Collecting, displaying, and interpreting data has become a part of life in our fast paced technological world. In the following lessons students will be responsible for gathering and displaying data in a line plot. They will find two measures of central tendency according to the data. Students will work as a whole class, in groups, pairs, and individually.
This lesson will be a review of skills for calculating mean, mode, median, and range of a set of numbers to be created by the students. It will result in a seasonal display for the classroom or school-wide bulletin board.
Given that no consumer grade digital cameras can produce images with more than at most about 12-bits per color channel, and 8-bits per color channel is more common, to manipulate HDR images (of say 32-bits per color channel), one must find a way to "estimate" the 8-bits up to 32-bits. This creation of an HDR image can be accomplished using multiple images at different exposure levels (stops).
The simplest operator used to map an HDR image to an LDR image. For example, the simplest method for how to map a 32-bit range down to an 8-bit range is a basic quantizer.
Students learn about the frequency range of human hearing by collecting data from a website simulation. They analyze the data to determine the typical range for students in their classroom. Students participate in a collaborative effort to gather scientific data on humans for use in designing an engineering product.
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Mathematics and Statistics, Science and Technology
In this role-playing activity, students learn how cellular phone service works, its advantages and its limitations. Students also learn about the advantages and limitations of satellite phone service. Phone communication involves many aspects of science, math and engineering, and this activity conveys to students how these technologies help people to stay better connected. Students use what they learn to understand what communication options might be available for Maya and her parents, Spacewoman Tess and Spaceman Rohan.
Subject:
Mathematics and Statistics, Science and Technology
Students learn how engineers navigate satellites in orbit around the Earth and on their way to other planets in the solar system. In accompanying activities, they explore how ground-based tracking and onboard measurements are performed. Also provided is an overview of orbits and spacecraft trajectories from Earth to other planets, and how spacecraft are tracked from the ground using the Deep Space Network (DSN). DSN measurements are the primary means for navigating unmanned vehicles in space. Onboard spacecraft instruments might include optical sensors and an inertial measurement unit (IMU).
Subject:
Mathematics and Statistics, Science and Technology
This lesson involves students in collecting data, organizing data into a line plot, discussing statistics, calculating mean, median and mode and consumer awareness.
In this video from Cyberchase, Bianca uses data on past shoe sales to help her decide what quantities of each size she should order in the next shipment.
Introduces students to basic properties of structural materials and behavior of simple structural elements and systems through a series of experiments. Students learn experimental technique, data collection, reduction and analysis, and presentation of results.
Statistics play a vital role in the scientific enterprise. This activity provides background information and tutorials on basic statistics (mean, median, standard deviation, etc.) used in science. Topics include descriptive statistics. l
Subject:
Mathematics and Statistics, Science and Technology
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