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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Making a Tally Chart

For Teachers 2nd Standards
Second graders build towards making their own bar graph by using data to make a tally chart.
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PBS

Pbs: Math With Jake: Frequencies & Pitch

For Students 6th - 8th
In this video, musician Jake Shimabukuro uses the pitch of musical notes and vibrations in hertz to illustrate the concept of ratios. This clip is from Center for Asian American Media. In the accompanying classroom activity, students...
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Building Our Own Bar Graphs (Part I)

For Teachers 2nd Standards
Second graders use data to create a tally chart and make a bar graph. This lesson includes a detailed plan, videos of students engaged in the lesson, and printable worksheets.
Graphic
Other

Grinnell College: Histograms Area of Rectangles

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A sample problem is provided to help you create a histogram using a frequency distribution chart. Sample charts and formulas are provided to help explain how to find the area of the rectangles in the histogram and how to interpret what...
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PBS

Pbs Mathline: Whirlybirds [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This engaging lesson combines the concepts of statistics and measurement. Students create a simulation of a parachute jump using whirlybirds, to predict the frequency of an event occurring. A detailed lesson plan which includes a list of...
Interactive
Other

Ask Numbers: Measurement Conversion Calculators and Charts

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
What kind of unit conversion would you like to do? This site will allow you to do a multitude of conversions. Just click on the specific measurement you are needing to convert. It also provides a history of measurements and a chart of...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Heads Up!

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
The lesson is a hands-on project. Middle schoolers will work in pairs to gather various measurements, organizing the data into a provided chart. The measurements will be used to review, reinforce, and introduce skills such as measures of...