List of Activities Using Student-Generated Data

The following activities/exercises ask students to analyze data about themselves and their classmates that they collect in the Collect Data section of the topic.

Penny Thoughts 2-1
Student Travels 2-3
Generation M 4-14
Memorizing Letters 5-5, 7-15, 8-13, 9-19, 10-9, 22-3, 23-3
Lifetime Achievements 6-3, 6-6, 24-18
Watching Films 6-17, 6-18
Age Guesses 8-20, 20-13, 20-14
Salary Expectations 8-26
Social Acquaintances 9-8, 9-9, 10-13, 10-14, 19-9, 19-10, 20-12
Candy Colors 13-1
Calling Heads or Tails 15-10, 17-14, 17-15, 24-19
Flat Tires 17-3, 17-10, 17-16, 24-17
Sleeping Times 19-4, 19-5, 19-12, 19-19, 20-2
Close Friends 22-1, 22-5, 22-22
Chip Melting 23-2, 26-20, 29-15
Heights, Handspans, and Foot Lengths 26-5, 29-12, 29-13, 29-14

In the following activities, students perform simulations on their own and then combine their results with those of their classmates.

Sampling Words 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 4-7, 4-8, 8-9, 9-15, 10-23, 14-6, 20-26
Testing Strength Shoes 5-1, 5-2, 5-3
Dolphin Therapy 5-25, 21-1
Random Babies 11-1, 11-2, 14-8, 16-17, 20-16, 20-22
Coin Ages 12-16, 14-1, 14-2, 19-15
Penny Activities 16-9, 16-10, 16-11, 17-9, 18-14, 18-15

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