High School Statistics: Resources for Students, Teachers and Parents
What is the likelihood that someone in your classroom has your same birthday? How is slugging percentage calculated? How did they calculate the margin of error in the latest presidential poll? Questions like these can be answered using statistics. In this guide, you’ll find statistics resources that introduce the world of collecting and analyzing data as well as resources for homework help and lesson plans.
Expand All Guide SectionsStudent Resources for Probability and Statistics
For many high school students, statistics is the highest level of math offered—and one of the ... read more »
Teaching Resources for Probability and Statistics
Statistics can be one of the best subjects to engage students in real-world applications. In this section, we show you valuable content that makes statistics both relevant and fun.
Dulcinea's Insight
- Don’t get fooled into paying for resources. Although some pay sites offer dependable content, you are just as likely to find great stuff somewhere else. The Web is full of free resources and we’ll show you where to look.
- We usually avoid recommending sites that are mere directories of links to outside sources. In our education guides, we make exceptions to this rule for lesson plans and student activities to provide you with as much helpful content as possible. Make sure to approach every directory with caution and evaluate the links before using a tool in the classroom.
Dulcinea's Picks
For lesson plans …
The Math Forum
offers many lessons and class materials for probability and statistics. Take a look at Problems and Puzzles to access excellent challenges for your students.
ide@s
provides over 80 teacher-reviewed statistics lessons, interactive tools and other resources. Each lesson contains alignment with Wisconsin standards but can be adapted to any state. Use the search box on the left to find exactly what you want.
The Handley Math Page
of the John Handley High School Mathematics Department hosts this site that lists 20+ lessons for statistics teachers.
For worksheets and other curricula …
Funmaths
houses a database of printable worksheets in Adobe format. Topics range from simple probability problems to advanced topics.
Drexel University’s Math Forum
is a great place to get ideas for lessons, sample problems and activities for your students.
PBS
maintains a top-notch site for educators. Use this functional and easy-to-use site for a list of thoughtful lesson plans, many of which include printable copy masters.
For real-world problems …
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
is home to the Mathematics, Science and Technology Education (MSTE) program. Look for great math lessons, including resources for statistics teachers that engage students in problems that use real-world data.
Illuminations
contains several lessons in its “Data Analysis & Probability” section that ask students to solve real-world problems. Use the search function to find exactly what you want. Each lesson includes the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics’ (NCTM) content standards, Web resources and all the necessary worksheets and activity forms, as well as assessments, extensions and teacher reflection activities.
Parent Resources for Probability and Statistics
Your child will certainly be challenged with a year of statistics and you might have difficulty ... read more »
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