Although geared toward supporting specific PBS TV programs, many of the ideas and interactive resources can be used without seeing the programs. There are currently 100 High School links including Exploring Data . This site collects lesson plans, web sites, and the math standards related to statistics and interpreting data. The ideas can be used in almost any subject area to give students experience analyzing data related to the content they are studying. Using a spreadsheet, students can manipulate graphs and try our what if ideas to really improve understanding.
Databases can help make patterns more obvious.
The Link is to Spreadsheet Computer Skills for 6-8 student in many subject areas but there are lesson plans, activities and other resources for all grade and subject levels. A trick to finding the main page for a web site area is to remove the words to the preceding backslash. There are currently 171 Intermediate links including National Geographic Map Machine . Type in a place and the map will appear. US and World maps displaying physical, ecological, political, cultural, weather and climate features can be interactively selected with multiple levels of detail.