Chapter 3 covers the basics to get started with your NXT brain. Although you will won't really be touching the NXT until Chapter 6 you might as well learn the following skills: Let's cover some FRACTIONS from sums.co.uk: http://www.sums.co.uk/playground/n6a/playground.htm Let's learn how to convert FRACTIONS to DECIMALS: http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/fracto.html Let's learn about how all this relates to PERCENTAGES: http://www.freewebs.com/weddell/FDP%20contents.html Let's learn about BAR CHARTING so we can see how it can help us visualize number comparisons: http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/grapher.html Let's learn PROBABILITY: http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/mathsfile/shockwave/games/fish.html Let's learn about MEAN, MEDIAN, and MODE: http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/mathsfile/shockwave/games/train.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MATH: Standard 11: Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability: FLUENCY WITH DATA: Pose questions and collect, organize, and represent data to answer those questions Standard 13: Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability: DATA ANALYSIS: Develop and evaluate inferences, predictions, and arguments that are based on data |