16 Apr Grade 12 Essentials

16 Apr 2024 Grade 12 Essentials.  Word of the day: Quartiles

Announcments:

• No class Friday, teacher conference
• Attendance is an issue! Do not throw it under the bus this last term! Marks go to sponsors in two weeks, get assignments in.  Late penalty if more than a week late.
• Monday 22nd APril, Earth Day Lunch Time Feast
• Issuing Progress reports today [?], see what you are missing.

Today Lesson(s)

• Warmup / Review.  Pages 3 and 6 in the issued Archived Past Exam Stats Questions 
• Assignment C-4 Percentile Rank (due in class, 16 Apr)
  • Lesson Support Videos:   Percentile Rank.  How do you compare with others!
• Finish Unit C Notes pp. 19-22.
• Assgt C-5 Percentile Rank and Trimmed Means (Due<=19 22 Apr)
• Statistics Canada – Family Income.  Check out just some of the useful statistics that Statistics Canada determines.
• Let’s Play with some technology!
  • A simple Graph and Histogram Maker.  Try it!
  • DESMOS Graphing Calculator does Statistics and Histograms! (for small sets). See end of Notes p. ‘Technology 4’  This is really Applied Math stuff, not allowed to use in Essential, but good way to visualize math.
    • Check out my Quick Desmos Statistics Movie.  (Even though technically it is only Applied Math who get to use Apps!)
  • Plop It Statsitics App.  Another good App to illustrate statistics using a graphic device.
• Issue some Stats Review and Quiz Prep Questions (not handin) for Thursday Quiz.
• Keep working in some more Archived Exam Questions: Statistics Questions from Previous Provincial Exams.  (with answers) [Issued]

Selected Useful Resources

Selected Useful Resources:

• • • Daily Lesson Shared Files.  Every lesson we have done on the board since day one.
    • Study Notes (‘Cheat Sheet’) Preparation.  Students are expected to prepare their own ‘Cheat Sheet’ by end of course.  An EXTRA 5% on course mark. [ Study Notes Preparationand Rubric.]
    • Grade 12 Math Archived Exam Questions. DO NOT MISS  ~10 years of past provincial exams, with full solutions and exemplars of what NOT to do.  Do not miss this: Archived Grade 12 Exams.
    • Central Tendency Manipulative
    • Central Tendency Calculation Template for large samples
    • Workbook: Archived Statistics Exam Questions
    • Statistics Canada.  So many Statistics collected and prepared by the government!  Check out one example: Canada at a Glance 2022!