Curated OER
Classifying Candy I
Students explore the observable properties of matter. They develop two binary classification systems using concrete objects. based on two different properties of the concrete objects.
Curated OER
Designing Databases
Young scholars explore the basic concepts of a relational database by designing a questionnaire to gather information about their school's student body for use in designing more effective school programs.
Curated OER
Classifying Candy III
Students create a classification tree based on grouping candy with eight different properties. This allows students to understand how living things are classified.
Curated OER
Missing Macroinvertebrates
Students investigate the concept of a macroinvertebrate. They observe the presence of increases or decreases in population in order to test for factors that contribute to the extinction of a species. Students predict the likelihood of...
PBS
Pbs Kids Afterschool Adventure!: Operation: Data Saves the Day Activity Plan
Data comes to the rescue! Children will collect, analyze, and represent data as they try to dodge a series of catastrophes faced by characters from their favorite PBS Kids shows.
Stanford University
Dreme: Data in the Preschool Classroom
What are the important concepts involved in data collection and data use in the preschool classroom, and how can teachers support the mathematics of data? This article gives a brief description of the concepts that children need to grasp...
Google
Google for Education: Sorting Data
In this example students use data collected from their class and learn to sort it before calculating the mean, median, and mode. Additionally, students learn how to use spreadsheet functions to sort based on different criteria, leading...
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Olive Trees: Data & Chance
Ariel is taking a survey. Do you want to help her collect and describe data?
Association of Religion Data Archives
Association of Religion Data Archives: National Profiles: Religious Data
A huge collection of religious data sorted by countries around the world. Includes maps and data related to religious freedom, the religions practiced by citizens and more. You can search by country or region.
PBS
Pbs Kids Afterschool Adventure!: Operation: All About Us Activity Plan
It's time to stand in the spotlight! During this Afterschool Adventure, children will learn about and practice a variety of math skills as they gather information about their favorite subject-themselves! Children will start out by...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Generating and Recording Data
This "fish" activity will help early elementary students develop skills related to categorizing, recording data, developing vocabulary, and counting. An assessment rubric is attached.
Rice University
What Percentage of Your Class Is Right or Left Handed?
What percentage of the class is right or left-handed? Students will investigate this question using statistical processes of collecting the data, organizing it, graphing, and finally analyzing it. Follow-up questions are provided for the...
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Stuff to Do: Start a Rock Collection
Step-by-step details for building a rock collection, beginning with collecting specimens, moving on to observing and sorting rocks, and finishing with displaying the collection. Includes a data table for keeping track of all your...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Mn Step: Who Lives Here?: Investigating and Sorting Schoolyard Insects
For this investigation, students make a pit trap and collect bugs. They then record what they captured and sort the bugs. The data is combined to create a class graph.
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Homeland Security in the Information Age
This site provides the story detailing new attempts at sorting and using the large quantities of data generated by security measures in the information age. (4 September 2002)
Utah Education Network
Uen: Source Relay
Second graders will sort breakfast food items into sources in this activity.