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Evaluating an Olympic Sport
Learners research the political context of the Winter Olympics in general and within certain countries in particular. They read authentic, published articles on the topic from the Internet and add this information to the spreadsheet as...
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The Breathtaking Nature of the Urban Explosion, Part 2
Students explore ozone levels. They measure the concentrations of ground-level ozone in the atmosphere. Students observe changes in the concentrations of ozone over time. Students complete a data sheet to record ozone readings over a...
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Sampling Variation in a Natural Population
Students examine the phenotypic variation within a natural population of a single species. They collect data on the species and analyze the data using statistical/spreadsheet software. Students interpret their results and present their...
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Stock Market Math
Students select a company that they like and using technology, in teams, they prepare a class presentation about their company. The class have the option to buy stock or choose a competitor. Each team research a company and buy...
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Virtual Field Trip / Route, Mileage and Gasoline Cost Graphs
Students use a spreadsheet program to graph and compare milage, gasoline costs and travel time for two travel routes in their virtual field trip in Michigan. They determine the most economical route based on the graphs and calculations.
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How's the Weather
Students explore weather patterns. They collect and record all aspects of the weather from various sites. Students investigate regional weather and use a spreadsheet to record and chart data. Students chart temperature, humidity,...
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Animals In Your Neighborhood
Learners make list of all animals they have seen in their backyards, neighborhoods, and around school in past week, graph animals using computer spreadsheet program, and compare graphs through email with students in another class.
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How Many M&M's
Students explore sets and collections. Students find the colors of M&M's and the amount of M&M's each student has. They organize this information into an Excel spreadsheet. Students use the chart wizard to create a graph.
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Statistics and Graphing with Accelerated Math
Young scholars create charts and graphs, using a spreadsheet program, of their results from their accelerated math lessons. Students discover how graphs can be used to interpret data in our everyday lives as well as how several...
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Body Part Measurements
Second graders participate in a review of how to use rulers and yard sticks while collecting measurement information. They measure assigned body parts and chart the data on collection sheets. They make a spreadsheet with the information...
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Eerie Indiana!
Eleventh graders research the population for ten cities in their state, in this example, Indiana, using census information. They design a spreadsheet using the data and create a bar graph with the data. They complete follow up questions.
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Personal Budgeting Project
Students create an Excel spreadsheet of a personal budget by estimating their possible income and monthly expenses from a worksheet. They group together to create a family unit and use the personal budget sheets to plan a family budget.
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A RealSim Surface Look at Descriptive Statistics
Students explore the concepts of mean and variance. They observe properties of materials to their basic atomic or molecular structure. Students use spreadsheet software to record, tabulate and analyze collected information.
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Weight in Water
Young scholars investigate why some materials are able to float while others sink. They carry out a scientific investigation, predict and test their predictions. They record their results in a spreadsheet, and use a forcemeter in another...
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Demographic Changes in 19th Century England and Wales
Students examine population in England and Wales during the period of 1801-1911. They calculate the percentage of population and how it changed from one census to the next in various towns. They record data on a spreadsheet and create...
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Job Distribution After 1945
Learners research job distribution in the U.S. after 1945. They study a spreadsheet of employment data and identify changes in the distribution of jobs in America since World War II. They create pie charts reflecting the data of jobs...
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World Education Statistics
Students use a spreadsheet from The Digest of Education Statistics and convert the statistics to percentages, and create a chart of their new data. Students discuss their findings about the disparities in educational spending among...
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Sea Surface Temperature Trends of the Gulf Stream
Students explore the importance of the Gulf Stream. Using a NASA satellite images, they examine the sea surface temperature. Students collect the temperature at various locations and times. Using spreadsheet technology, they graph the...
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Computer Science: Temperature
Students conduct an experiment on heat transfer and how it works. They record the temperature in whatever environment is surrounding the container and run experiments that use at least two different ambient temperatures. Students...
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Fly Away With Averages
Learners study mean, median, and mode. They construct paper airplanes and test them to see how far they fly. They measure the distance and then find the averages of their throws. They use spreadsheet software to record the data in a...
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Excel Probability with Dice
Learners play a dice game to complete probability exercises. For this probability lesson, students collect data using a dice game and organize it into a spreadsheet format. Learners also write a lab report for an experiment on probability.
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Pedestrian Safety for Students Lesson 4: A Walkable Survey
Pupils create a survey. In this survey lesson, students use www.walktoschool.org to help them come up with questions to ask other pupils. They put the information in spreadsheet format.
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Wind Effects on Model Building: Lab for Deflection and Moment of Inertia
Pupils investigate the relationship between shape of object and moment of inertia. In this physics lesson, students collect data from the experiment and use spreadsheet to graph them. They discuss how load affects deflection.
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Buying My First Car
Students pretend they are about to buy their first new car. They must do all the calculations necessary to estimate the cost of purchasing the car. They see that the math they learn in school really does have real-life applications.
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