Assessment
Inside Mathematics

Population

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Population density, it is not all that it is plotted to be. Pupils analyze a scatter plot of population versus area for some of the states in the US. The class members respond to eight questions about the graph, specific points and...
Handout
Charleston School District

The Line of Best Fit

For Students 8th - 9th Standards
If it's warm, they will come! Learners find a line of best fit to show a relationship between temperature and beach visitors. Previous lessons in the series showed pupils how to create and find associations in scatter plots. Now,...
Assessment
Inside Mathematics

Snakes

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Get a line on the snakes. The assessment task requires the class to determine the species of unknown snakes based upon collected data. Individuals analyze two scatter plots and determine the most likely species for five...
Assessment
Achieve

BMI Calculations

For Students 6th - 10th Standards
Obesity is a worldwide concern. Using survey results, learners compare local BMI statistics to celebrity BMI statistics. Scholars create box plots of the data, make observations about the shape and spread of the data, and examine the...
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Relationships Between Two Numerical Variables

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Working in small groups and in pairs, classmates build an understanding of what types of relationships can be used to model individual scatter plots. The nonlinear scatter plots in this lesson plan on relationships between two numerical...
Interactive
Shodor Education Foundation

Stem and Leaf Plotter

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
The key is in the leaves. Pupils enter data to create a stem-and-leaf plot. The resource then displays the plot and calculates the mean, median, and mode of the data. Using the plot and the calculated measures of spread, learners analyze...
Lesson Plan
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Teach Engineering

Coordinates and the Cartesian Plane

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
The plot thickens to get a functional understanding. After a short review of plotting points on the coordinate plane, class members learn the difference between functions and relations in the second lesson in a series of nine. They...
Lesson Plan
Prestwick House

Star Wars and the Hero's Journey

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Is Luke Skywalker the archetype of a literary hero? Follow the path of the Hero's Journey with an engaging lesson that details the plot structure, applies it to Star Wars: A New Hope, and invites class members to choose their own...
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Stem-and-Leaf Plots and Histograms: Digital Photography

For Students 8th - 10th Standards
Cameras use histograms to communicate the exposure of a photograph. An interesting lesson uses this idea to help learners deepen their understanding of histograms. It highlights the skew of the graphs by showing under- and overexposed...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Comparing Themes and Plots: "Young Goodman Brown" and "The Minister's Black Veil"

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students read two stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne and write an essay comparing plots and themes. In this Nathaniel Hawthorne short stories lesson, students read "Young Goodman Brown" and "The Minister's Black Veil." After a class...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Comparison of Two Different Gender Sports Teams - Part 3 of 3 Scatter Plots and Lines of Best Fit

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Young scholars create a scatter plot for bivariate data and find the trend  line to describe the correlation for the sports teams. In this scatter plot instructional activity, students analyze data, make predictions,and use...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Stem and Leaf Plots

For Students 8th - 9th
In this stem and leaf plots worksheet, students solve and complete 10 different problems that include designing stem and leaf plots. First, they use the table on the left to determine the least score and the range of the total scores...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Quiz: Scatter Plots and Line of Best Fit

For Students 8th - 11th
In this scatter plots and line of best fit worksheet, students create scatter plots from given sets of data. They answer questions concerning the scatter plot. Students write the equation of a line, identify the type of correlation...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Plotting Worksheet

For Students 7th - 9th
In this plotting worksheet, students discuss the short term and long term problems of both the hero and the heroine.  Students track the problems as they worsen and are ultimately resolved.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Box-and-Whisker Plots

For Students 9th
In this box-and-whisker plots worksheet, 9th graders solve and complete 14 different problems that include comparing various box-and-whisker plots. First, they determine the median for each set of data and plot the lesser range. Then,...
PPT
Curated OER

The Parts of Plot

For Teachers 1st - 12th
This literary elements PowerPoint informs students of the parts of a plot. In this PowerPoint, students read each part of the plot along with the definition.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Interpreting and Displaying Sets of Data

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students explore the concept of interpreting data. In this interpreting data lesson, students make a line plot of themselves according to the number of cubes they can hold in their hand. Students create their own data to graph and...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Scrambled Stories

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Character development, setting, and plot? Sounds like the makings of a good narrative story. Young authors read and analyze several narrative examples, and then they use what they know to pen an original composition. They work both in...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Way to Better Grades!

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Pupils collect and analyze data. In this statistics lesson, learners create a scatter plot from their collected data. They use, tables and graphs to analyze the data and mae decisions.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

I Know What You Did Last Summer: A Data Graphing Project

For Teachers 7th - 11th Standards
Young scholars participate in graphing data.  In this graphing data lesson, students make a stem and leaf plot of their summer activities.  Young scholars create numerous graphs on poster boards.  Students discuss the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Creating Plays from Children's Stories

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explain how individual elements (e.g., plot, theme, character, conflict, etc.) comprise the structure of a play. They write an original one-act play with developed characters, specific setting, conflict, and resolution.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Narrative Nuts and Bolts

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
After viewing slides and reading about child labor, young authors compose an original narrative story. They practice note-taking skills and work to effectively engage a reader by incorporating plot, logical order, complex characters,...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Introduction To Literary Analysis

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Explore the fascinating ways in which authors use specific literary devices to create interesting and realistic texts. Using non-fiction articles with the subject of rogue waves, an excerpt from The Perfect Storm, by Sebastian Junger,...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Data Analysis

For Students 8th - 11th
In this data analysis worksheet, learners solve and complete 6 different problems that include using various types of data analysis. First, they create a stem-and-leaf plot of the ratios shown at the top and determine the mean, median,...

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