Turning the collection of data into a fun activity, the AP Statistics class held an egg race Feb. 3. Students raced around the second floor while carrying a plastic egg in a spoon. However, there were some rules attached to this activity. 

“No running [was allowed], one foot [had to be] on the floor at all times, and if you drop your egg you must stop, pick up the egg and count to three before continuing the race,” math teacher Micheal Farrell said.

Popular among many students, the race also created a friendly but competitive environment.

“We took off speed-walking to complete a lap around the second floor,” Audrey Stockwell (12) said. “I am pretty competitive, so I tried to go really fast.”

Although random at first, the race was meant to gather data and connect back to what they were learning in class. 

“We used this fun activity to collect data to use for our confidence interval calculations,” Sahasra Mandalapu (12) said. “It was just a fun way to practice what we had learned with a class activity.”

While the egg race is a fun and interactive activity, it actually helps students understand the concepts better. 

“I love getting to do activities that seem totally unrelated to stats at first, but actually end up helping me grasp the content even better,” Stockwell said.

Similar to the egg race, AP Statistics students frequently do many activities throughout the year. From past activities like barbie bungee jump and paper airplane toss to future activities like the pool noodle javelin, students cover a wide variety of engaging activities in class.

“Sometimes we poll the class by asking fun questions and analyze that data,” Farrell said. “But [math teacher Ryan Rzeszutko] and I like to do fun activities like this to get students moving around, making observations, collecting and measuring data and making fun memories.”