Resources
A package of short programs specially designed to complement "Living with Uncertainty".
Statistics: Tallies and pictograms - EAL
This resource covers interpreting and constructing pictograms, tally charts and bar charts. They are designed for teachers working with learners who are new to English. The resources include two sets of flashcards (colours and vocabulary) and a series of three lesson plans.
Each lesson plan includes key...
This book has been designed to be flexible enough to meet the needs of students at all GCE levels. Some mathematical analysis is included, but this may be omitted without loss of continuity by a reader whose interest is in the applications of the techniques. This book will therefore provide a course who approach is...
An introduction to statistics for sixth forms and for first-year students of science and engineering. As its title implies, it is written for those who are not content to be given a rule from which practical results can be obtained, but also want to 'know the reason why'.
The proofs give are intended to...
Stats in Your Genes
This Mathematics Matters case study, from the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications, discusses the importance of statistics and computing to developments in medical research. Sequencing the human genome was a fantastic achievement, but it was only the beginning. Now, statisticians are coming up with new...
stats4schools is managed by the independent Office for National Statistics, and includes data from across government.
stats4schools is about helping teachers and students to get more from statistics. There are datasets which can be download and included in own their projects. This collection contains lessons...
Stature
The Nuffield Foundation provide this resource where students use simulated stature data for men and women in eight countries to draw histograms and look for general results, as manufacturers need to take these into account when they design products. This is mainly intended as an introduction to the normal...
Staying Alive
A Year 11 module from the Salters’ Key Stage Four double award science course. This module explores the controlled and co-ordinated energy changes which maintain a complex series of interlinked metabolic processes in living tissues.
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This series uses cartoon-style illustrations and humorous narrative text to make key topics in Science and Geography accessible and engaging . This approach encourages children to read about and understand complex...
