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This site can be utilized in an 11th grade statistics course. The unit I highlight is one in which students will review simple graphs, learn more complicated graphs, be able to correctly create and read graphs, and provide data analysis using these graphs. Students will also be able to create graphs and compute data analysis on Microsoft Excel. Students enrolled in my courses will be able to take all that they have learned and be able to do a presentation on the various statistics of slavery in connection to their history class.

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[|Standard Deviation and Variance:] Readability - Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level: 5.2 This source shows the connection between standard deviation and variance. Also it gives step by step instruction on how to find the variance and gives a great example from which students can model.
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[|What is Standard Deviation?:] Readability - Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level: 8.9 This page goes into depth on what standard deviation is and why it is an important component of statistics.

[|How to Find Standard Deviation and Mean Using Excel:] Readability - Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level: 7.1 This page gives step by step instruction on how find standard deviation and mean using the Microsoft Excel program. It is great to print out and give to your class so that they have it in their notes as a reference tool.

[|Mean and Standard Deviation] Readability - Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level: 5.5 This site helps explain what the mean and standard deviation is, as well as explain the importance of standard deviation

[|Comparing Graphs] Readability - Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level: 10.7 This site compares the different types of graphs that the students have be exposed to throughout this unit: Tables, Line Graphs, Bar Graphs, Circle Graphs. It also explains what graph is good for a particular type of data, as well as examples of each type of graph.


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This cartoon helps explain that a line graph extends over a period of time.

2.Cartoon

This funny cartoon help students remember what a pie chart and how whip cream goes on to of pie.

3. [|National Library of Virtual Manipulatives] This website has a variety of virtual manipulatives that can be used to enhance a student's learning of statistics. The manipulatives that can be most useful are bar chart, box model, box plot, histogram, pie chart, scatter plot, and spinners.

4.[|List of Worksheets] This website has great deal of worksheets and lab ideas that could make any classroom fun and enjoyable. These labs gets the students out of their seats to try to find statistic in everyday scenarios.

5. [|Graphing Tutorial] This website has a lot of information about when to use certain graphs, how to use certain graphs, definitions involving every part of a graph and more!

6. [|Standard Deviation Calculator] This site shows a step by step instruction on how to calculate standard deviation. It allows you to plug in the information while doing the step by step instruction and calculates the standard deviation for you. Great for students that already understand standard deviation and how to solve it already. Also great to check your work.