| Business Planning Adventures |
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The Big Splash
Jasper encourages his young friend, Chris, as Chris develops
a business plan for a dunking booth to raise money for his school
at their Fun Fair. He must present his plan, including income
and expenses, to the principal for approval and a loan. He polls
a sample of the school on their interest in his plan. |
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With 1 sample, 1 extrapolation to the population,
and a straight-forward story, TBS is the least complex business
problem. As with each episode, students must generate the subproblems,
identify relevant data and carry out the calculations to solve
this approximately 15-step problem involving basis statistics.
There are several possible solutions.
For grades 5 and up. |
Bridging the Gap
A group of 8 students are challenged to develop a grnat proposal
for environmental projects that will benefit a local preserve
and the surrounding area. The proposal will be judged in a national
competition. Winning proposals will be funded. The students
learn about their environment as they look for worthy projects
in Trenton. |
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This episode is for both mathematics and science.
It has a census and 4 samples, each using a different sampling
method. Students must match volunteer hours needed to hours
available for various projects. Depending on the environmental
priorities of your students, there are several feasible solutions.
For grades 6 and up. |
A Capital Idea
Larry and Julie's lives intersects when they discover a mutual
interest in finding a way to carry on funding for the 9th grade
school trip to Washington, DC. Income from recycling is at the
center of the business plan they are going to present to the
mayor of Cumberland City. |
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ACI involves a sample within a sample, making the
problem more difficult to conceptualize. It involves 2 sampling
methods and 1 extrapolation to the population. While the calculations
are no harder than in other episodes, the storyline is more
complex and the numbers are larger than TBS. There are several
feasible solutions.
Grades 6 and up. |
Solutions
