Students design a simple behavioral survey, and learn basic protocol for primary research, survey design and report writing. Note: The literacy activities for the Mechanics unit are based on physical themes that have broad application to our experience in the world — concepts of rhythm, balance, spin, gravity, levity, inertia, momentum, friction, stress and tension.

Students develop and solidify their understanding of the concept of "perimeter" as they engage in a portion of the civil engineering task of land surveying. Specifically, they measure and calculate the perimeter of a fenced in area of "farmland," and see that this length is equivalent to the minimum required length of a fence to enclose it. Doing this for variously shaped areas confirms that the perimeter is the minimal length of fence required to enclose those shapes. Then students use the technology of a LEGO MINDSTORMS(TM) NXT robot to automate this task. After measuring the perimeter (and thus required fence length) of the "farmland," students see the NXT robot travel around this length, just as a surveyor might travel around an area during the course of surveying land or measuring for fence materials. While practicing their problem solving and measurement skills, students learn and reinforce their scientific and geometric vocabulary.

This is a student handout as a reference to use when creating their market research survey for the marketing information management unit.See the quick video below for a description of how I use this in my classroom.How to Create a Survey

In this activity, students will conduct a survey to identify the environmental issues (in their community, their country and the world) for which people are concerned. They will tally and graph the results. Also, students will discuss how surveys are important when engineers make decisions about environmental issues.

Business and Marketing activity for grades 9-12 relating to Market Research. Students will prepare a taste test for the class. Conduct a Google survey and determine consumer preferences and report the results back to the class using visual aids. 

This post-assessment for Eureka Math can be given after implementation of professional development to determine growth and continued implementation support needed. This can easily be made into a Google Form to make an online version.

This pre-assessment can be used to determine teachers' knowledge of high quality resources before engaging in a materials adoption process.

Examines the intellectual foundations of the new discipline of deep sea archaeology, a convergence of oceanography, archaeology, and engineering. How best are robots and submarines employed for archaeological work? How do new technologies change operations plans, research designs, and archaeological questions? Covers oceanography, history and technology of underwater vehicles, search strategies, technology development, archaeological technique, sociology of scientific knowledge. Case studies of deep-sea projects include the wrecks of the Titanic and Monitor, Roman trading vessels in the Mediterranean, and deep research in the Black Sea.

Penny Stuiber, District Library Media Specialist at Oconto Falls School District, has generously shared surveys used as part of her library planning process.

Over the past 4 years, Hartford Union High School has been working on a curriculum review process to improve secondary mathematics instruction and achievement.  Illustrative Mathematics was selected and adopted for the 2021-2022 school year. Teachers participated in summer IM Teach and Learn training as well as Unit Overviews provided by the Math Institute of Wisconsin.  Teacher's also participated in an IM PLC session, Unit Planning, and a book study.The following modules contain samples and templates of documents that were used to facilitate the adoption including teacher and student surveys, the IM Implementation Rubric, Unit Planning, and book study guides.Hartford Union High School Curriclum Adoption TeamDustin Burg, Hartford Union High School Math Teacher (Algebra 2 Lead Teacher)Kaite Burns, Hartford Union High School Math Teacher (Geometry Lead Teacher)Kelly Lam, Hartford Union High School PrincipalMike McIntyre, Director of Curriculum and InstructionMallory Smith, Instructional CoachBob Sliwinski, Hartford Union High School Math Teacher (Algebra 1 Lead Teacher)

VALS2 is a market research tool used to help gather data about psychographic characteristics.  I use this tool at the beginning of the marketing information management unit to introduce students to the concept of data collection and using it to make decisions.See quick explanation video below about how I use this in my classroom.VALS2 Web Survey

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources uses a variety of tools and techniques to monitor wildlife, and to produce population estimates to better inform management decisions. Population estimates are used to look at long term trends, as well as setting harvest limits during hunting seasons for potentially vulnerable species. There are two count methods for generating population information: sample counts and total counts. In total counts, every individual of an intended geographic area is counted. For sample counts, a smaller fraction of individuals are counted and the data is used to interpolate population information for the entire geographic area. In this activity, you will create a model for these two different count methods and explore the advantages and disadvantages to both approaches.