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Designing Detectives

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore the idea of formulating a hypothesis and designing an experiment to test the hypothesis.
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HEART THROBS

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers predict what might happen to their pulse rates after physical exertion and then make conclusions about the effects of physical activity on pulse rates.
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Cars on the Curve

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders, using two dice, participate in a car race game called Cars on the Curve. They predict which car wins the game and records it in their Data Diary.
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The Great Heat Escape

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students observe a demonstration on the role of thermal conductivity in heat transfer.  In this thermal conductivity lesson, students design and conduct an experiment to compare the thermal conductivity of four substances....
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Keep it Active

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners explore the active layer above permafrost and investigate various factors on the insulation value of the active layer.  In this energy transfer lesson, students conduct and experiment to determine the effects of snow cover,...
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Deal or No Deal

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Young scholars play a game in order to memorize any set of facts. In this memorization lesson, students play an adaptation of the game Deal or No Deal to help them review and memorize factual information. Young scholars also work on math...
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Probability

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders study the probability of single events. Given a bag of marbles, they discuss and find the probability of single events. In groups of two, 6th graders complete additional activities, predicting the probability. Students...
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Data Collection Project

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students collect data using email. They calculate the mean, median, mode, range and outliers. They create a graph using the data results. They write five paragraphs to summarize their data.
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Fall Leaves

For Students K - 6th
In this fall leaves worksheet, students identify the colors of leaves and determine the number they have of each. This worksheet may be used in elementary grades, for color identification and counting purposes. For the middle school...
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What Are Your Favorite Apples?

For Students 3rd - 7th
For this tally worksheet, students take a survey to determine the favorite apple. They write tally marks beside the apple chosen. For elementary students, this worksheet may be used for counting purposes and to reinforce what a tally...
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Listen to Your Heart

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore how exercise affects heart rate and use spreadsheets to record and analyze data.
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Box Plots

For Students 9th - 11th
In this statistics activity, students analyze problems by finding the mean, median and mode. They also set data by their median, and quartiles. There are 7 questions dealing with 2 different sections.
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Statistics with State Names

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students analyze the number of times each letter in the alphabet is used in the names of the states. For this statistics lesson, students create a stem and leaf plot, box and whisker plot and a histogram to analyze their data.
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Global Warming Statistics

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students research real-time and historic temperature data of U.S. and world locations, and analyze the data using mean, median, and mode averages. They graph the data and draw conclusions by analyzing the data. A spreadsheet is used to...
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Handling Data: measure of Average

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders analyze data from a simple table. For this graphing lesson, 5th graders compare distributions.  Students recognize that the mean helps them find the formula.  Students answer questions on the mean, median, and range.
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Academic Vocabulary: Sports Challenge

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
This PowerPoint enables students to review mathematical terms in an interactive review game format. The slides contain a question about a mathematical term and the students must answer with the correct vocabulary word in order to get...
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Exquisite Excursions

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars locate 6 cities, one on each of the 6 major continents. They find distance for each leg of their journey, convert to percents, use a time zone map, and convert to foreign currencies.
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The Solution to Pollution is Dilution

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners consider what happens to herbicides or insecticides that are used in agricultural practices, especially herbicides that are used to control noxious weeds. They become acquaint with a chemical assessment method known as...
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Probability Popsicle Pop-ups

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders decorate and use popsicle sticks as manipulatives to assist with their learning of probability. They utilize a worksheet imbedded in this plan to organize the results of their experiment. They make a stem and leaf plot...
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Graphing

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students collect data to create different types of graphs-line, pie, and bar graphs. They use StarOffice 6.0 to create graphs.
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Math: Skyscraper Comparison

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students examine skyscrapers by conducting Internet research and by creating and interpreting graphs. After reading the book, "Skyscraper," they discuss reasons why the structures are built. Once they have researched the tallest...
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Functioning as a Team

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students work as a team to build a freestanding bridge from newspapers and masking tape and analyze the effectiveness of their group. In this teamwork lesson, students view and summarize a video on Service Learning Projects. Students...
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Statistics Newscast in Math Class

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students study sports teams, gather data about the teams, and create a newscast about their data. In this sports analysis lesson plan, students research two teams and define their statistical data. Students compare the two teams, make...
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The Fuelish Fact Finding

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Learners define fluctuation and the price of food. In this algebra lesson, students create a budget to live on based on their living expenses. They create a chart and explore the cause and effect of real life scenarios.

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