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American Statistical Association

How Tall and How Many?

For Teachers 8th Standards
Is there a relationship between height and the number of siblings? Classmates collect data on their heights and numbers of brothers and sisters. They apply statistical methods to determine if such a relationship exists.
Lesson Plan
Statistics Education Web

The Case of the Careless Zookeeper

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Herbivores and carnivores just don't get along. Using a box of animal crackers, classes collect data about the injury status of herbivores and carnivores in the box. They complete the process of chi-square testing on the data from...
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Statistics Education Web

Which Hand Rules?

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Reaction rates vary between your dominant and nondominant hand ... or do they? Young scholars conduct an experiment collecting data to answer just that. After collecting data, they calculate the p-value to determine if the difference is...
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Teach Engineering

Backyard Weather Station

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Challenge young meteorologists to apply their knowledge of weather to build their own weather stations. The resource provides the directions to build a weather station that contains a wind vane, barometer, thermometer, and rain...
Lesson Plan
Statistics Education Web

10,000 Steps?

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Conduct an experiment to determine the accuracy of pedometers versus pedometer apps. Class members collect data from each device, analyze the data using a hypothesis test, and determine if there is a significant difference...
Activity
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Scientific Inquiry Using WildCam Gorongosa

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
How do scientists determine what questions to ask to meet their research goals? Help your class develop an inquiry mindset with a lesson based on studies in the Gorongosa National Park. Partners create their own research questions by...
Interactive
Curated OER

Air Pollution: What's the Solution?

For Teachers 8th - 10th
This air pollution worksheet provides a step-by-step process for gathering data about the ozone and weather. Amateur meteorologists enter data for 3 days including the air quality, the temperature, the wind speed, any particular events...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Range, Cluster, Gap and Outliers

For Teachers 6th - 9th
There are a number of activities here where learners collect and record data, as well as, activities where the likelihood of an event happening is calculated given the experimental probability. Young statisticians organize information...
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Statistics Education Web

Are Female Hurricanes Deadlier than Male Hurricanes?

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
The battle of the sexes? Scholars first examine data on hurricane-related deaths and create graphical displays. They then use the data and displays to consider whether hurricanes with female names result in more deaths than hurricanes...
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NOAA

Through Robot Eyes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
How do robots assist ocean explorers in collecting data and images? The final installment in a five-part series has science scholars examine underwater images collected by robots and identify the organisms shown. Groups then calculate...
Printables
Solution Tree

Data Analysis Protocol

For Teachers K - 12th
Once data has been collected about student performance, members of a professional learning community (PLC) may use this worksheet to analyze the data and create plans to improve student performance.
Lesson Plan
American Institutes for Research

Digital Smiles

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Explore metric measurement, recording data, and creating an electronic spreadsheet displaying results with your math class. Scholars will measure the length of their smiles, record the measurements, and represent the results on an...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Pupils create various types of graphs. They go to suggested websites to collect data and create graphs to organize the data. Then they answer questions according to their graph.
eBook
Open Oregon Educational Resources

Forest Measurements: An Applied Approach

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Geometry—it's not just for the math classroom! Learners explore the field of forestry through a mathematical lens. An instructional resource explains how forest workers collect data about trees such as height, diameter, and age...
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School Journalism

Investigative and Data Journalism – Day Two

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Class members use the Investigative Reporting Article Planner they completed the first day of the unit to guide the development of an infographic that displays what they have learned about the topic they researched. 
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School Journalism

Investigative and Data Journalism – Day One

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
A free press, free to investigate and report on responsibly, compelling stories, is essential to a democracy. A 10-slide presentation details where to get ideas, how to go about an investigation, gather data, and assure the accuracy of...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Lessons for Atlatl Users with Some Experience-Grade 6

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders experiment with an atlatl and dart.  In this sixth grade data management mathematics lesson, 6th graders explore and determine the most suitable methods of displaying data collected from their experimentation with...
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Pennsylvania Department of Education

Use Order of Operations to Evaluate Expressions—No Grouping Symbols

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students identify and explain different types of data collection and graphs. In this graphs and data collection instructional activity, students record their observations of a variety of data collection tools and graphs displayed in the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Chocolate Preferences Voting and Graphing Techniques

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students practice sampling and graphing techniques. For this data collection and interpretation lesson, students write and conduct surveys about chocolate preferences and then collect their data. Students graph the data in order to...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Effect of Acid Rain on Limestone

For Teachers 6th - 9th Standards
Pupils investigate the pH of rain water in this earth science lesson. They collect rain water from their area and explore the pH when lime stone is added, then they will use the data collected to conjecture as to the effect of acid rain...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Weather, Data, Graphs and Maps

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students collect data on the weather, graph and analyze it. In this algebra lesson plan, students interpret maps and are able to better plan their days based on the weather reading. They make predictions based on the type of clouds they...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Observations (collecting data)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students observe and collect data about the earthworm. In this observation of an earthworm lesson plan, students use an earthworm to determine the effects of light and incline on the earthworm's behavior. They practice making...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Measurement of Biotic and Abiotic Objects

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students identify biotic and abiotic factors. In this environmental study lesson plan, students conduct a series of experiments to collect and record data and draw conclusions based on the results. 
Worksheet
Curated OER

Heads & Tails Data Collection

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this data collection instructional activity, students use a penny and a dime to play a math game. Students flip the money in the cup and then record the number of heads and tails showing marking the coins in the box.

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