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BEETLES: The Coming Out
Students design an experiment to test the variables involved in the hatching of the Bruchid beetle.
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You Can't Go Wrong with a Right Triangle 2
Upper graders use the properties of right angle trignonmetry to measure objects such as the school flagpole. They solve real world problems using these properties.
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Frenzied Food: Fantastic Fuel?
Students infer the causes of obesity. In this health science lesson, students brainstorm ways improve to their diet. They write personalized journals with goals on how to live a healthy lifestyle.
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Monumental Disappearance
Fourth graders compare the emissions listed on the EPA isopleths over the past five-year period for ten key states. They use this information to rank each region according to the degree of acid rain problem in those parts of the United...
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A Bird's Eye View of our 50 States
Third graders focus on state birds as they learned absolute location (latitude/longitude) of each state, as well as their relative location (bordering states).
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"Favorite Fairy Tale Characters"
Third graders enter the results of their survey on a spreadsheet. They construct a bar graph showing the results.
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Watershed Management
Middle schoolers investigate the concept of a watershed. They conduct research into the concept using a variety of resources. Students take a field trip to a local watershed to make observations. The outcome is a report concerning the...
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Getting To School: Loving It Or Loathe It?
Students engage in a study looking at the problem of transportation to school. They conduct research using a variety of resources. The information is used in order to work together to come up with possible solutions based upon current...
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Graphing Our Favorite Candy Bars
Learners use ClarisWorks to graph class' favorite candy bars on a bar graph.
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Colors/colors
Students make a prediction/hypothesis based on what you currently know about "mixed messages".
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American Political Thought: Minority Influence
Sixth graders brainstorm the reasons why people would want to leave their homeland to live in the United States. In groups, they research the political representation of the Board in New Haven, Connecticut. They also write a paper on...
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The Research Paper - Searching for a Subject
Students research a website to look for potential topics for a research paper. They develop a narrowed prioritized subject list on an index card (3X5) using word processing program.
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Cinderbank
Fourth graders identify major components of a "Cinderella" story in order to create a database.
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Buying My First Car
Students pretend they are about to buy their first new car. They must do all the calculations necessary to estimate the cost of purchasing the car. They see that the math they learn in school really does have real-life applications.
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Civil War Letter Web
Students use the internet to gather information on a specific Civil War battle of interest to them. Using the information they gather, they organize it into a web to be used later when writing a letter. They use the web to write their...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Evaluating Data in Tables, Graphs and Charts
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson students look at examples of graphics, tables, charts, and graphs, and learn how to interpret their data. They will be able to use this skill to enhance their...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Calculating the Median: Data Displays
Practice computing the median of data sets presented in a variety of formats, such as frequency tables and dot plots. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Mc Dougal Littell Middle School Math: Making Data Displays
Students will create data displays using a scatter plot and a line graph of the data and a circle graph of survey data.
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Online Statistics Education: Graphing Distributions [Pdf]
This is the second chapter of a statistics e-text developed collaboratively by Rice University, University of Houston Clear Lake, and Tufts University. It looks at many different types of data displays and the advantages and...
Scholastic
Scholastic: Bars, Lines, and Pies
Students will learn and reinforce skills for creating, applying and analyzing pie charts, bar graphs and line graphs.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Length Comparisons Using Data Tables
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The video shows how to use a data table to answer questions comparing length.
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Practice With Organizing and Interpreting Data
Several problems are presented to test your skills in creating and interpreting frequency tables, pie charts, box-and-whisker and stem-and-leaf plots.
Cuemath
Cuemath: Pie Charts
A comprehensive guide for learning all about pie charts with definitions, solved examples, and practice questions.