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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).
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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...
Interactive
US Department of Education

Nces: Create a Graph: Kids Zone

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Make your own pie, bar, line, area or XY graph with this interactive tool. Look for examples of graphs already created from data collected by the National Center for Education Statistics. Complete with a graphing tutorial.
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The Franklin Institute

Frankin Institute Online: Group Graphing

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This site from The Franklin Institute explores how to make a simple graph using a spreadsheet to portray survey data. It also gives a set of interesting sports-related web sites so that students can get statistical inforamtion.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Make Line Plots

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
Practice creating line plots (dot plots) from data sets. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a tutorial video, or receive hints.
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Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Data Graphs

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Create and customize a bar graph, line graph, or pie chart based on a set of data and print it out.
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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.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Class Surveys and Graphs

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
Students love graphing data that they "own". In this plan, the class will select a type of graph and create it using a class survey frequency table. Included in this instructional activity are videos of the class engaged in the...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Graph Data on Line Plots

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
Record measurements on line plots (also called dot plots). Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
Interactive
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Building a Zip Line

For Students 3rd - 5th
For this interactive, students plan, create, and test a zip line that will transport a hard-boiled egg without breaking it. They will make improvements on their design based on data about its performance. A motion sensor is required in...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: "Ridin' Along in My Automobile"

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students will research prices of used cars to discover how automobiles lose their value over time. Students will create a chart to record their information, use their chart to graph their data, and find measures of central tendency of...
Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Decreasing Water Levels

For Students 3rd - 8th
The CyberSquad creates a line graph to help tell the story of the decreasing water levels in Sensible Flats in this video segment from Cyberchase.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: Saxon Activity Center: Real World Investigation: Elevation Changes [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th
Math and geography are the focus of this internet investigation. Learners must plan a road trip to several cities and plot the elevations of those cities using a line graph. Acrobat Reader required.
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That Quiz

That Quiz

For Students 3rd - 8th
ThatQuiz is an excellent assessment tool for teachers and students. At this site, teachers can create individualized or group assessments on a variety of math topics. Students take these practice assessments directly online and receive...
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PBS

Pbs Mathline: Sand Babies (Pdf) [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
In this engaging lesson, young scholars use a variety of measurement strategies in creating their own Sand Babies. Students explore standard and non-standard measurements, area, data collection and analysis, and graphing. Adaptations are...