Curated OER
Graph It with Coffee!
Young scholars interview employers and employees at local coffee shops about sales and profits and create graphs comparing and contrasting information obtained about the businesses.
Curated OER
Create Your Own Form
Students gather and organize data using a mock census form, and determine mean, mode, range, and median for sets of data.
Curated OER
Looking for More Clues
Fifth graders explore how to collect data and display it on a bar and circle graph.
Curated OER
Data Scavenger Hunt
Eighth graders discuss how data is collected and participate in data collection through a survey. They complete a scavenger hunt on the Internet to gain understanding of the data measures mean, median, mode, and range.
Curated OER
Snack Attack
Students design charts, tables, graphs, and pictographs to analyse the types of snacks in a bag.
Curated OER
Math Word Problems: Reading Bar Graphs
In this math word problems-reading bar graphs worksheet, students analyze the bar graph and answer six questions about the data in the graph.
Curated OER
Microsoft Office Excel
Learners use Microsoft Office Excel. In this technology lesson, students enter data on a spreadsheet using Excel. This programs tallies data and presents it using graphs.
Curated OER
Handling Data: Representing Date - Online Version
Here is an online lesson plan on data representation. In it, learners access websites embedded in the plan which lead them through a variety of activities around data representation and statistics. The activities are quite good, and...
Curated OER
Probability Game
Sixth and seventh graders complete and play a game that includes determining the probability of events. First, they list their names for each person playing. Then, everyone selects a number and roll the dice 100 times. They place a mark...
Curated OER
Statistics for Graphing
Students use the Internet to access a variety of websites that present statistics and information for use in graphing. They represent sports statistics, geographical measurements, temperatures and more.
Curated OER
Learn How to Graph
Students examine various types of charts and discover how to construct a line graph. Using graph paper, they construct a graph displaying weight loss over a five-year period. They draw copnclusions from the completed graphs.
Curated OER
Coal Flowers
Let's make coal flowers! With this fun activity, young learners watch and learn as they grow crystals! With simple household materials and the instructions included in this lesson plan, your class can grow their own crystals. Learners...
Curated OER
Hopes and Dreams: A Spreadsheet Lesson Using Excel
Fourth graders read "The Far Away Drawer" by Harriet Diller and discuss the story as a class. After discussion, 4th graders create a t-shirt GLYPH about their hopes and dreams,share their information with the class and create spreadsheets.
Curated OER
Froot Loops to the Max- Pie 2
In this Froot Loops to the Max worksheet, middle schoolers solve 2 different problems related to graphing data with a box of Froot Loops cereal. First, they complete the circle/pie graph using the given data including a key and a title...
Curated OER
Wildlife and Highway Management
Students create a research questions about animal underpasses and how animals use them. In this animals lesson plan, students use their collected data to answer their question.
Curated OER
Graphing Trash Material
Students investigate data and recyclable materials. In this math instructional activity, students save recyclable materials and create a graph of the materials. Students discuss how they could help the environment by recycling.
Curated OER
Plastic Packaging
Students collect data. In this math lesson, students collect data about recyclable materials. Students develop a plan that will help the environment. Recycling plastic containers is discussed.
Curated OER
Measurement: Stream Flow & Stadium Capacity
Eighth graders study the scientific fields and how information can be monitored and recorded. For this scientific inquiry lesson students view a PowerPoint presentation and complete a hands on activity.
Curated OER
Magnetic Discovery Bottle
Students investigate the properties of magnets. In this physical science lesson plan, students will go through a short 5E lesson that allows the students to study magnet materials and predict what will and will not be attracted to a...
Curated OER
Aerospace
Learners experiment with weight and balance of a glider. In this flight instructional activity students construct their own flying glider and record their experiment with it.
Curated OER
Sputnik
Students study Sputnik and what it looks like. In this Sputnik lesson students complete several activities while in groups.
Curated OER
Graphing in the Form of Bar Graphs
Students explore bar graphs. In this math activity, students create and conduct a survey. Students graph their data in a bar graph.
Curated OER
Volcano Under the City
Students examine the different flow rates of liquids and how lava's viscosity influences flow. In this liquids lesson students complete several handouts and a lab activity.
Curated OER
Living Fossils
Students study the term living fossil and examine why some of the reasons they survived. In this fossils lesson students form a hypothesis and use data to see if it is accurate.