From the Integrating Mathematical Problem Solving project by Mathematics for Education and Industry (MEI), this activity for post-16 students shows how modelling helps decision making by allowing us to see what is likely to happen. The mathematical ideas covered are:
• Modelling cycle
• Binomial...

Statistics are a vital tool that can be used to define and solve a wide range of problems in everyday life. In this lesson students will revise and consolidate statistical techniques and then look at how these techniques were used to identify and overcome problems of air pollution in London in the 1950s and how...

Statistics are a vital tool that can be used to define and solve a wide range of problems in everyday life. In this lesson students will revise and consolidate statistical techniques and then look at how these techniques were used to identify and overcome problems of air pollution in London in the 1950s and how...

This CensusAtSchool resource is based on key concepts needed by students doing GCSE mathematics, although it may be useful for an introductory review at A level or for strong Key Stage Three students. Pairs are asked to discuss statements on cards and decide, with...

This book, 'Finding out', from the Shell centre offers a range of materials designed to support students as they pursue extended tasks relating to statistical investigations. The analysis of real data which is of some personal significance can be much more rewarding for...

A very useful guide to data analysis in post 16 biology investigations, published by SSERC.

The booklet has been written in a way that is accessible to both teachers and senior school students. The authors say that if you think incorporating statistics into the report of a biology investigation is difficult...

This resource from the Royal Statistical Society Centre for Statistical Education (RSSCSE) consists of the level 1 units. For each unit there are comprehensive notes giving an overview of the unit, the aims and objectives for that unit, and prior learning or prerequisites and the equipment required.

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This resource from the Royal Statistical Society Centre for Statistical Education (RSSCSE) consists of the level 2 units. For each unit below there are comprehensive teachers' notes giving an overview of the unit, the aims and objectives for that unit, and prior learning or prerequisites and the equipment required...

This resource from the Royal Statistical Society Centre for Statistical Education (RSSCSE) consists of the level 3 units. For each unit below there are comprehensive teacher's notes giving an overview of the unit, the aims and objectives for that unit, prior learning or prerequisites and the equipment required....

This resource from the Royal Statistical Society Centre for Statistical Education (RSSCSE) consists of the level 4 units. For each unit below there are comprehensive teacher's notes giving an overview of the unit, the aims and objectives for that unit, and prior learning or prerequisites and the equipment required...

This resource covers interpreting and constructing pictograms, tally charts and bar charts. They are designed for teachers working with learners who are new to English. The resources include two sets of flashcards (colours and vocabulary) and a series of three lesson plans.

Each lesson plan includes key...

The Nuffield Foundation provide this resource where students use simulated stature data for men and women in eight countries to draw histograms and look for general results, as manufacturers need to take these into account when they design products. This is mainly intended as an introduction to the normal...

A Year 11 module from the Salters’ Key Stage Four double award science course. This module explores the controlled and co-ordinated energy changes which maintain a complex series of interlinked metabolic processes in living tissues.

This activity, aimed at Key Stage Two, investigates a range of materials in the classroom, identifying by touch whether they are thermal conductors or thermal insulators. Children are then asked to plan the appropriate clothes to pack for hot and cold destinations, and...

From the Centre for Science Education, and with support from Shell Education services, these materials help children to design a game to test their hand control. The game makes use of the fact that electricity will only flow around a complete circuit.

Children need to navigate a wire loop along a bent wire...