1. Beyond the Formula 2005 Using Tinkerplots Software to Explore Graphing in Middle School and Beyond!
Sponsored by Key Curriculum Press
Tom Short
Indiana University of Pennsylvania

2. Outline + Introduction + US States + Who Has the Heaviest Backpacks?
+ Is Your Backpack Too Heavy for You?
+ Men’s 100-Meter Dash at the Olympics
+ Men and Women at the Olympics
+ Questions and discussion

3. Tinkerplots + Designed specifically for grades 4-8
+ Intended for the exploration of specific questions
+ Built on a foundation of research
* Look at data in the aggregate
* Describing centers of distributions
* Stay grounded in the data

4. Resources + Introductory Movies
+ Exploring Data with Tinkerplots by Cliff Konold
+ Plenty of sample datasets to explore +