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Choose a Graph to Display Data
In this math graphs worksheet, students write line plot, tally chart, pictograph, or bar graph to tell the best kind of graph to use to answer the six questions.
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Probability Using M&M's
Students estimate and then count the number of each color of M&M's in their bag. In this mathematics lesson, students find the experimental probability of selecting each color from the bag. Students create pictographs and bar graphs...
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Shape Shifters in the Math Garden
Combines mathematical measurement with gardening skills. Third graders hunt for worms in the garden and try to find the longest one. They also measure and weigh vegetables that they harvest from the garden, measure rainfall amounts,...
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Freckle Face
Students collect and record data. In this early data analysis lesson, students gather data about their partners face. As a class, the students use tally marks and pictographs to record the data and answer question about the information...
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Petroglyphs and Pictographs
Fourth graders make necklaces out of petroglyphs that they stamp into clay. In this petroglyphs lesson plan, 4th graders draw designs and explain where they come from as well.
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Can You Count on Cans?
How can a canned food drive be connected to math? It's as simple as counting and organizing the cans! Children demonstrate their ability to sort non-perishable foods into categories that include soup cans, vegetable cans, boxed items,...
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Can You Measure Up?
Here is a well-designed lesson on common standards of measurement for your young mathematicians. In it, learners calculate measurements in standard and non-standard units. They make predictions, record data, and construct and design...
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Statistics and Probablility
Statistics and Probability are all about collecting, organizing, and interpreting data. Young learners use previously collected data and construct a picture graph of the data on poster board. This stellar instructional activity should...
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When Ants Fly
Here is a great instructional activity on constructing line graphs. Learners identify common characteristics of birds, ants common needs of all living things. They also write a story from the perspective of an ant or a bird that has lost...
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Bar Charts and Pictographs: How can they help us?
First graders work with manipulatives to solve various math problems by using concrete objects to solve a list of problems . They create and evaluate bar graphs and write a statement about the information on their bar graph.
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Types of Graphs
Fifth graders construct graphs. In this graphing lesson, 5th graders learn about various types of graphs such as bar, line, circle, picture and stem and leaf plot. Students work in groups to create examples of each graph.
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Graphing Data
First graders explore the concept of graphing. In this data lesson, 1st graders gather information from a class survey and display their findings on a picture graph. Students also practice solving problems that their instructor models.
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What's Your Favorite Season?
Students collect data on the favorite seasons. In this data collection and analysis lesson, students learn about displaying data on charts and graphs. They collect data about the favorite seasons of the children in their class and...
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Hollywood's Top Ten
Students gather data on top 10 highest grossing movies, and make a bar graph and a pictogram.
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Take an Ant to Lunch
Second graders construct a model of an ant, exemplifying that ants are insects. Students gather data create a pictograph chart to show ant food preferences. Also, 2nd graders access the Internet to explore ant eating habits.
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Pictograph to Bar Graph
Second graders explore organizing data to make it useful for interpreting picture graphs and bar graphs. They use Graphers software to create a pictograph and a bar graph.
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What's Data?
Students get the opportunity to investigate the concept of data collecting. They explore how to tally and read a bar graph. Vocabulary about data is also be included. At the end of the lesson, individual students collect data independently.
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Pick a Pet
Students construct a pictograph of favorite pets. In this pets and graphing lesson, students discuss their favorite pet and use animal magazines to find their favorite pets and cut them out. Students create a pictograph using the pictures.
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Getting There
Students practice reading a pictograph. In this data analysis lesson, students collect data and create their own pictograph. A students worksheet is included.
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OUR FAVORITE BEARS
Students state bear facts aloud, practice counting the nuber of bears aloud on the picture graph, read the picture graph and answer questions aloud about the data on the picture graph, and draw a picture of their favorite bear.
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Favorite Prize
In this graphing worksheet, students focus on the usage of a pictograph. Students poll classmates and respond to 2 questions about the graph that they have created.
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School Activities
First graders place some specific types of objects (e.g., shoes, favorite food) on concrete graphs and pictographs. They listen and respond to others in a variety of contexts (e.g., pay attention to the speaker; take turns speaking in a...
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Designing a Playground!
Students design their own playground equipment. In this design lesson, students take pictures of equipment they like and make a class pictograph of their favorite ones. They investigate the design, research equipment around the world,...
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Stone Soup
Students examine the topics of conflict, resolution, and solution using the book "Stone Soup." They create a class pictograph using real vegetables brought in by the students, answer story comprehension questions, and sequence the events...