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Statistics Interactive Notebook Pages 2015-2016

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Have you ever wondered what an entire interactive notebook looks like?  Today I want to share with you one of my student’s notebooks from last year’s statistics class.  I didn’t do the best job of blogging all my notebook pages last year.  I blame it on the craziness of getting married last school year!

Many of these pages should look familiar because I did blog about some of them!

These notebook pages are based off of an older edition of BVD’s Stats Modeling the World textbook.

Each unit started out with a unit divider/table of contents/score tracking sheet.  I blogged about this system here.

 

 

Our first activity of the year was the hiring discrimination activity from The Practice of Statistics.  This activity got a blog post here!  

 

Next was a Q and A section taken straight from the BVD stats book:

Vocabulary Sheet for Unit 1.  This idea failed TERRIBLY.  Having my students copy down vocab words took waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyy too long.  We don’t have stats books, so I can’t make them copy down the vocab on their own time.

Class Survey Results.  I typed up the results for the class so we could use this data throughout the rest of the course.

Students had to write down observations from our class results.

W’s Foldable:

 

This was another foldable where I asked my students to do too much writing.  I should have pre-typed most of that!

W’s Practice Problems:

 

Next, students had to design their own survey and label the cases and results.  This didn’t go as well as I’d hoped.  Next time I teach stats, I’ll make much more structured notes for this lesson!

 

 

Categorical vs Quantitative Variable Card Sort (Blog Post)

My last attempt at vocabulary for the year.

 

3 Rules of Data Analysis:

 

 

Unit 2!

 

Graphs In The News Foldable.  This also became a blog post last year!

 

Titanic Contingency Tables:

 

Students had to design a survey to determine if two variables were independent or dependent.

 

Contingency Table Practice:

 

M&M Lab – This was modified from @druinok.  Almost all of what I have is thanks to her and her willingness to share resources!

 

We made a pocket to hold our practice cards:

 

 

 

Unit 3!

 

Quantitative Data Displays Foldable:

 

You can see that I accidentally typed something under the wrong section.  Oops!

We practiced making graphs from our class survey results.

 

 

I love the SOCS acronym that @druinok shared with me.  I blogged about this foldable here.

 

 

We looked at the shape, outliers, center, and spread of the Kentucky Derby Winning Times from 1875 to 2008.

And, then we did even more SOCS practice!

 

Unit 4!

 

 

 

Numerical Center Practice:

Silly me accidentally put the same problem twice inside this foldable.  Another oops moment!

I made them go through the process of finding standard deviation by hand before showing them how to do it on their calculators.

 

Standard Deviation Practice:

 

Interquartile Range Notes:

We did some basic IQR practice:

Then, we did an IQR vs. Standard Deviation Card Sort.  I blogged about this card sort here.

We traced our hands and wrote out the 5 facts that should be reported in a 5 number summary.  I blogged about this lesson here.

Remember that class survey data?  We used it to make our own five number summaries!

 

Notes on Making a Boxplot

We collected some data playing Tenzi and used that to practice making boxplots.

Tenzi Game dice color may vary .
 
Originally, my plan was to have my students play two different versions of Tenzi and compare their results.  You can get a book that contains 77 different ways to play!  
 
Tenzi 77 Ways to Play Tenzi

In the end, we just ended up playing using the normal rules TWICE.  So, we compared our Tenzi results as an inexperienced player and an experienced player!

What are the numbers in the 8 boxes?  They are the number of seconds it took my students to finish a round of Tenzi.  If I were to do this again (and I definitely would!), I would have my students maybe count the number of rolls it took them to reach Tenzi.  

Tenzi Box Plots:

We followed this up with another game, the Game of Greed.  I got game from @druinok, as well.  

 

We did a bit of comparing boxplot practice.

 

Unit 5!

 

Next, we did a Halloween Statistics activity to examine how shifting and rescaling a variable affects the summary statistics.

 

We wrote up some summary notes to describe what happened:

Then, it was time to talk z-scores!  I blogged about introducing z-scores here.

Z-Score Formula:

Calculating and Comparing Z-Score Notes

 

Normal Model Notes:

Normal Model Tables:

Z-Table Practice:

 

Z-Scores In Reverse:

 

More Normal Distribution Practice:

 

Unit 6!

