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Meteor or Meteorite

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students differentiate between a meteor and meteorite. They participate in an experiment to discover how the size and weight of an object determines the size of the impact crater. They utilize their math skills by measuring with a ruler...
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Tally Time

For Teachers Pre-K - 5th
Students create a tally chart. In this math and health lesson, students discuss healthy foods and create a tally chart showing the number of students who like to eat healthy foods.
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Graphing Using Cookies

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students differentiate between bar graphs, line graphs, pictographs and bar graphs. After participating in a hands-on cookie activity, students label and draw their own graphs.
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Birthdays

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students collect data about the birth months of each classmate using a calendar. They make a table with the information before designing a pictograph using cupcake images. They answer questions using the graph.
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C is for Cookie-A MEAN-ingful Graphing Activity

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders, in groups, dissect a variety of brands of chocolate chip cookies and calculate the mean for each brand. They create their own bar graphs, pictographs, and line graphs to represent information.
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The Egg Hunt- Using a Graph to Answer Data Questions

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this pictograph activity, students answer questions based on a pictograph that shows colored Easter eggs. They follow the key that shows that each egg picture is equal to 10 eggs. They fill in the blanks with answers to how many, who...
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Show Me the Money

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars study the monetary value of a penny, nickel, and dime. They simulate a candy store by calculating the proper amount of money needed to purchase candy. After viewing a video, they complete the "Handful of Coins" pictograph .
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Smarties Investigation

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this math worksheet, learners participate in an investigation of Smarties candy. For example, students estimate how many candies they have in each color, count the actual number, and record the information in a tally chart.
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Ice Cream Sundae Survey

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
Young scholars analyze data through graphs. They will complete a class survey on ice cream sundaes and tally and graph the responses. They then analyze the information from the class graph.
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Many Ways to Represent Our Data

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Demonstrate several ways to represent data with your class. They will use surveys to gather data and display the data using tally charts and graphs. Then answer questions according to the data.
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When Ants Fly

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Here is a great instructional activity on constructing line graphs. Learners identify common characteristics of birds, ants common needs of all living things. They also write a story from the perspective of an ant or a bird that has lost...
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Round 4-Digit Numbers

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this rounding numbers practice worksheet, students sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve 6 story problems that require them to round 4-digit numbers.
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Make Ten to Add

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this making ten worksheet, students learn to use pictographs or math tables to help them learn to make ten in addition word problems.
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What's Data?

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students get the opportunity to investigate the concept of data collecting. They explore how to tally and read a bar graph. Vocabulary about data is also be included. At the end of the lesson, individual students collect data independently.
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Introduction to Graphs

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners poll classmates to gather information for a graph. They identify three types of graphs (bar, line, table). Students create each type of graph using data gathered from classmates.
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Graph the Results: Applesauce Taste Test

For Teachers K - 8th
Students work together to make applesauce following specific directions. They taste each applesauce and graph the results based on the taste test. They also use the internet to create an online graph.
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All in the Family

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students use data to make a tally chart and a line plot. They find the maximum, minimum, range, median, and mode of the data. Following the video portion of the lesson, students will visit a Web site to test their data collection skills...
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Usage and Interpretation of Graphs

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Cooperative groups are formed for this graphing activity. Each group must construct a graph that represents how many eyelets (the holes for laces in shoes), are present in their group. A whole-class bar graph is eventually constructed...
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Survey Savvy

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders design appropriate questions for a survey, survey classmates, create a pictograph to represent the results, and explain the survey results.
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Farm Census

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students disuss the work of a farmer. They recognize and name farm animals to represent the information in a pictogram.
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Math Made Easy

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners evaluate word problems.  In this problem solving lesson, students are presented with word problems requiring graphing skills and learners work independently to solve.
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Inch by Inch

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders listen to a read-aloud of Leo Lionni's, Inch by Inch before measuring a variety of items using both standard and metric units. They record the measurement data and follow a recipe for dirt pie.
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Poppin' For Popcorn!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students graph data from different popcorn flavors. In this graphing lesson, students make graphs using an assigned web site after collecting data about the flavors of popcorn that fellow classmates prefer.
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Where Do I Fit on the Graph?

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars collect data and create graphs about themselves, their community, and the world around them. They use a variety of methods to organize data, such as stickers, clothespins, name tags, coloring, tally marks, etc.