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CANSIM, E-STAT and Function Modelling

Important note: Please note that E-STAT will be archived on June 30, 2012. E-STAT will remain accessible as is until June 30, 2013, but its content will no longer be updated. It will be discontinued July 1, 2013. We encourage you to start using the free CANSIM database and to visit the census portal for timely information.
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**NEW May 2012** - Learn to use the new user-friendly CANSIM
CANSIM is Statistics Canada's master time series database, updated every week with the latest data

E-STAT Primer (updated Jan 2009)

E-STAT LESSONS FOR GRADES 6-12

Grade 6:
-- Creating Bar Graphs

-- Comparing the Health and Lifestyles of 11 Year Olds around the World

Grade 7:
-- Girls vs. Boys - 3-part Graphing exercise using E-STAT
-- Girls vs. Boys - Graphing exercise using E-STAT (using the Ontario TIPS4RM format)

Grade 9:
-- Lesson: Linear Modelling of the Life Expectancy of Canadians (Statistics Canada)
---- Fathom instructions and worksheets (Life expectancy of Canadians)
---- Excel instructions and worksheets (Life expectancy of Canadians)
-- Analyzing Provincial Forestry Practices (using graphs to advocate for an issue)
-- When will the average Canadian live to be 100? (TI-Interactive! activity)
-- Nova Scotia: Complete Data Management Unit using E-STAT
-- New Brunswick: Complete Data Management Unit using E-STAT

Grades 10 and 11:
-- Lesson: Quadratic Modelling of Canada's Baby Boom (Statistics Canada)
---- Fathom instructions (Quadratic Modelling of Canada's Baby Boom)
-- Lesson: Quadratic Modelling of the Number of Males Registered in Apprenticeship Programs (Statistics Canada)
---- Fathom instructions
---- Excel Scrollbars/Sliders instructions

Grades 11 and 12:
-- Lesson: Sinusoidal Modelling of the Number of Marriages by Month using E-STAT Data and Fathom (complete lesson)
---- Fathom instructions (Sinusoidal Modelling of Marriages by Month)
-- Lesson: Sinusoidal Modelling of Canada's Youth Cohorts (Statistics Canada)
---- Fathom instructions (Sinusoidal Modelling of Canada's Youth Cohorts)
-- Lesson: Exponential Modelling of the Farm Value of Potatoes by Year (Statistics Canada)
---- Fathom instructions (Exponential Modelling of the Farm value of Potatoes by Year)
---- Article about potatoes in Canada since 1891
NEW!! Piecewise Functions
-- Lesson: Modelling the Federal Debt since Confederation

PowerPoint for Introducing the Function Modelling Resources
USING E-STAT IN POSTSECONDARY TEACHING
-- 1st year Macroeconomics assignment (L. Soroka, Brock U.)
-- E-STAT lab on balance of trade with the U.S. for a Business statistics course (J. Henderson, Lambton College)

SECONDARY GEOGRAPHY: NATURAL RESOURCES
-- Jigsaw Activity with Worksheets re: Minerals, Forestry, Marine, and Energy (N. Allan)

GRADE 11 GEOGRAPHY: TRAVEL & TOURISM LESSONS
-- Impacts on Tourism in Canada
-- Outdoor Recreation and Environmental Stress
-- Winter Activities in Canada

**Skills needed to use E-STAT effectively

INSTRUCTIONS FATHOM POUR LES LEÇONS DE MODÉLISATION: .
-- Linéaire: Espérance de vie (version Fathom)
-- Quadratique: Baby Boom (version Fathom)
-- Quadratique: Programmes de formation des apprentis (version Fathom)
-- Exponentielle: Pommes de terre (version Fathom)
-- Sinusoïdale: Cohortes de jeunes (version Fathom)
-- Sinusoïdale: Mariages selon le mois (version Fathom)

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