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Active Wear

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners interpret and analyze data.  In this middle school mathematics lesson, students conduct an experiment in which they investigate which solar collector, black, white, or silver, absorbs the most heat.  Learners examine...
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What is a Box and Whisker Plot?

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders explore the correct use of box and whisker plors. The times when they are appropriate to use to compare data is covered. They plot data according to statistical analysis including mean, median, and mode.
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Drip, Drip, Drip or The Case of the Leaky Faucet

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students explore the cost of wasted water. In this math lesson, students conduct an experiment in which they collect data on how much water is lost when a faucet leaks. Students figure the cost of the water that was wasted.
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How High Are the Clouds?

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Young scholars analyze height and collect data to create a graph. In this statistics lesson, students use central tendencies to analyze their data and make predictions. They apply concept of statistics to other areas of academics to make...
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Local Traffic Survey

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students conduct a traffic survey and interpret their data and use graphs and charts to display their results.
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Velocity

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students explore the concepts of velocity, acceleration, distance and football. They collect data on the velocity of a football and they determine the distance and height of a football when it is thrown. Students compare their findings...
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Temperature Bar Graph

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students explore mean, median and mode. In this math lesson, students analyze temperature data and figure the mean, median, and mode of the data. Students graph the data in a bar graph.
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Vital Signs

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students research health-related topics such as good nutrition, exercise, and the human body. They analyze their data and distribute it through the use of the Internet.
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Bar Graphs

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders visually represent and analyze data using a frequency table. They recognize what values in a data set are bigger by looking at a bar graph and answer questions about certain bar graphs and what they represent. Students...
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How Creepy!

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students observe and measure a model of slow down slope movement.  In this graphing lesson students collect, record, and organize data that apply to models.   
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Machine Technology

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students work in pairs to manufacture a product for a potential customer. They interview potential customers and collect data. Students develop a customer interview profile. They manufacture drill drift part to customer's specifications...
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Smoking: The Real Cost

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders discuss the adverse effects of smoking and predict the financial cost of a smoking habit. They collect data regarding the cost of a pack of cigarettes and average packs smoked a day. They create bar graphs displaying the...
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Probability

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders conduct experiment, collect data, predict, record, and discuss outcomes, and analyze data for probability.
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Mini Games

For Teachers K - 1st
Students play a series of mini games in order to learn basic concepts in science and math. For this data collection lesson, students weigh rice, count time, participate in a marble grab, look at big feet, participate in a sponge squeeze,...
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Activity Plan 5-6: What's In a Name?

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students use family names to gather and analyze data. In this counting lesson, students use graph paper to help organize their data and then, in a staircase fashion, organize the names from longest to shortest so they can answer...
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Robot Rounding!

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students collect data on a robot and relate the behavior to prove there is an infinite minute set of numbers. In this algebra lesson, students verify that there is always a number between two numbers. They analyze and make inference...
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Being an Educated Consumer of Statistics

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students examine kinds of data used to report statistics, and create their own statistical report based on any of the four sources of media information (Internet, newspaper, TV, magazine).
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Graph It

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners create a spreadsheet and graph using Open House attendance data.
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Significant Science: Statistics for Planet Earth

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders discover how statistics are used to interpret results of scientific experiments. Students write hypotheses and test the hypotheses by collecting data and organizing the data. Students graph their data to produce a visual....
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Probability and Statistics

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students are taught to search the internet for statistics concepts on sports. In this probability activity, students collect data and use the calculator to graph and analyze their data. They graph and make predictions about sports using...
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Grade 1: More Land or Water?

For Teachers 1st
First graders listen as the teacher reads a story involving cross-continent traveling. Students collect a random sample by tossing an inflatable globe and recording whether they touch land or water each time they catch the globe in order...
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Scatter Plots

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders investigate how to make and set up a scatter plot. In this statistics lesson plan, 7th graders collect data and plot it. They analyze their data and discuss their results.
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Investigating Earthquakes: GIS Mapping and Analysis

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students describes the technique of preparing "GIS-ready" data and shows how to map that data and conduct basic analyses using a geographic information system (GIS).They use latitude and longitude fields to plot the data in a GIS and...
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Where do Plants Get their Food?

For Teachers 5th - 7th
In this where do plants get their food worksheet, learners design an experiment that will disprove the idea that plants obtain their food from soil. Students will set up their experiment and design a data table that will record data over...