Simulating a P-value for Testing a Correlation with Fathom part of Teaching Methods:Teaching with Data Simulations:Examples
This activity has students use Fathom to test the correlation between attendance and ballpark capacity of major league baseball teams by taking a sample of actual data and scrambling one of the variables to see how the correlation behaves when the variables are not related. After displaying the distribution of correlations for many simulated samples, students find an approximate p-value based on the number of simulations that exceed the actual correlation.

Creating a Household Budget part of Teaching Methods:Teaching with SSAC:Examples
Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum module. Students track their expenses and use Excel to compare them to Seattle/Tacoma averages. Developed for adult students taking English as a Second Language.

Activity: Identifying a solid using density part of Teaching Methods:Measurement and Uncertainty:Examples
Effective measurement techniques include the concept of measurement uncertainty. Students may make erroneous conclusions analyzing data using measurements that do not include the uncertainty of the measurement. In this lab, students determine a density range for a metal and identify the material based on this range.

Investing for Retirement part of Teaching Methods:Teaching with SSAC:Examples
Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum module. Students use the Compound Interest Equation and an annuity equation to calculate the growth of investments over time.

Dirty Jobs vs. Clean Jobs part of Teaching Methods:Teaching with SSAC:Examples
Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum module. Students use spreadsheets to help find the difference in percentages of salaries between dirty and clean jobs.

How Diverse Are We? -- Comparing Racial Composition of NYC and USA, 1980-2000 part of Teaching Methods:Teaching with SSAC:Examples
Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum module. Students analyze the percentage of change in the diversity of the US compared to New York City over 20 years.

Chaos in Population Dynamics -- Understanding Chaos in the Logistic Model part of Teaching Methods:Teaching with SSAC:Examples
Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum module. Students build spreadsheets to explore conditions that lead to chaotic behavior in logistic models of populations that grow discretely.

How Large is a Ton of Rock? part of Activity Collection
PowerPoint module leading students through creation and manipulation of spreadsheets to calculate the edge length of cubes and diameter of spheres of various rocks weighing a ton.

Back-of-the-Envelope Calculations: Height of the Himalayas part of Activity Collection

Modeling Exponential Bacteria Growth on Planet Riker part of Teaching Methods:Teaching with SSAC:Examples
Spreadsheets across the Curriculum Module. Students use Excel to conduct data analysis and examine bacteria growth in a lake.