Lesson Plan
Curated OER

ou are the Researcher!

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students conduct a census at school. They collect data, tally it, and create a frequency table. Students display their data in three different types of graphs. They write complete sentences describing the graph.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What Pie?

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students practice making and interpreting pie graphs so they are better able to decide if a pie chart is the appropriate form of display. Students examine included overheads of different pie charts, and directions on how to make pie...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Octavio Paz

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders read and analyze the poem, "The Street," by Hispanic author, Octavio Paz. They research the life of Octavio Paz and identify his literary contributions. They complete an online scavenger hunt and create an author map of...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Linear and Exponential Growth

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Young scholars explore the concept of linear and exponential growth. In this linear and exponential growth lesson, students collect data about China's population. Young scholars model the data to determine if it is linear or exponential.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Creative Outline for Your Short Story or Book

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discuss the information listed about how to make an outline for a short story or book. They then begin writing their short story and edit it and revise before turning it in to be graded.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Environment and Interactions of Living Organisms

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars study the environment and interactions of living organisms. They identify abiotic and biotic factors and create a foldable and vocabulary cards. They create a poster illustrating soil and watch a video to study symbiosis.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Surface Meteorological Observation System (SMOS)

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students monitor local surface weather conditions for at least 30 days. They interpret the data by graphing it and detemining percentages.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

How Does Climate Affect Your Environment?

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students access the Global Sun Temperature Project website and research the relationship between the location and climate of a participating school to its building structure. They consider how climate affects the type of structures...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Confusing Colors!

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders collect data, graph their data, and then make predictions based upon their findings. They's interest is maintained by the interesting way the data is collected. The data collection experiment is from the psychology work of...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Favorite Survey

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders collect and organize data for charts and bar graphs by questioning their classmates. They utilize a worksheet imbedded in this plan which guides them through their 'favorites' survey.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Introduction to Science

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders investigate scientific methods to solve problems. They demonstrate creating data tables and graphs. They study the role of a scientist and the importance of safety in a science lab. They distinguish between an...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Understanding Cloud Formation

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore air and clouds by watching demonstration. They perform an experiment to measure air pressure changes.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Graphing Data - Temperature

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders measure and record temperature over a given time period. They compare the recorded temperatures to the 40-year recorded normal average temperatures for the same area. Students display and interpret their findings in a graph.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Streamflow

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss the topic of streamflow and how it occurs. They take measurements and analyze them. They interpret data and create their own charts and graphs.
Unit Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Math: Data Analysis: Line Plots

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
Explore how to organize and plot data on a line plot by going step by step through the activity. Then test your knowledge to check for understanding.
Unit Plan
CPALMS

Cpalms: Measure Up! Measuring to Make a Line Plot

For Teachers 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, students will generate measurement data by measuring lengths using rulers marked with halves and fourths of an inch and show the data by making a line plot. This lesson includes an...
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Box Plots: How Many Pairs of Socks

For Teachers 6th - 8th
The purpose of this lesson is to help students use the shape of a line plot to interpret the shape of a box plot.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Writing Equations of Lines in Algebra I

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity will help students write equations of lines using two points. This activity will also help students review how to plot ordered pairs.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Line of Best Fit

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
In this activity, students learn to collect data and plot the data. They use the manual-fit feature to form a line of best fit.
Interactive
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Illuminations: Line of Best Fit

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Use this activity to practice how to enter a set of data, plot the data on a coordinate grid, and determine the equation for a line of best fit.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Count Your Raisins

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this lesson plan students will create a class line plot using data collected from boxes of raisins. This activity will be used to collect, organize, represent, and describe data using the line plot.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Walk the Line: Straight Line Distance Graphs

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students' use a motion detector to create straight-line, or constant-speed, distance versus time plots, and analyze the linear equation that describes the plots.
Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Chameleon Graphing: Coordinate Plane

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Dive into this introduction to graphing in the coordinate plane, and meet a chameleon named Sam. Sam will help guide you through graphing points on a line, using negative numbers, and graphing points in the coordinate plane.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Handy Reflections

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The purpose of this investigation is to: Revise plotting points on the Cartesian plane; Use and understand aspect ratios; Improve estimation skills; Use a spreadsheet or a graphing calculator to draw a graph; Learn how to reflect lines...