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Height of Bounce

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders determine the relationship between the height of bounce of a ping-pong ball and the height from which it was dropped. They are assessed on the ability to record and interpret data, graph data, make predictions, and make...
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STRETCHING SPRING

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students calculate the length, width, height, perimeter, area, volume, surface area, angle measures or sums of angle measures of common geometric figures. They create an equation of a line of best fit from a set of ordered pairs or...
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Statistics

For Students 9th
In this statistics worksheet, 9th graders solve and complete 5 various types of problems related to determining statistics. First, they determine the data set where the median value is equal to the mean value. Then, students determine...
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Line of Best Fit

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explore the concept of linear regression. In this linear regression lesson plan, students do a Barbie bungee activity where they collect linear data. High schoolers plot their data using a scatter plot. Students determine...
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Quadratic Modeling Of Canada's Baby Boom

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students model quadratic equations. In this algebra instructional activity, students are given data to graph using a function. They investigate vertex and transformation of quadratic functions.  
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Water Usage and Conservation

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate water usage at school and at home. They use graphs and tables to evaluate water usage. Students describe possible water conservation measures. They use graphs and tables to relate data as part of a written report.
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Using Coordinate Geometry by Land, Sea and Outer Space.

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars complete a table of values and plot points, as well as construct a graph on a coordinate grid. They construct two graphs on the same coordinate system, and identify the point of intersection. Students represent and record...
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Quartiles and Box-and-Whisker Plots

For Students 8th - 10th
In this algebra instructional activity, learners identify the central tendencies as they solve a box and whisker plot graph. They identify the quartiles of the data. There are 4 questions with an answer key.
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Science in the Court Room

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Share their opinions on the use of DNA databases in criminal investigations. After reading an article, they evaluate the pros and cons of the databases and work in groups to answer discussion questions. They write a letter to a state...
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Math: Will The Airplane Get Off the Ground?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use data from real-life models to calculate and compare the force required for an airplane of a given weight to become airborne. They use a graphing calculator to evaluate data and use the World Wide Web to access data.
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Creating Circle Graphs using Excel

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders evaluate data from a circle graph that compares time spent on various activities. They use the computer to manipulate their own data as they compare, examine, create and evaluate data using circle graphs.
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Exploring Function Graphs

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders investigate three different sets of data that relate temperature to another variable in the physical world. These illustrate linear, inverse and exponential relationships.
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Stem-and-Leaf Plots

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders study steam-and-leaf plots. Given specific data, they create a stem-and-leaf plot . Students identify the mean, mode, range and median. Afterward, they review vocabulary words.
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Line & Scatter (What Would You Use: Part 2)

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils discuss line graphs and scatter plots and the best situations in which to use them. Using the graphs, they determine the type of correlation between variables on a scatterplot. They create a scatterplot and line graph from a...
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Bringing Statistics Alive

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students compute mean, median and mode and compare mean, median and mode to a real-world application to identify their practical uses. They apply mean, median and mode to real-world statistical data. Finally, students organize data into...
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Statistics

For Students 9th
In this statistics worksheet, 9th graders solve and complete 5 different word problems that include different data. First, they determine if there is an explanatory and a response variable in the given data set. Then, students create a...
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Make and use a Stem-and-Leaf Plot

For Students 3rd - 5th
For this stem-and-leaf plot worksheet, students use a given plot to solve 4 problems, then make a plot for given data and solve related problems. Houghton Mifflin text referenced.
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Regressive Music

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Student use the Ti calculator to graph sinusoidal graphs. In this calculus instructional activity, students use the CBL to collect and analyze data of sinusoidal graphs. They manipulate their collected data and make predictions.
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Bias Sampling

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars explore statistics by conducting a scientific study. In this data analysis lesson, students conduct a class poll about popular foods of their classmates. Young scholars complete a worksheet and discuss how bias opinions...
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Magnetic Polls

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners explore the New Hampshire primaries and the polling process by analyzing polling information, examining the effects of polls, and creating graphs that represent polling data.
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Discovering Growth Patterns

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students explain the differences between linear (arithmetic) and exponential (geometric) growth. They use worksheets imbedded in this lesson to help them make predicitions and graph data points.
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Monitoring Energy Expenditure

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Learners use heart rate monitors and complete a swimming and running test. These tests allow students to obtain personal data, to manipulate the data through calculations of various parameters, and to graphically represent the data.
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Water - Planning for the Future

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore and examine the increases and/or decreases for water user groups: irrigation, municipal, manufacturing, steam electric power generation cooling, livestock, and mining. They utilize percentage changes during their...
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Fruit Loops/Cheerios Activity: Measures of Central Tendency

For Students 7th - 10th
In this measures of central tendency worksheet, students use Fruit Loops and Cheerios to gather statistical data. They find the mean, mode and median of the data. Students construct a box-and-whisker plot of the class data. This...