Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Informational Text: Synthesize Information in Charts and Graphs

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this lesson, you will learn how to understand the data found in charts and graphs, and at the end of the lesson, you will practice what you have learned.
Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Picture Graphs (Pictographs) Review

For Students 9th - 10th
Picture graphs are a fun way to display data. This article reviews how to create and read picture graphs (also called pictographs).
Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Reading Dot Plots & Frequency Tables

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
Practice reading basic dot plots and frequency tables. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Going for the Gold

For Teachers 2nd Standards
Second graders read and create graphs based on Olympic data for 2014.
Activity
Rice University

Rice University: Cynthia Lanius: Fun and Sun Rent a Car

For Teachers 4th - 8th
A wide range of math skills is incorporated into a lesson that involves planning a family's vacation to Florida. Travel expenses are gathered and compared, graphed, and analyzed in hopes of finding the best prices. There are extension...
Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Orange Trees, Olive Trees: Graphs

For Students 4th - 6th
Tomas and Luna are farmers. See how many oranges and olives they have collected!
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Math Today Challenge New Color of Money

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students will read about the changes in the "new money" and then create a graph to represent various combinations of currency produced. This activity provides an excellent example of discrete, real-world data.
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: F Bf Latitude

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
For this task, learners are presented with data about latitude and the percentage of the Earth's surface north of each latitude line. They are to use this data to sketch a graph, analyze it, and build an understanding of an invertible...