 

Foldable with Random Number Table Inside:

 

Steps for a Simulation:

Simulation Practice:

Realized afterward we needed even more practice!

 

Types of Sampling Notes:

 

How to Randomly Select a Simple Random Sample:

 

Sources of Bias:

 

Unit 7!

 

Experiment vs. Observational Study Notes

 

Parts of an Experiment

 

Parts of an Experiment:

 

 

 

How to Design An Experiment:

 

Water Dowsing Experiment:

 

Types of Randomization:

 

 

And, that’s a wrap for Statistics 2015-2016.  We did a bunch of projects as well, but those were made into posters and presentations.  Hope you’ve enjoyed this jaunt through our notebook from last year!  Some day, I hope to write blog posts for some more of these pages and post downloads/more details.  If only I had more to just blog!  

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Sarah Carter teaches high school math in her hometown of Coweta, Oklahoma. She currently teaches AP Precalculus, AP Calculus AB, and Statistics. She is passionate about sharing creative and hands-on teaching ideas with math teachers around the world through her blog, Math = Love.

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61 Comments

  1. I truly can't thank you enough for your blog. I am a self-taught math teacher, and now am teaching stats! I was wondering if you would be willing to share these files with me?

    Thank you,
    Valerie
    vsanguinetti@roe3.org

  2. Hi! I would love anything to start creating these notebooks, I am teaching statistics for the first time and would appreciate it if you could send me your files? I have just started doing interactive notebooks with my geometry classes and it seems to work better. Thank you 🙂
    mgrom@bridgeportps.net

  3. Hi Sarah! I love your blog! I mostly teach Algebra 1, but this year is my first year teaching Stats. I would love to use some of your INB files for my class if you don't mind sharing. Thank you so much!
    lorie.batrez[at]gmail.com

  4. Hi Sarah! I've been digging through and enjoying reading posts on your blog ever since I stumbled upon your Functions overhaul. Would it be at all possible for me to get access to the m&m lab from unit 2 as well as all of your materials for units 5, 6, and 7? I can't seem to find them on this page. My e-mail is robert.deabreu@gess.sg. Thanks so much!

  5. Is there any way you could let me have your unit 7 statistics notebook files? I'm getting ready to do this unit in Algebra 2 and love your materials.

  6. I just want to let you know how much of a saving grace you have been for me this year! This is my first year to teach Algebra I and Statistics. Before this, I was a 7th/8th grade math teacher. You helped me to get a focus on many of the skills. I want to thank you for selflessly taking time to blog and post your material! Is there any chance that you can share the files from this page. I have some of your notes already, but there is so much here that I would love to have! Thanks again! Mary Moore mmoore@wodenisd.org

  7. Sarah,

    I am embarking on the journey of teaching statistics and INB for the first time next year. Would you be willing to share ALL of your INB pages with me? achambers@lewiscentral.org

    Thanks! I absolutely love your blog!

  14. Hello!
    I have been using INB for years, but have just started teaching stats and was looking for ideas. I love your journals! I have looked for files, but only found the ones for ch 1. If you don't mind sharing, I would greatly appreciate any and all files you have. My email is: Heidi.Anderson@abileneisd.org

    Thank you!!!

  15. Hi, this will be my first year teaching statistics. If you would be willing to share your files, I would greatly appreciate it.
    My email is: wgtarver82[at]gmail.com

    Thank you!

  18. Hi there, if you don't mind sharing files, I'd love to incorporate this into my Statistics class next year. Students get overwhelmed by the amount of notes and what to write down. I love the idea of helping them out with an INB. Thank you!
    mrobinson@hjuhsd.k12.ca.us

  19. Hello, I am teaching statistics (non-AP) for the first time this coming Fall. I have no idea which book to choose and how I will incorporate into an INB. If I could get a copy of all your resources (notebook inserts), I would surely appreciate it. That would help me get started. Thanks.
    dmartin@armyandnavyacademy.org

  20. Hi Sarah, I absolutely love your blog and have my classroom decorated with so many of your posters! I'm new to teaching statistics this year and really loved the layout of your INB for Stats. Would you mind sharing the link for the Stats INB with me? My email is mrsamandatucker[at]gmail.com Thank you so much in advance!!!

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