Random Sampling and Estimation: Lake Victoria

PBS Learning Media
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PBS Learning Media
Resource Type
Classroom Material
Keywords
real world application Lake Victoria Kenya fish endangered species population survey conservation random sample table mean proportion estimate statistics WGBH Annenberg Learner Learning Math mgbh.math.sp.victoria
Subjects
Mathematics
Grade Levels
Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8
Audience
Classroom Teacher / Educator
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Random Sampling and Estimation: Lake Victoria

Learn how scientists in Kenya are trying to determine the populations of endangered species in the Lake Victoria region. This video focuses on how random sampling and statistics are used during conservation efforts and how the mean can be used to estimate the size of a population, taking math out of the classroom and into real world problem solving.
Publisher
PBS Learning Media

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