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Instructions for Assembly of 'Opae" ula life-cycle wheel
Students study Opae ula. In this life cycle, art lesson, students color and cut out the printout of the life cycle of the Opae ula (red shrimp of Hawaii). They work independently to create the pie chart representing this life cycle. This...
World Wildlife Fund
Land of the Midnight Sun
From days of 24 hour sunlight, to endless nights that last for days, the Arctic is a very unique place to live. Examine the seasonal changes that occur in the northern-most reaches of the globe and the impact they have on the plants and...
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Television
Students investigate the invention of television and examine its role in their lives. They read and discuss an informational handout, list the pros and cons of television on a worksheet, and create a class pie graph illustrating the...
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Mmm, Mmm, M&M's
Here is another version of the classic M&M math lesson. For this one, upper graders utilize the ClarisWorks Spreadsheet program in order to document the data they come up with from their bags of M&M's. After making their initial...
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Oobleck/Slime War
Students compare slime recipes. In this properties of matter lesson, students make Oobleck and glurch and compare the properties of each and examine the solid and liquid properties of them.
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All in the Circles
In this circles worksheet, students use 4 circle/pie chart graphs to answer a set of 6 questions. Answers are included on page 2.
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How Do You Get to School?
Third graders talk about all the various ways they get to school. They make a list of all the bus numbers that the students use. They also list all the other methods of transportation used and solidify a hypothesis.
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Pond Theme Unit
In this pond theme worksheet students research facts on pond life. Students complete comprehension questions, crosswords, word search, and math puzzles. Students write a short report.
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Pumped Up Gas Prices
Students calculate gas prices. In this transportation lesson, students tally the mileage and gas costs of their car for one months. They figure out how much was spent on gas and create a graph showing average gas prices over time.
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Shop 'Til You Drop
Learners evaluate food prices. In this real world math lesson plan, students compare the cost of various grocery items to determine which is the best deal. They work in groups using grocery ads to decide how to get the most product for...
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Providing a Helping Hand
Young scholars examine the concept of philanthropy. In this service learning lesson, students create charts that display how corporate sponsorships benefit communities.
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Leaping Lemurs! How far can you jump?
Students watch a segment of the PBS video which show the lemurs' ability to jump. In pairs, students collect measurement data involving each other's length of a standard step, a standing broad jump, and a long jump. They record their...
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Guess Your Best
Young scholars discuss situations when it is useful to know exact weight of object as opposed to estimated weight, estimate weight of various items, weigh them on scale using ounces and pounds, and compare their weights on Guess Your...
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Investigating the Food Pyramid
Learners examine how the food pyramid is an important nutritional tool. They classify foods and compare the number of servings per group that are necessary for maintaining good health by placing empty food containers in grocery bags.
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An Apple A Day
Students create a graph that showcases their pick for favorite kind of apple. Students are given samples of a variety of apples to determine their favorite in a taste test. They a create a tally chart of favorite kinds apples and use a...
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Where is Everybody?#135
Pupils examine the human uses of school spaces through a variety of activities. They draw the playground during recess and not during recess. They determine how many people use each room at different times before graphing the...
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Closer To the Ground Lesson 2: Providing a Helping Hand
Students examine how businesses and corporations contribute or sponsor activities for the common good. They read annual reports of major corporations to determine how they contribute to focused activities for the common good.
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How Much Soil is There?
Young scholars examine that all living things depend on soil to live. In this science instructional activity, students pretend that an apple is planet Earth. Young scholars cut the apple to represent the portions of Earth with the last...
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Thank You... Thomas Edison!
Students 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.
Primary Resources
Primary Resources: Line Graphs and Pie Charts
Here are a few resources to use with your students when teaching about line graphs or pie charts.
US Department of Education
National Center for Education Statistics: Create a Graph Tutorial
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...
Math Is Fun
Math Is Fun: Data Graphs
Create and customize a bar graph, line graph, or pie chart based on a set of data and print it out.
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, University of California Santa Barbara
Nceas: Graph Types
At this site from NCEAS you can learn how to organize your data into pie graphs, bar graphs, and line graphs. Explanations and examples are given of each graph along with several questions that check comprehension.