Steel vs. Wooden Roller Coaster Lab

This lesson is a Follow Up Activity to the Algebra Institute and allows students to apply their skills on analyzing bivariate data. This STEM lesson allows students the opportunity to investigate if there is a linear relationship between a coaster's height and speed. Using technology the students can determine the line of best fit, correlation coefficient and use the line for interpolation. This lesson also uses prior knowledge and has students solve systems of equations graphically to determine which type of coaster is faster.

Resource ID#: 124361 Type: Lesson Plan

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General Information

Subject(s): Mathematics

Grade Level(s): 9

Intended Audience: Educators

Suggested Technology: Graphing Calculators

Instructional Time: 50 Minute(s)

Keywords: bivariate, scatterplot, linear regression

Instructional Component Type(s): Lesson Plan, Worksheet

Resource Collection: Integrated STEM Centered on Statistics in Algebra 1 Follow-up Program

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