Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Data Analysis

For Students 9th - 10th
Given laboratory investigation data in the form of tables, charts, and graphs, students will analyze and predict trends from the data.
Activity
Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Practice With Organizing and Interpreting Data

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Several problems are presented to test your skills in creating and interpreting frequency tables, pie charts, box-and-whisker and stem-and-leaf plots.
Interactive
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, University of California Santa Barbara

Nceas: Graph Types

For Students 3rd - 5th
At this site from NCEAS you can learn how to organize your data into pie graphs, bar graphs, and line graphs. Explanations and examples are given of each graph along with several questions that check comprehension.
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Mathline Lesson Plan: Struts'n Stuff [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Incorporating concepts in algebra, number sense, patterning, data collection, and geometry, this lesson engages students in various hands-on activities to explore the relationship between regular polygons and the number of diagonals...
Graphic
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control: Survey and Data Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
Site contains statistical data for the National Center for Health Statistics.
Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Figure This: Tv Ratings (Pdf)

For Students 3rd - 8th
Here's a challenge for the avid TV watcher. Use your data interpretation skills to explore America's TV watching habits in this NCTM Math Challenges for Families activity. See if you can figure out which night of the week has the...
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs: Mathline Creature Feature Lesson Plan [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
An interdisciplinary math, science, and language arts lesson plan that engages students in an exploration of statistics. Through a study of various forest climates, students utilize data collection and analysis, classification, and...
Activity
Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Definition of Bar Graph

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Get the definition for a bar graph. Then, select the link "here's more" and use the interactive graph to display data as a bar graph, line graph or pie chart. The finished graph may be printed.
Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Figure This: Rose Bowl

For Students 3rd - 8th
A math challenge taken directly from the sports pages. Use your problem solving and data collection aptitude to find out how many different ways a Rose Bowl team could score 11 points. Try this one page activity from the NCTM Math...
Professional Doc
University of Regina (Canada)

University of Regina: Math Central: Performance Stations in Math: Grade 6

For Teachers 6th - 8th
The Saskatoon Board of Education provides teachers with this collection of grade six math performance stations. Although several of the stations have been designed as assessment tools for the Saskatchewan curriculum, teachers may also...
Professional Doc
University of Regina (Canada)

University of Regina: Math Central: Performance Stations in Math: Grade 7

For Teachers 6th - 8th
The Saskatoon Board of Education provides teachers with this collection of grade seven math performance stations. Although several of the stations have been designed as assessment tools for the Saskatchewan curriculum, teachers may also...
Professional Doc
University of Regina (Canada)

University of Regina: Math Central: Performance Stations in Math: Grade 8

For Teachers 6th - 8th
The Saskatoon Board of Education provides teachers with this collection of grade eight math performance stations. Although several of the stations have been designed as assessment tools for the Saskatchewan curriculum, teachers may also...
Professional Doc
University of Regina (Canada)

University of Regina: Math Central: Performance Stations in Math: Grade 9

For Teachers 6th - 8th
The Saskatoon Board of Education provides teachers with this collection of grade nine math performance stations. Although several of the stations have been designed as assessment tools for the Saskatchewan curriculum, teachers may also...
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Teachnology

Teachnology: Survey Teaching Theme

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Survey Theme provides an excellent collection of free sample worksheets, teacher resources, lesson plans and interactive media for grades k-12.
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Teachnology

Teachnology: Survey Teaching Theme

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Survey Theme provides an excellent collection of free sample worksheets, teacher resources, lesson plans and interactive media for grades k-12.
Lesson Plan
Other

Laus Dnet: Grade 5 Excel Lesson Plan

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this online instructional activity, students will survey students in their school to determine their favorite type of hand-held ice cream. Before performing the survey, students will make predictions about which ice creams they think...
Handout
Other

Stat Soft: Statistics Glossary

For Students 9th - 10th
Dozens of statistical terms are defined and illustrated in this glossary.
Activity
BBC

Bbc: Ks1 Bitesize: How to Use Simple Data Tables

For Students K - 1st
Explains how to read information from a simple golf scoring table. Students then label the rows and columns in a 2x3 table. [0:26]
Activity
BBC

Bbc Bitesize: Spreadsheets

For Students 9th - 10th
Spreadsheets are used to store information and data. Once we have our information in a spreadsheet we can run powerful calculations, make graphs and charts and analyse patterns.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Who Bounces Best?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This is a cooperative learning, kinesthetic and presentation lesson. Students will use the computer to create graphs/charts to display data collected by counting the number of successful bounces when bouncing a basketball for 30 seconds....
Interactive
US Department of Education

Nces: Create a Graph: Kids Zone

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Make your own pie, bar, line, area or XY graph with this interactive tool. Look for examples of graphs already created from data collected by the National Center for Education Statistics. Complete with a graphing tutorial.
Activity
Beacon Learning Center

Beacon Learning Center: Leap Frog Experiment

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Students design an experiment, collect information using tree diagrams, and interpret the results using charts in this interactive web lesson.
Interactive
TeacherLED

Teacher Led Interactive Whiteboard Resource Survey

For Students K - 1st Standards
Students can explore surveys, pie charts, and bar graphs with this interactive white board resource.
Interactive
US Department of Education

Nces Kids: Creating an Area Graph

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is where you will find step by step directions explaining how to create an area graph. Complete each step and click on the next tab. Directions are simple and clear.