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Title Exploring Data to Make Predictions
Description This lesson is primarily a data science lesson in which students launch projectiles from six different launchers to gain insight into the patterns of landing positions. Students use informal inference to make predictions about where the "next" projectile will land. The lesson ends with a students choosing a launcher to win a tournament-style competition based on the observed centers and variability of each launcher.
Subject Mathematics, Other
Level High School, Undergrad - Intro
Type Guided Activity
Duration 60 minutes
Answers Included No
Language English
Keywords data, data science, histogram, inference, projectiles, statistics, variability
Simulation(s) Projectile Data Lab (HTML5)

Author(s) Catherine Carter
School / Organization PhET Interactive Simulations
Date submitted 24/05/03
Date updated 24/05/03