of probability from the end of S1…chapters 13 & 14; START to read chapter 15 tonight and take notes |
| Fri 1/5 | Easter bunny problem in class; read chap 15 and take full notes…there will be a notes check on Monday! Be focused! |
| Mon 1/8 | Lottery question to start class; Went over 10-12 on the worksheet from last week; (notes check); time to start working on Chap 15 #1-13 odd, 19-31 odd, 35 |
| Tue 1/9 | Looked at insurance problem (#22) to start and then time to work. |
| Wed 1/10 | Add on 43-55 odd to the problems; hmwk check tomorrow! We are moving on tomorrow! |
| Thur 1/11 | Snow day |
| Fri 1/12 | Hmwk check; Video to look at random variables HERE ; Flight problem to look at discrete probability from a “binomial” approach; Began more formal notes on binomial theorem; Read Ch 16 and take notes this weekend!!! |
| Mon 1/15 | Opened with sheet of problems with postal service; Watched video (HERE); Looked at Quincunx machines (HERE and HERE); used work from the video, last week’s 20% late “flight” problem, and postal service problem to make sense of the binomial theorem; FINISH reading and taking notes over chapter 16. |
| Tue 1/16 | Binomial question to start: n=10; p=0.7; P(3)= and P(6 or 7)=; time to start working on chap 16 #9-29 odd |
| Wed 1/17 | Club day; early release day; continue to work on Chap 16 |
| Thurs 1/18 | Review of all probability (chp 13-14-15-16); began to go over Ch 16 problems |
| Fri 1/19 | Went over more of Ch 16 problems and addressed the connection with the Normal curve; assigned the rest of Ch 16: 31-37 odd |
| Mon 1/22 | Snow day 1 |
| Tue 1/23 | Snow day 2 |
| Wed 1/24 | Catch up / hmwk check … |
| Thur 1/25 | Went over 31 and 37; practice quizzes handed out…(and the answers)…Quiz on Friday |
| Fri 1/26 | Chap 15 / 16 Quiz |
| Mon 1/29 | Dr. Hartman ill; Review |
| Tues 1/30 | Time to ask questions |
| Wed 1/31 | Part 1 of the probability test (Ch 13-16) |
| Thur 2/1 | Part 2 of the probability test (Ch 13-16) |
| Fri 2/2 | Dr. Hartman was gone with the quiz bowl team; 4 students were gone for quiz bowl; 2 were making up the test; the other 6 had a study hall |
| Mon 2/5 | Talked about the path from the beg. of the course until now…at the doorstep of inferential stats!; Went over the test; begin to read and take notes on chap 17 |
| Tue 2/6 | Collected “fun size” m&m data; Built a sampling distribution with n=5; continue to read and take notes on chap 17 |
| Wed 2/7 | Built a sampling distribution with n=10; continue to read and take notes on chap 17 |
| Thur 2/8 | Notes check; thumb tack activity! (discovered the standard deviation is sq. root of p times q divided by n) Showed that the larger the n, the narrower the standard deviation. Handed out the packet. Did “A” in class; Watched the first first video and took notes “B” (HERE); Assigned “C” for homework. |
| Fri 2/9 | Cleaned up issues from yesterday’s “thumbtack” data!; answers for “C”; watched Khan video “D’ (HERE); basketball players left |
| Mon 2/12 | Started with “E” in class; Watched Khan video “F” (HERE); Did “G”; watched Khan video “H” (HERE); Assigned “I”…. The cool website is: HERE |
| Tue 2/13 | Cleaned up issues on the A-I packet; assigned Chapter 17: #1, 7, 13-27 odd, 33, 34, 35, 39, 40, 43, 45, 46, 48, 50, 52 |
| Wed 2/14 | Focused time to work…quiet environment!…on the chap 17 problems |
| Thurs 2/15 | Warm up problems with “banana runts”; time to work; Chewy visited! |
| Fri 2/16 | Hmwk check; answered questions; Quiz….w/ answers…not graded |
| Mon 2/19 | EPA fuel problem; Partner quiz (graded); answers handed out |
| Tue 2/20 | Indiv quiz; Math for dummies sheets; start to read and take notes on Ch 18 |
| Wed 2/21 | Video: HERE; send Video: HERE (only watch 7:55-8:55); time to collect penny data; finish reading/taking notes on Ch 18 |
| Thurs 2/22 | Worked through confidence intervals, examining both proportions and means (w/ and w/out known pop STDEV); worksheet to lead us through |
