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Do Microorganisms Live in Antarctica?
Can microorganisms live in the dry, cold climate of Antarctica? Young scientists view a research project measuring microorganisms in the Taylor Glacier. They record the findings from dirty ice, clean ice, boots, sediment, and more. Then...
Berkshire Museum
Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle: Sorting Through Personal Choices
Raise children's awareness about the importance of conservation with this hands-on science lesson. Start by breaking the class into groups and having them collect trash from around the school or local park. Students then use the provided...
Radford University
Super Survey!
Here's a super survey on supermarket products. An interactive lesson has classmates design and conduct surveys on a product of interest. They analyze the data, choose a data display method, and present their findings to the class.
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Simple Harmonic Motion
Back and forth, and back again. A presentation on harmonic motion would make a great backdrop for a directed instruction lesson in Honors Physics. It includes diagrams, formulas, graphs, and a few sample problems.
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Graphs
Learners graph ordered pairs to model the relationship between numbers. After observing the patterns in ordered pairs, they describe the relationship, and create graphs from a data table. Students describe intervals in the graph, and...
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Bubble Gum Chemistry
Students explore the concept of graphing data. In this graphing data lesson, students determine the percentage of sugar in bubble gum. Students graph type of gum vs. sugar percentage. Students create a table of their data.
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Heartbeat Project
Pupils enter information about their heartbeats into a spreadsheet. They construct data displays and calculate statistics. They describe and justify their conclusions from the data collected.
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Aerosol Lesson: Science - Graphing SAGE II Data
Young scholars examine and plot atmospheric data on bar graphs.
Bowland
Fashionista
So trendy! Show your class how to identify trends in sales patterns using mathematics. Scholars use a software simulation to collect data on age groups, price, and sales at a fashion store. This data allows individuals to determine the...
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Mystery Liquids: Linear Function
High schoolers determine the linear equations of the density of water and oil by collecting data on the mass of various volumes of each liquid. They construct scatter plots from the data and use these to write the linear equations for...
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Microsoft Office Excel
Learners use Microsoft Office Excel. In this technology lesson, students enter data on a spreadsheet using Excel. This programs tallies data and presents it using graphs.
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Graphing Linear Equations Using Data Tables
Pupils review the Cartesian plane and the process of plotting points. In groups, students create tables, identify the slope and y-intercept, and graph the equation. Afterward, pupils perform the same process, only, individually. As a...
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Scatter Graphs
In this scatter graphs worksheet, students learn a way of illustrating information about two related values. Students complete 30 questions about the graphs. Note: One of the graphs has English pounds. This is intended as an online...
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Graphing Changes in Weather
Young scholars graph current temperature and weather conditions for three days. In this weather lesson, students go to the Weather Channel's website and look up weather for their zip code then graph the conditions and record the...
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Students Analyze Data With Scatter Plots
Scatter plot lessons can help students create different types of graphs by hand or with the aid of technology.
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Data Handling
In this data handling worksheet, students explore multiple ways to represent data. They create stem and leaf plots, histograms, and bar charts. Students examine and interpret diagrams and statistics. This eleven-page...
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Peat Pots
Learners place a peat pot in water to observe and calculate the rate of capillarity in a model of a soil. This task assesses students' abilities to make simple observations, collect, record, and represent data, use a data table to...
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Texas Estuary Project
Learners take a field trip to a local estuary and analyze water samples. They analyze and graph the data results, write an essay, and create a food web of their field site.
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Data Analysis
Learners double check their data collections of Top 20 singles that they've been collecting for several days. Types of data is reviewed in detail and a variety of questions are asked for retention factors of mastery. They draw a tally...
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Confidence Levels
Students collect data and graph it. In this statistics instructional activity, students rate confidence levels by collecting data and analyzing it. They graph their findings on the Ti calculator.
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IT IS ABOUT SUPPLY AND DEMAND.
Students learn that the price of an item is defined by its supply and demand. In this lesson students graph the relationship between demand and supply of various products, students also consider hidden costs.
Science 4 Inquiry
The Ups and Downs of Populations
As the reality of population decline across many species becomes real, pupils learn about the variables related to changes in populations. They complete a simulation of population changes and graph the results, then discuss limiting...
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Trends of Snow Cover and Temperature in Alaska
Students gather historical snow cover and temperature data from the MY NASA DATA Web site. They compare this data to data gathered using ground measurements from the ALISON Web site for Shageluk Lake. They graph both sets of data and...
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Unit II Worksheet 4 - Constant Velocity/Motion Maps
This is a smart approach to displacement concepts. Physics learners analyze a motion map and then draw qualitative graphs for time versus displacement and time versus velocity. Get your class thinking critically through the use of a very...