Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Relating Number of Insect Species to Water Quality

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students are asked to respond to questions such as:" Have there been surveys of the area to inventory the species?" (For example, for a wetland area, do they know what amphibians live there and how abundant they are?) Are there any...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Mother May I?

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders measure distance using nonstandard units of measure. In this measurement lesson, 3rd graders measure a given distance through the use of the game "Mother May I?" Student gather and compare data on how many "giant steps" and...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Hermit Crab Races

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students predict the speeds of humans and hermit crabs and investigate their predictions using ratios and formulas. AppleWorks is used for this lesson plan, which includes a data worksheet.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

How Unique Are You?

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Pupils explore how genetic information is passed down from parent to offspring. Because of this, they examine how this causes the variation in each species.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Using mean, median, and mode

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this mean, median, and mode activity, students read how to use each method and then complete problems using each one. Students complete 8 problems.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

A Bird's Eye View of our 50 States

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders focus on state birds as they learned absolute location (latitude/longitude) of each state, as well as their relative location (bordering states).
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Thank You... Thomas Edison!

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars investigate the life of Thomas Edison. They research how he made a difference. They understand that accurate data collection is important for math. They create a chart using spreadsheet data.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

On the Road Again": Moving People, Products, and Ideas

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this lesson students learn how to identify modes of transportation and communication for moving people, products, and ideas from place to place. Students also study the advantages and disadvantages of different modes of...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Weather Or Not

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students use the internet to find pen pals to share in their weather experiment. Individually, they research the high and low temperatures for cities within the United States and email the results to their pen pal. They also develop a...
Activity
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Multi Bar Graph

For Students 2nd - 8th Standards
The interactive learning activity allows students to manipulate a double bar graph. Teacher resources are included.
Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Create Bar Graphs

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
Create a bar graph with the data given. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video tutorial, or receive hints about creating bar graphs. CCSS.Math.Content.3.MD.B.3 Draw a...
Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Read Bar Graphs and Solve 2 Step Problems

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
Read and interpret a double bar graphs. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints. CCSS.Math.Content.3.MD.B.3 Draw a scaled picture graph and a scaled bar...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Solve Problems With Bar Graphs 2

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
Use bar graphs to solve addition and subtraction word problems. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a tutorial video, or receive hints.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Solving Problems With Bar Graphs 2

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
In this exercise, students practice solving problems with bar graphs. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to get hints, watch a tutorial video, and try questions repeatedly.
Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Read Bar Graphs and Solve 1 Step Problems

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
Interpret bar graphs to answer questions about a context. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
Lesson Plan
Primary Resources

Primary Resources: Tally and Bar Charts

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Lots of good materials for teaching about tally marks and bar graphs.
Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Raising the Bar

For Students 3rd - 8th
Harry and Bianca's new boss at a concession stand uses bar graphs to keep records of their refreshment sales in this video from Cyberchase.
Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Make Bar Graphs 1

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
Practice creating bar graphs (bar charts) from data sets. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Reading Bar Graphs

For Students 3rd Standards
Explains what bar graphs are, their uses, and presents practice problems for creating a bar graph and answering questions about them. Problems are accompanied by detailed solutions.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Make Bar Graphs 1

For Students 2nd - 3rd Standards
A practice quiz where students construct bar graphs using the given information. Includes hints.
Whiteboard
SMART Technologies

Smart: Bar Graphs

For Teachers 2nd - 9th Standards
This smart note book explains reading bar graphs, the parts of a bar graph, the steps to produce a bar graph and allows classes to input data a produce some bar graphs.
Interactive
ABCya

Ab Cya: Fuzz Bugs Graphing

For Students 2nd - 6th Standards
Students drag the fuzz bugs into the correct container to create a bar graph that is used to compare data.
Unit Plan
US Department of Education

National Center for Education Statistics: Create a Graph Tutorial

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This tutorial walks students through how to create different types of graphs using the Create a Graph tool available on the website. Covers bar graphs, line graphs, pie charts, area graphs, scatter plots, and dependent and independent...
Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Create Picture Graphs (Picture More Than 1)

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
Create and interpret picture graphs. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video tutorial, or receive hints about how to create picture graphs. CCSS.Math.Content.3.MD.B.3 Draw a...

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