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Resources

Royal Statistical Society Centre for Statistical Education

Teaching Materials

Observation & the Elephant

A poem by John Saxe with tasks stressing the importance of careful observation.

Observation & the Elephant Resource Document:

Designing Experiments

The AtSchool characters are designing five experiments; can you identify the various variables and controls and help them to improve on their experimental design?

Designing Experiments Document:

Thanks for the Memory

Explanation of the three main types of memory with links to the memory experiment and a number of other memory tasks.

Thanks for the Memory Documents:

Beat the Gun

How fast can you react? What factors can affect reaction time? When is a quick reaction vital? A comprehensive student resource with links to the reaction timer experiment, student tasks and a worksheet to guide students through setting up an experiment, includes the science of reaction times.

Beat the Gun Documents:

Bot and the Angle Making Machine

Guess the size of the angles Bot is showing you and write your guess. Then measure the angles and write down your measurement.

Bot and the Angle Making Machine Documents: