Student Resources - Level 3

Digging for Data: The Search within Research

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This Consumer Reports website for kids was referenced within the M3 unit. Along with information designed to empower kids to be savvy consumers, it includes resources for teachers.

NCES Students' Classroom
Check out the games, problems and chanllenges at the National Center for Education Statistics' Student's Classroom. Here you can find out about your school or others in the country; discover information that can help you decide on a college; find a public library; learn about mathematicians; and even submitt your writing for the on-line magazine CRUNCH.

The American Statistical Association Poster and Project Competition
You've collected all this data now what can you do with it? Consider entering the American Statistical Association's competition. First prise is worth $200.

Starko, A. J., & Schack, G. D. (1992). Looking for Data in all the Right Places: A Guidebook for Conducting Original Research with Young Investigators. Mansfield Center, CT: Creative Learning Press.
This is an excellent guidebook to help students learn how to gather and analyze data in order to answer research questions. Each chapter includes explanations, examples, and practice activities for different steps of the research process.