14 Apr 2023 Grade 12 Essential. Word of the Day: Measures of Central Tendency
Announcement(s). Compressed Friday, (every Friday) both classes squezzed into AM. Friday PM is off for students. If you want to hang out a bit that is ok though.
Today’s Lesson
- Warmup. Using a calculator. Got a Decent Calculator yet? If you really insist on using your phone then at least use DESMOS/Scientific in browser or as download.
- Quiz Debrief. The regular weekly Thursday Quiz went well. Last chance to catch it up today if you missed it. There will be 7 or 8 weekly quizzes, do not miss too many. Each is worth about 3% of course mark.
- Update: Here is the Quiz Debrief: Quiz Debrief Movie; Quiz Debrief PDF Handout. (Check back once published) (Yes yes, I know I messed up question 2 in the very first calculation in the debrief but the method is correct)
- Here is the statistics for the 13 students who wrote the quiz. .
- Assgt C-1 Mean Median Mode. A substantial assignment, let’s do in class. (Due: < 18 Apr). We never did get around to that! Update: Just do page 1,the rest we will do in class on Monday.
- Unit C Stats Notes pp. 1-7 still
- Lesson Support VideoPlaylist: Mean, Median, Mode, Range
- Math is Fun – Probability and Statistics. Check it out, pretty much this entire unit and our forthcoming Probability Unit too!
- Check out this interactive Statistics tool on a laptop: Plop it. (Way too much info to show on a tiny phone!). Quick Video demo of ‘PlopIt’.
- Read ahead Stats Notes pp. 8 -14. (always read a section or a few pages ahead even if not instructed)
- Bored? Try a Game! Who Wants to be a Millionaire Statistics. Shoot me a screen shot if you win the Million! Small Bonus Mark.
Useful Resources:
- New: Cheat Sheet. Here is the purpose of YOUR ‘Cheat Sheet’: Study Notes Preparation. 5% of your course mark. Here is an example of a Grade 12 Essential Cheat from a former student.
- New. Need a decent Calculator? Check out these links: Decent Calculator.
- Times Tables Resources! Knowing Times Tables is super useful [Essential]
- Study Notes that were issued, good reminders of the skills students have already acquired:
- Our Grade 12 Study Notes (Cheat Sheet Green). Pretty much the entire course on one sheet of paper, you will compose your own throughout course.
- Grade 11 Essential Study Notes , Grade 10 Essential Study Notes , Grade 9 Study Notes.
- Daily Whiteboard Lessons. Every lesson from every day on the whiteboard, also printed at front of the class
- Protocol for Learning at Home. Stuck at home? Still expected to do work!