Decisions Through Data programs presents with a real-world problem that can be explored using mathematical techniques. These popular programs were designed specifically for classroom use. An extensive Teacher's guide accompanies the programs in this series. The first set of six programs look at what statistics is, stemplots, histograms, measures of center, boxplots and standard deviation.
Manatees live there, along with increasing numbers of humans.
In recent years, many more manatees have been injured or killed. Scatterplots are used to organize and interpret data. Hand out vocabulary sheet. Students will be listening for and writing down key words. Florida's Gulf Coast and the manatees are introduced.