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Graphosaurus
Students complete bar graphing activities with a dinosaur theme. Students discuss their favorite dinosaurs, collect data about the discussion, and make a floor graph of the information. Students complete a dinosaur graph worksheet.
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Fractals and the Chaos Game
Students explore the concept of fractals. In this fractals lesson, students play the "Chaos Game" via an applet. Students place dots on the screen to recognize that they have created Sierpinski's Triangle.
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Using Computers to Produce Spreadsheets and Bar Graphs
Students review graphing terminology and how to plot data points, how to input data into a spreadsheet, and how to make a chart using a computer.
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Shake, Rattle & Roll
Students examine soil. In this science lesson, students examine the layers of soil. Students collect soil from various locations and separate the layers. Students record and chart their findings.
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Line graphs
In this line graphs instructional activity, students read 2 line graphs and answer short answer questions about them. Students answer 5 questions for each graph.
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Binomial Distribution
Students explore the concept of binomial distribution. In this binomial distribution lesson plan, students perform binomial distributions on a number of problems in this lecture lesson plan. Students find the mean and variance of...
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Phone Button Boggle
In this phone button boggle worksheet, students identify the number of math words they can find on a phone keypad according to given directions. This one-page worksheet contains one problem. Answers are provided.
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Finding Mean, Mode and Median in the Computer Lab
Students create spreadsheets which will display and figure mean, median, and mode of a set of numbers.
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Figuring Elapsed Time
Students discover the concept of elapsed time. In this calculating time lesson, students utilize the Internet to complete record sheets based on the concept of elapsed time. Finally, the students answer questions on their own.
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Where in the World is Utah Wheat?
Students examine the role of climate and landforms in the use of Utah's land. In this geography lesson, students analyze the relationship between geography and agriculture in the state as they examine data regarding wheat production in...
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Sampling Snoops
Students practice formulating a hypothesis and designing an experiment to test the hypothesis. They identify several sampling techniques they can use to test their hypotheses.
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Scale Me Down
Students create scale drawings, and ultimately scale models, of real-world objects in this Math activity about ratios, proportion, scaling factors, and cross products. The activity includes ideas for cross-curricular extensions and is...
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M&M Caper
Students participate in a game with M&M's to be introduced to percents and ratios. Individually, they estimate and record the number of candies they believe the bag holds and the amount of each colored candy. They open the bag and...
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Stem-and- Leaf Plots
Students are introduce to the notion of stem-and-leaf plots. They use stem-and-leaf plots to calculate the mean, median, and mode of a set of data. Students use computers to learn about stem-and-leaf plots.
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Tracking the Wild Ones
Students apply mathematic skills to discover the extent of the concern for endangered species. Students analyze graphs and look for trends in graphed results of endangered species on a global level.
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A Fortnight of Furlongs
Students perform a webquest to research information about the horse industry. They look at economic and the cultural impact of the industry on Central Kentucky and then create a group presentation that addresses all essential questions.
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The Estimation Station
Students challenge "common knowledge" against newly learned estimation strategies and put those strategies into use. They consider variables in estimating different groups of objects and practice skills of representing numbers.
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RISKY BUSINESS--OR NOT!
Students learn about the importance and risk that stocks carry within a business. For this financial management lesson, students use role play and case scenario situations to decide what stocks are best for given companies. Based on the...
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Lines of Best Fit
Young scholars explore the concept of line of best fit. In this line of best fit lesson plan, students find lines of best fit in examples about riding your bike home from school and dentistry. Young scholars find two data points and find...
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Sampling Techniques
Sixth graders examine how to select samples and apply them to an experiment. In this sampling lesson plan, 6th graders use a bag of yellow and blue cubes to take a sample. They predict how many of each color there are the bag. They set...
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Housing Arrangements of the Elderly in Canada
Students examine housing for the elderly in Canada. In this sociology lesson, students analyze Canadian Census data to find out what type of housing seniors of the country live in.
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Lesson 56
Sixth graders practice Least Common Multiple in fractions. In this fraction lesson, 6th graders look at two different fractions and find a common denominator. They sing a song to memorize mean, median, and mode.
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Box Plots
Learners review the concept of median, explore how to calculate quartiles for any size data set and experience how to build a box plot.
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What on Earth is Greater Than?
Students compare things that are greater than, less than, or equal to, compare the Earth to other planets, and list planets from greatest size to smallest size.