| Fri 2/23 | Work time…must turn in at the end (showing all work); Ch 18 #1-15 odd and #22; Big Chap 17-18 test next Friday |
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| Tue 2/27 | Finished going over the C.I. packet and assigned Ch 18 #17, 19, 23, 27, 29, 31 |
| Wed 2/28 | Chap 18 Quiz |
| Thur 3/1 | Study for the Chap 17-18 Exam; review packet (w/ answers) |
| Fri 3/2 | Chap 17-18 Exam |
| Mon 3/5 | Trios worked through the test; cleaning up issues |
| Tue 3/6 | Flow chart of when to use z vs t (and when neither work); video (Pardi) inferences with t (HERE). Handed out a t-distribution sheet; tests back to look over |
| Wed 3/7 | Most out of class for switch rally or clubs… |
| Thur 3/8 | Spring break. |
| Fri 3/9 | Spring break. |
| Mon 3/12 | Spring break for students; work day for teachers. |
| Tue 3/13 | Watched AthleteNation video; reviewed the “t” distribution…built a confidence interval with the pennies (didn’t include the actual parameter since the pop. isn’t normal); Worked through some problems. hmwk: READ chapter 22 and take notes (notes check on Thursday) |
| Wed 3/14 | Weighed a sample of pies and determined the confidence interval for the population mean. Interesting results; Make sure you have read chap 22 and taken notes! |
| Thur 3/15 | Notes check; time to work on Chap 22 #1, 3ab, 5-21 odd, 37, 41, 43, 47 |
| Fri 3/16 | Time to work; turned in at the end of class. |
| Mon 3/19 | Indiv. Chap 22 quiz |
| Tue 3/20 | Many gone; worked on a few of the “struggle” areas of the chapter! |
| Wed 3/21 | Partner rotation of the Chap 22 quiz. Start reading / taking notes on Chap 19. |
| Thur 3/22 | First exposure to Hypothesis Testing! Finish reading / taking notes on Chap 19 |
| Fri 3/23 | Dr. Hartman was ill. Do this packet (HERE). Download it if you missed class and do it!!!. You will turn it in. |
| Mon 3/26 | Worked through 2 more hypothesis testing problems; assigned the final 2 on the sheet for homework |
| Tue 3/27 | Practice writing hypotheses; then Time to work: Ch 19 #1-19 odd, 23, 31 |
| Wed 3/28 | Dr. H is gone with quiz bowl; Time to work Ch 19 #1-19 odd, 23, 31 |
| Thur 3/29 | Answered questions on bookwork |
| Fri 3/30 | Easter break |
| Mon 4/2 | Easter break |
| Tue 4/3 | Juniors took ACT |
| Wed 4/4 | Ch 19 quiz |
| Thur 4/5 | Most out for activities; no class |
| Fri 4/6 | Went over the quiz; study for Tuesday’s Ch 19, 22 exam |
| Mon 4/9 | Review |
| Tue 4/10 | Exam |
| Wed 4/11 | Ch 22 #29, 31, 35 and pg. 659 #3, 9, 17, 23, 25, 33, 41 |
| Thur 4/12 | Answered questions; Type 1 and Type 2 errors; watched videos on Type 1 errors (HERE and HERE); read chap 20 and work on Ch 20 #1-19 odd, 23-33 odd |
| Fri 4/13 | Dr. H at quiz bowl; time to work Ch 20 #1-19 odd, 23-33 odd |
| Mon 4/16 | Quiz; partner rotation; Pardi video (HERE) |
| Tue 4/17 | Video (HERE); end of the year info handed out; time to work on Ch 21 #18, 30; Ch 23 #34, 36; Ch 24 #28, 30 |
| Wed 4/18 | Time to work |
| Thur 4/19 | Vide0 (HERE); time to work |
| Fri 4/20 | Time to ask questions; good reference website (HERE) |
| Mon 4/23 | Turn in work; take “quest” on Ch 21/23/24 (50 pt summative and 25 pt formative) |
| Tue 4/24 | Begin to study for the SCC final! |
| Wed 4/25 | Study for SCC final |
| Thur 4/26 | Study for SCC final |
| Fri 4/27 | Study for SCC final (answers for the review given out) |
| Mon 4/30 | Last day to review! |
| Tue 5/1 | Day 1 of SCC final |
| Wed 5/2 | Day 2 of SCC final |
| Thur 5/3 | Time to work on the final project |
| Fri 5/4 | Time to work on the final project |
| Mon 5/7 | Time to work on the final project |
| Tue 5/8 | Time to work on the final project |
| Wed 5/9 | Time to work on the final project |
| Thur 5/10 | Project Due; Began Hidden Figures; turned in books |
| Fri 5/11 | Hidden Figures |
| Mon 5/14 | Finished Hidden Figures; Students final day of school!!!!! |
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