Best Fit Line Rulers now also available from Timstar

Timstar Laboratory Suppliers Ltd have become the first additional outlet to feature Best Fit Line Rulers amongst their wide range of products for science education. The new Timstar catalogue will be arriving in schools in April and BFLRs will be one of the great new products on offer.

Just lay the clear ruler over your graph, once data points have been plotted, and the grid on the BFLR will help you to make sure you get as many points as possible as close as possible to the central slot. Then slide your pencil along the groove and there’s your best fit line.

With centimetre and millimetre markings along the edges, it acts as a traditional ruler too.

The simple innovation behind Best Fit Line Rulers has proved a big hit with teachers and pupils alike.  Some  schools have gone as far as to provide one for every pupil.

“So simple it’s brilliant,” said Dr Mike O’Neill, Head of Educational Strategies with UCST, and erstwhile Teacher of the Year.

Drawing a best fit line on a graph in maths, physics, biology, chemistry, geography or even design & technology can be a very important graphical skill. The best fit line ruler makes the job much easier to draw your best-fit lines and for GCSE or A Level studies there are often marks awarded for showing the data trend line so using a bestfitlineruler can be useful for gaining these points. In analysis of experimental results a bestfit line ruler will allow you quickly and easily spot any linear pattern in the data and draw the line of best fit with ease.