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E-STAT and Function Modelling

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E-STAT Primer (updated Jan 2009)

E-STAT LESSONS FOR GRADES 6-12

Grade 6:
-- Creating Bar Graphs

-- Comparing the Health and Lifestyles of 11 Year Olds around the World

Grade 7:
-- Girls vs. Boys - 3-part Graphing exercise using E-STAT
-- Girls vs. Boys - Graphing exercise using E-STAT (using the Ontario TIPS4RM format)

Grade 9:
-- Lesson: Linear Modelling of the Life Expectancy of Canadians (Statistics Canada)
---- Fathom instructions and worksheets (Life expectancy of Canadians)
---- Excel instructions and worksheets (Life expectancy of Canadians)
-- Analyzing Provincial Forestry Practices (using graphs to advocate for an issue)
-- When will the average Canadian live to be 100? (TI-Interactive! activity)
-- Nova Scotia: Complete Data Management Unit using E-STAT
-- New Brunswick: Complete Data Management Unit using E-STAT

Grades 10 and 11:
-- Lesson: Quadratic Modelling of Canada's Baby Boom (Statistics Canada)
---- Fathom instructions (Quadratic Modelling of Canada's Baby Boom)
-- Lesson: Quadratic Modelling of the Number of Males Registered in Apprenticeship Programs (Statistics Canada)
---- Fathom instructions
---- Excel Scrollbars/Sliders instructions

Grades 11 and 12:
-- Lesson: Sinusoidal Modelling of the Number of Marriages by Month using E-STAT Data and Fathom (complete lesson)
---- Fathom instructions (Sinusoidal Modelling of Marriages by Month)
-- Lesson: Sinusoidal Modelling of Canada's Youth Cohorts (Statistics Canada)
---- Fathom instructions (Sinusoidal Modelling of Canada's Youth Cohorts)
-- Lesson: Exponential Modelling of the Farm Value of Potatoes by Year (Statistics Canada)
---- Fathom instructions (Exponential Modelling of the Farm value of Potatoes by Year)
---- Article about potatoes in Canada since 1891
NEW!! Piecewise Functions
-- Lesson: Modelling the Federal Debt since Confederation

PowerPoint for Introducing the Function Modelling Resources
USING E-STAT IN POSTSECONDARY TEACHING
-- 1st year Macroeconomics assignment (L. Soroka, Brock U.)
-- E-STAT lab on balance of trade with the U.S. for a Business statistics course (J. Henderson, Lambton College)

SECONDARY GEOGRAPHY: NATURAL RESOURCES
-- Jigsaw Activity with Worksheets re: Minerals, Forestry, Marine, and Energy (N. Allan)

GRADE 11 GEOGRAPHY: TRAVEL & TOURISM LESSONS
-- Impacts on Tourism in Canada
-- Outdoor Recreation and Environmental Stress
-- Winter Activities in Canada

**Skills needed to use E-STAT effectively

INSTRUCTIONS FATHOM POUR LES LEÇONS DE MODÉLISATION: .
-- Linéaire: Espérance de vie (version Fathom)
-- Quadratique: Baby Boom (version Fathom)
-- Quadratique: Programmes de formation des apprentis (version Fathom)
-- Exponentielle: Pommes de terre (version Fathom)
-- Sinusoïdale: Cohortes de jeunes (version Fathom)
-- Sinusoïdale: Mariages selon le mois (version Fathom)

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