Pin Drop
Estimate the probability of a drawing pin landing point up from experimental data.
Currency Conversion
Test your ability to convert from one currency to another with this self marking quiz.
Heptaphobia Research
Use written methods to answer ten arithmetic questions. When you have finished you will find the results of this amazing research.
Reaction Time
When the numbers appear hit the correct button depending on whether the numbers are even or odd
Predictive Survey
An eight question survey collecting data for an amazing probability experiment.
Beginning with One
Is it true that most numbers begin with the digit one? Think of numbers you see everyday and it is a surprising fact that so many of them begin with a one. Can you think why this is true?
First Impressions
This activity will collect data about your first impressions of some optical illusions. You can then analyse the data to come to your own conclusions.
Tally Charts Video
A guided tour through the levels of the Tally Charts online exercise.
The Beauty of Data Visualization
Complex data sets (like military spending, media buzz, Facebook updates) are turned into beautiful, simple diagrams.
Visualising Data
Hans Rosling's famous lectures combine enormous quantities of public data with a sport's commentator's style to reveal the story of the world's past, present and future development.
A Show Of Hands
Produce a number of graphs and charts from a quick show of hands.
Significance
A slide presentation showing how to use the chi-squared test to measure significance.
Plinko Probability
A simulation of a Quincunx (Galton Board) which can be used to create the bell shaped curve of the normal distribution.
Absolutely Everyone
A choice of questions about the current world population which is constantly changing.
Weather Maths
Eight mathematical questions about the current weather and times in four cities around the world.
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Teachers might find the complete Live Data Topic List useful.
One of the big differences between Maths from a textbook and Maths from the web is the possibility of using live data. This possibility gives problem solving real context and allows investigating statistical connections to be far more meaningful.
