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Rockin' Data
Fifth graders are given the questions, "What type of music would you suggest the manager place in front of the store?". Students collect data by talking with 20 adults and create a bar graph on the computer to present the data.
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Favorite Candy Bar Graph
Students decide on six different types of candy bars to include in a data collection activity. Working in small groups, they survey a target group in a set amount of time. They access a Internet based graphing tool to create a bar graph...
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Graphs
Middle schoolers investigate circle and bar graphs. In this middle school mathematics lesson, students determine which kind of graph is suitable for a given situation and create circle and bar graphs.
Balanced Assessment
Cost of Living
Math scholars investigate the cost of living in Hong Kong compared to Chicago but must first convert the different types of currency. They then choose a type of graph to compare different spending categories and finish the activity by...
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Dealing with Data
Seventh graders collect and analyze data. In the seventh grade data analysis lesson, 7th graders explore and/or create frequency tables, multiple bar graphs, circle graphs, pictographs, histograms, line plots, stem and leaf plots,...
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Can you Find the Expression
Students collect data from measurements and weights for this experiment. In this algebra lesson plan, students analyze graphs they create form their data to find the expression representing the data. They label which graph provided the...
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Crime School Investigations
Learners solve a mystery at their school. In this classifying lesson plan, students find suspects who committed the crime. Learners categorize them into race, sex, and fingerprint type. Students show their results in graphs.