Students examine motion of a sphere on an inclined plane.  In this inclined plane lesson students complete an activity to discover basic relationships.

Students design a lab demonstrating the scientific method. In this earth science lesson, students investigate different materials for their heat absorbing property. They report their findings in class.

High schoolers use yearly averages over a five-year period to understand weather trends for a specific area.

Students investigate their pulse rate. They chart their resting pulse rate if they are unable to participate in Physical Education using a stop watch.

Students 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 outside...

Fourth graders play a game to determine the likelihoods of different outcomes when rolling two number cubes. Students play a game to determine the likelihoods of different outcomes when rolling two number cubes.

Students explore the causes of air pollution in Mexico City from a holistic approach.

Data comes to the rescue! Children will collect, analyze, and represent data as they try to dodge a series of catastrophes faced by characters from their favorite PBS Kids shows.

Students will learn and reinforce skills for creating, applying and analyzing pie charts, bar graphs and line graphs.

Students will understand key concepts of data analysis and their graphic representations. Students will construct and interpret data tables, line plots, box-and-whisker plots and stem-and-leaf plots, scatterplots with line of best fit,...

Second graders will be able to read and write data on a graph.

Students continue to build their graphing skills. They experience a real world application of graphing by organizing survey results.

At the end of this lesson about graphs, charts, and tables, students will be able to interpret and compare data from graphs (including circle, bar, and line graphs), charts, and tables.

This task challenges a student to use knowledge of scale to organize and represent data from a table on a graph.

This lesson plan asks middle schoolers to create a survey project including graphs, questions, tables, and data analysis. It gives an assessment and ideas for remediation and extension as well as ways to manage behavior problems and...

Collect and display data using a bar and circle graph to explore fractions and percents.

Second graders review how to make bar graphs, line plots, and pictographs by tallying the contents of snack mix and building graphs to show their data.

This site has some interesting ways to collect and evaluate data. There are some activities about note taking, spreadsheets, surveys, and a cool bridge construction project. Teachers may want to use this site as a resource for some...

The students will gather, organize, and display data in an appropriate pie (circle) graph using M&M's! [PDF]

In this hands-on, technology-rich lesson, students will interpret data. The students will define words involving graphs, create a bar graph using M&M's, and post information from their findings on the internet. The students will also...

This lesson uses stacking cubes as a way to graph precipitation data, comparing the precipitation averages and seasonal patterns for several locations. Variations on the lesson can accommodate various ages and ability levels. Students...

First graders will be involved in creating three different types of graphs and then be asked to answer questions about each representations data set.

Students will collect data from class using surveys. Students survey classmates concerning favorite movies, favorite color, shoe size, time spent studying, brand of cell phone and etc. From the data they will create bar graphs using an...

In this interactive lesson, middle schoolers will discover how creating an incorrect graph will display misleading information. Through viewing and discussing a variety of graphs, the students will identify 5 components that graphs must...