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Data Collection and Graphing

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students collect data and graph it on a coordinate plane and analyze it. In this statistics instructional activity, students display their data collection using a graph. They determine which central tendency will work best.
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Sense of Taste

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars swab different sections of the tongue to identify taste buds. In this sense of taste lesson, students make predictions and conduct an experiment. Young scholars experiment with a variety of flavors and discuss...
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Venn Diagrams

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students collect and display data in a Venn Diagram. In this statistics activity, students collect data, compare the data and make inferences about their data. They use the Venn diagrams to identify what the data have in common and how...
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Charts, Maps, and Graphs Lesson on the Holocaust

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students practice interpreting data. In this Holocaust lesson plan, students research selected Internet sources and examine charts, maps, and graphs regarding the Jewish populations in and out of Europe. Students respond to questions...
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Cruel Schools

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students survey the climate of their school. In this personal health instructional activity, students discuss bullying and violence in schools. Students then complete a school climate survey, compile the results, and interpret them....
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Measurement and Paper Airplanes

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders investigate physics by creating paper airplanes. In this flight experiment lesson, 6th graders utilize stationary tools to create elaborate paper airplanes which they fly on their school grounds.  Students complete...
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Data Analysis: Infiltration Rate and Composition of Concrete

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students collect and graph data. In this statistics lesson, students analyze data using a spreadsheet program. They display their data effectively and analyze it.
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Using Data to Determine the Location of the Stiffest Opposition to School Desegregation in the 1970's

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students analyze historical data. In this school desegregation lesson plan, students make predictions about opposition to desegregation, examine the provided desegregation data, and determine if their predictions were correct.
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Aboriginal Statistics

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders analyze statistics of Native Americans by creating graphs.  In this data analysis activity, 4th graders define different statistical terms and practice finding those statistics from groups of numerical information...
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Interpreting Data and Statistics using Graphs

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders interpret data. In this lesson on types of graphs, 7th graders construct, interpret, and analyze different graphs. This lesson includes worksheets and resources.
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Gummy Bear Picture Graph

For Teachers 1st
First graders investigate picture graphs. In this graphing lesson, 1st graders create a picture graph with the x-axis being number and the y-axis being color. Students sort their gummy bears by color and use pictures of colored bears...
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A Picture's Worth a Thousand Words

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars analyze the numbers of male vs female administrators and teachers from their school. In this gender equality lesson plan, students use school yearbooks from the 1950's threw present to count how many male vs. female...
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Graphically Speaking

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students discover the links between population and Congressional representation. In this government lesson, students research population statistics and create spreadsheets that compare population to the number of Congress members per state.
Interactive
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High Temperature records by State

For Students 7th - 12th
In this temperatures worksheet, students view a spreadsheet of the high temperatures of the states and change the data on it using spreadsheet tools. Students complete 4 tasks.
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Comparing Countries

For Teachers K - 5th
Students compare facts about different countries. In this comparing instructional activity, students collect information about the US and another country and compare them. Students locate countries on the map and make a hypothesis about...
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Storm Alert!

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Students investigate the different types of storms by creating a graphic organizer.  In this weather instructional activity, students analyze data from previous storms while completing a graphic organizer.  Students role-play...
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Flight Dreams - The Pressure on Parachutes

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students investigate air pressure by researching parachutes.  For this physics lesson plan, students participate in three separate experiments utilizing air pressure and paper products to test theories on parachutes.  Students...
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Working With Mode, Median, and Mean

For Students 6th - 7th
For this data analysis worksheet, students solve five questions by finding the mode and median of each set of numbers. On the second page, students find the mean of six sets of numbers. On the third page, students find the mode, median,...
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If Our Class Went to See the Prince

For Teachers 1st
First graders read the story One Monday Morning and create picture graphs based on the number of teachers, boys, and girls that would visit the prince. In this data lesson plan, 1st graders interpret tables and graphs with the help of...
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Reading the Neighborhood

For Teachers 1st
First graders complete activities with the story One Monday Morning in the Macmillan/McGraw Hill Textbook. In this data lesson plan, 1st graders read the story and gather data to create a picture graph. They read the graph and...
Worksheet
Raytheon

Data Analysis and Interpretation

For Students 6th - 8th
For this data analysis and interpretation worksheet, learners use charts, graphs, statistics to solve 42 pages of problems with answer key included.
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Graphing with Stems-and -Leafs

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders examine the use of stem and leaf graphs. In this stem and leaf graph lesson, 4th graders participate in teacher led lesson showing the use of the graphs. They work in groups to collect data about peanuts before making a...
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Rules of the Roll

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students roll a ball down a plank and measure the distance it travels. Students graph the distances the ball travels as they change the height of the incline (increase slope).
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Wiggle Worms

For Teachers 1st
First graders investigate worms, collect and analyze data. In this worm and data lesson, 1st graders listen to Chick and Duckling from the Macmillan/McGraw-Hill reading series. They conduct experiments with worms, collect simple data,...