Poster and Project
Honorable M
ention — K-3rd Grade
First Place — 4-6th Grade
T
he American Statistical Association is pleased
to announce the winners of the 2009 Poster
Competition and Project Competition.
First-place winners received $200 and a plaque, as
well as a plaque for their school. Additionally, Texas
Instruments provided grade-appropriate graphing
calculators for the students and their teachers.
First Place — 7-9th Grade
Second-place winners received $100 and a plaque,
third-place winners received $50 and a plaque, and
honorable mentions received certificates.
The competitions are directed by the ASA/
NCTM Joint Committee on the Curriculum in
Top projects are read and discussed by all judges for
Statistics and Probability. K–12 posters are due
a particular grade category, and differences in scor-
every year on April 1, and projects are due every
ing are discussed until the group of judges reaches a
year on April 1 for grades 4–6 and 7–9. Projects for
consensus. Judging focused on the design, analysis,
grades 10–12 are due on May 30. Winning post-
conclusions, and reflection of the project, as these
ers and projects, as well as information about the
affected the students’ ability to answer the question
competitions—including entry forms, instructional
being asked.
webinars, and a rubric of how the posters and proj-
This year, the deadline for students in grades
ects are judged—are available at
www.amstat.org/
10–12 was moved to May 30 to allow for more stu-
education via the K–12 tab.
dents to participate after the AP Statistics exam. As
For the Project Competition, students in grades
a result, the number of projects in this age group
4–12 posed a question, designed a study to answer
nearly doubled from last year. In the grades 4–6 cat-
the question, collected and analyzed data, answered
egory, projects discussed a possible method to clean
the question using the results of the analysis, and
oil spills and driving habits of Californians. Student
then reviewed what went well and what areas could
projects in the grades 7–9 category included an
be improved. A short write-up of the activity, gen-
evaluation of the Pythagorean Win Theorem with
erally fewer than 10 pages, was submitted to the
NFL scores. Projects in the grades 10–12 category
competition. Sometimes, science fair projects serve
explored whether Double Stuffed Oreos are really
as the foundation for the project, but students must
double stuffed, the effects of peer pressure, and the
emphasize the statistical aspects, including design,
installation time of Windows XP. Additionally, proj-
data collection, graphical approaches, and analyses.
ects in this group used many of the tests taught in AP
Each project is read by at least one teacher of
Statistics, including simple linear regression analysis,
grades 6–12 and at least one college-level statistician.
the two-sample t test, and the chi-square test.
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