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Gathering Data About Respiration
Students engage in an experiment that tests how much air we breathe in and out during the respiration process. In this respiration lesson, students blow a typical breath's amount of air into a balloon. They use a ruler to measure the...
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Activity Plan 5-6: What's In a Name?
Students use family names to gather and analyze data. In this counting lesson, students use graph paper to help organize their data and then, in a staircase fashion, organize the names from longest to shortest so they can answer...
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Collect and Organize Data
In this data analysis instructional activity, 4th graders use a tally chart about favorite television programs. They record which are least or most popular, rankings, and combinations of programs.
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Collect and Organize Data: Reteach
For this data collection worksheet, learners learn the parts of a tally chart and how it organizes information. Students then use the second tally chart to help them answer the six questions.
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Mini Games
Students play a series of mini games in order to learn basic concepts in science and math. For this data collection lesson, students weigh rice, count time, participate in a marble grab, look at big feet, participate in a sponge squeeze,...
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Favorite Sports Graph
For this data collection and graph worksheet, students ask each classmate which sport is their favorite based on the ones shown at the bottom of the graph. They color a square for each response, and tell the most and least popular sport.
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Present Perfect Verb Tense- Class Data Collection Activity
In this verb tense and data collection worksheet, students find out about the life experiences of their classmates. They ask questions using the present perfect tense and the suggestions in a chart on the page. They record the...
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Bean Growth Project Graph Worksheet
In this bean growth project graphing activity, student collect data and create a line graph. They use a different color for each line that shows the growth of each bean plant.
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Mean, Median, and Mode 1
In this mean, median and mode activity, students use the measures of central tendency to describe given statistical data. Students identify the range of data, and match data to its representative bar graph. Two multi-step problems are...
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Bar Graphs
In this bar graphs worksheet, pupils, working with a partner, explore how to read and analyze the five answers to one mathematical bar graph.
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Colors Samples
In this math worksheet, students take the time to count out the colors of the candies. They graph the results and make inferences from the information.
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Weather Station Report
In this science worksheet, students fill out the data report for the seven different questions. The focus is upon the interpretation of data.
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Weather Instrument Data Chart
In this science worksheet, students look for the answers to the correct place on the data chart. They organize and make interpretations of the data.
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Weather Instrument Data Information
In this science worksheet, young scholars are given the task of recording weather information twice daily using the homemade weather instruments.
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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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M & Ms in a Bag
Students make predictions about the number and colors of M&M's in a snack size package. They create an Excel spreadsheet to record the data from their small group's bag, create a graph of the data, and discuss the variations of data...
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Bouncing Ball Experiment
Students collect data for a bouncing ball and select one bounce to analyze. They explore the relationship between velocity, position and acceleration. They seek out connections between the graphs and the physical motion of the ball.
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Data Collection
Young scholars explore the reason for collecting and analyzing facts and figures or data and statistics. They show how data can be used to help us to solve real life problems and plan for the future. Students use everyday problems that...
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Arthropod Data Collection
Students describe the life cycle of various bugs as well as their predators and feeding habits. The class participates in a discussion of the various methods scientists use to gather data including research and experiment. After...
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Weather Patterns
Fourth graders collect and chart weather data over the course of the school year either using tools at school or media resources. They agree on weather terms to use in their observations and write them on the assigned sheet. Finally,...
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Problem Solvers for Life
Fifth graders identify and explore the components of solving a problem. Students conduct a survey to collect, analyze and interpret data based on a given problem. Also, 5th graders use a variety of strategies to solve math problems,...
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Tasty Tech Activity With Excel
Students are introduce to basic Excel skills, rank their opinions of menu items from fast food restaurants, add their answers to the spreadsheet, and then create a simple graph of the results.
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Grade 5: Alphabet Frequency
Fifth graders collect and organize data from writing samples, use fractions and decimals to describe the experimental data, and use the experimental results to make predictions about the frequency of letter usage in the English language.
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Do Caterpillars Eat More As They Get Bigger?
Learners observe caterpillar behavior and the amount of milkweed leaves the caterpillars eat each day. They collect data regarding the caterpillar's size and anything else they see. They look for patterns in caterpillar eating habits and...