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Using Computers to Produce Spreadsheets and Bar Graphs

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students review graphing terminology and how to plot data points, how to input data into a spreadsheet, and how to make a chart using a computer.
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Show Me!

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students analyze and interpret graphs. In this graphing instructional activity, students view a video and construct their own graphs (line, circle, bar) from given sets of data. 
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Shake, Rattle & Roll

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students examine soil. In this science lesson, students examine the layers of soil. Students collect soil from various locations and separate the layers. Students record and chart their findings.
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Binomial Distribution

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students explore the concept of binomial distribution. In this binomial distribution instructional activity, students perform binomial distributions on a number of problems in this lecture instructional activity. Students find the mean...
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Phone Button Boggle

For Students 7th - 9th
In this phone button boggle activity, learners identify the number of math words they can find on a phone keypad according to given directions.  This one-page activity contains one problem.  Answers are provided.
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Finding Mean, Mode and Median in the Computer Lab

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Young scholars create spreadsheets which will display and figure mean, median, and mode of a set of numbers.
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Figuring Elapsed Time

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students discover the concept of elapsed time. In this calculating time lesson, students utilize the Internet to complete record sheets based on the concept of elapsed time. Finally, the students answer questions on their own.
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Where in the World is Utah Wheat?

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students examine the role of climate and landforms in the use of Utah's land. For this geography lesson, students analyze the relationship between geography and agriculture in the state as they examine data regarding wheat production in...
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What's Your Favorite? Survey And Graphing Project

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders create and edit spreadsheet documents using all data types, formulas and functions, and chart information. They collect and organize data that be portrayed in a graph that they create using EXCEL.
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Sampling Snoops

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students practice formulating a hypothesis and designing an experiment to test the hypothesis. They identify several sampling techniques they can use to test their hypotheses.
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Super Spreadsheets

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students develop a spreadsheet containing statistical data. They describe and interpret the data to make conclusions. They review the differences between an unorganized spreadsheet verses an organized one.
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Genetics: Mice Rule! (Or Not)

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students explore genetics and evolution by examining a hypothetical mouse population. Using coin tosses, they determine mouse traits of parents and offspring. Finally, they consider the outcomes of changing environmental conditions on...
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M&M Caper

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students participate in a game with M&M's to be introduced to percents and ratios. Individually, they estimate and record the number of candies they believe the bag holds and the amount of each colored candy. They open the bag and...
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Stem-and- Leaf Plots

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners are introduce to the notion of stem-and-leaf plots. They use stem-and-leaf plots to calculate the mean, median, and mode of a set of data. Students use computers to learn about stem-and-leaf plots.
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Tracking the Wild Ones

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Young scholars apply mathematic skills to discover the extent of the concern for endangered species. Students analyze graphs and look for trends in graphed results of endangered species on a global level.
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Will There be Enough Water?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate water usage, water available, and water demand historically in the local area. They use projections of water usage, availability and demand up to the year 2050. Students use graphs to relate as well as compare and...
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Water - Planning for the Future

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore and examine the increases and/or decreases for water user groups: irrigation, municipal, manufacturing, steam electric power generation cooling, livestock, and mining. They utilize percentage changes during their...
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The Estimation Station

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Pupils challenge "common knowledge" against newly learned estimation strategies and put those strategies into use. They consider variables in estimating different groups of objects and practice skills of representing numbers.
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Grade 2: Spinning Sums

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders collect data by spinning two spinners and creating sums, organize the data, and make conclusions from the data. Each students makes a spinner. They spin and record the number of the section each time. Students work in...
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Springy Legs

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders measure their body height and the height they can jump. They use these measurements in forms of ratios, fractions and decimals to describe their Springy Legs Factors (SLF). Students compare their SLFs to other people's...
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RISKY BUSINESS--OR NOT!

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students learn about the importance and risk that stocks carry within a business. In this financial management lesson, students use role play and case scenario situations to decide what stocks are best for given companies. Based on the...
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Housing Arrangements of the Elderly in Canada

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine housing for the elderly in Canada. For this sociology lesson, students analyze Canadian Census data to find out what type of housing seniors of the country live in.
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Math is Everywhere! Post Test

For Students 4th - 6th
In this math test activity, students complete 10 multiple choice questions covering a wide variety of math concepts. An answer link is included.
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Lesson 56

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders practice Least Common Multiple in fractions. In this fraction lesson, 6th graders look at two different fractions and find a common denominator. They sing a song to memorize mean, median, and mode. 

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