The following is a list of materials that are needed throughout this unit: graph paper, rulers, graphing calculators, computers, spreadsheet software, Internet access, email accounts, slideshow presentation software, floppy disks or flashdrives. An almanac or encyclopedia may also be useful for finding data sets. Other materials needed for a specific lesson are mentioned in that lesson.
Whenever possible, electronic data sets should be downloaded in a spreadsheet format, so the data can be manipulated easily without having to input the data into a spreadsheet.
