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956 practicals from Kindergarten to Year 12, in 9 subjects. A practical gives the idea, what you need, the steps, what you should see and a safety card. A teacher-led practical gives the idea and its hazards; its method is for tutors on the learning platform.

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A practical is carried out at the bench, in the classroom or outdoors. A practical with its model not built stands on its own; the page says where a step mentions the model. A calculation and data practical works from published figures by hand, with a calculator or in a spreadsheet. No Lab page includes an interactive model; the Concept Studio holds the demonstrations.

3 practicals

Mathematics 11–12 · Mathematics · Statistics and data

  1. Mathematics 11–12 · Years 11–12

    Estimating 30 seconds: z-scores and the empirical rule on a class dataset

    A class of time estimates gives a real dataset whose mean, median and mode can be compared, whose values convert to z-scores, and whose spread can be tested against the 68-95-99.7 rule.

    Practical, model not builtLow risk
  2. Mathematics 11–12 · Year 12

    Drop height against bounce height: scatterplot, correlation and least-squares line

    Two measured variables with a physical link give a scatterplot whose strength and direction a correlation coefficient measures and whose trend a least-squares line predicts, within the measured range only.

    Practical, model not builtLow risk
  3. Mathematics 11–12 · Year 12

    Means of dice: the sampling distribution of the mean and the central limit theorem

    A single die is flat, but the mean of ten dice is bunched around 3.5 with a spread that shrinks with the square root of the sample size, and its distribution looks normal although the population does not.

    Practical, model not builtLow risk

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