Common Cents
The Projects starts June 22, 2002 and will run until August
10 (NOTE NOW EXTENDED UNTIL July 2003).
The project description is below. Any questions or to join contact Terry Sullivan
(tsulliva@comwares.net). You can join
at any time. This project may be extended or repeated. The activities and results
will remain on-line.
Project Title: Common Cents
Project Begin & End Dates: 6/22/2002 to 7/31/2003 (EXTENDED)
Project Summary:
Elementary Classes will be using pennies (or any coin) to collect and share data with other classes. Ever think about how many pennies are in circulation? How long they last? This will be a simple project, which can be expanded, or limited to fit your classroom. Classes will organize and count coins by date/mint. The data will be shared and each class gets experience graphing, looking at variability and central tendencies. Coins interest everyone and can be used to teach everything from probability to geography. Both large and small groups can participate.
Level: Basic
Curricular Fit:
Business, History, Social Studies, Economics, Math, Science, Technology
Technologies Used: e-mail & browser
Project Email Address: tsulliva@comwares.net<mailto:tsulliva@comwares.net>
Registration Instructions:
To join or if you just have questions, please contact Terry Sullivan at tsulliva@comwares.net<mailto:tsulliva@comwares.net>. If you are reading this, you have everything you need. The activities and results to date will remain available for use now or later. Feel free to contact even after the ending date. It may be repeated.
Registration Status: Open
Number of Classrooms: Any
Age Range: 5 to 19
Target Audience: Anyone, but designed for upper elementary students
Project URL: <http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/students/tsullivl/commoncents.html>
Full Project Description:
Students will begin by separating a stack of pennies into the year they were minted, count the stacks and then do some simple graphs and organization of central tendencies. The variability of the data will be discussed. Activities and reference materials will be available. Each class is encouraged to extend the data collection and analysis section, but that depends on your class goals. Common Cents is a pooled data analysis project. This just means the project coordinator will collect results from everyone and share that with everyone to have a larger pool to analyze. To make a summer analogy: the larger the pool and more participants, the greater the fun
Objectives:
Students will be able to apply and use probability and statistics in a simple activity. They will understand that it is possible to make predictions and the world really can make sense.
Project Sponsor: Support and Guidance provided by CTER Program, College of Education, University of Illinois.
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