A scientific video first describes the idea of Big Data and its importance to realm of science. It goes on to describe sample size, mean, median, range, and degrees of freedom.

Concepts

statistics, sample spaces, population, data

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Team up with a science teacher for some cross-curricular work

Classroom Considerations

• The video is intended for a science class, but it can still be enjoyed by math students
• Some basic science knowledge is required to fully understand contexts, such as the idea of expanding universe

Pros

• Introduces a variety of science contexts
• Video shows actual diagrams used by scientists

Cons

• None