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My Favorite Birthday
Students collect and organize data from classmates, display data on simple chart, and plan class birthday party.
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Samples and Stats
Young scholars explore different methods of taking surveys and conducting polls and examine these methods for bias. They design and administer a sample survey, analyze the data and present their findings to the class.
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Favorite Foods at Thanksgiving
Fourth graders study different types of graphs as a means of displaying information. They survey others to find their favorite Thanksgiving food and then graph the results using different types of graphs.
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Bias in Statistics
Students work to develop surveys and collect data. They display the data using circle graphs, histograms, box and whisker plots, and scatter plots. Students use multimedia tools to develop a visual presentation to display their data.
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The Human Line Plot
Fifth graders collect data and use charts and line plots to graph data. Through class surveys, 5th graders collect data concerning a particular subject. They graph their data using a line graph. Students make inferences and predictions...
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Kids Count
Students read special purpose map, use place value to hundred thousands, and write numbers to hundred thousands.
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Quick Questions: Open-Ended
Students conduct an open ended survey and analyze the data they found. In this open-ended survey lesson plan, students ask others their open ended questions and then organize their results based on the most common, least common, and...
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Understanding Radios
Fifth graders explore ratios. Using models and real-world scenarios, they complete tables and generate comparisons. Pupils demonstrate multiple ways of writing ratios and describe the differences between ratios.
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Pie Charts
The teacher conducts a survey of each student's favorite color. The teacher then creates a pie chart identifying the information gathered. The students display mastery by creating their own pie chart displaying the same information.
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Taste Test
Third graders practice creating bar graphs by conducting a taste test. In this graphing lesson plan, 3rd graders taste several different brands of peanut butter and discuss among their classmates which tastes better. Students...
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Calculating Buttons
Students, after reading "The Button Box" by Margarette S. Reid, analyze real-world data by surveying a sample space. They predict the generalization onto a larger population utilizing calculators and computers. Students total categories,...
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Money Circulation: A Story of Trade and Commerce
Students are introduced to the meaning, symbolism, and value of the quarter. They determine the percentage of total monetary value held in quarters and graph the results. Students infer about the U.S. Mint's distrubution of coins. They...
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Quick Questions
Students ask their classmates survey questions. In this survey lesson, students come up with a question and possible answers. Their classmates mark their answers and the class discusses what they notice.
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Categorizing Data and Bias
In this categorizing data and bias worksheet, 9th graders solve 10 different problems that include various types of qualitative or quantitative data. First, they determine if the problem stated is univariate or bivariate data. Then,...
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Our Favorites
Pupils participate in and conduct a survey to determine various class favorites. They collect, organize and display their data, interpret the results, and complete a packet of worksheets to display the information.
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My Teeny Tiny Book (Counting to Ten in Different Languages)
In this counting to ten mini book, students cut out and color a book that shows the numbers from 1-10 and the words for the numbers. The languages in this book are: English, Spanish, French, Swedish, Japanese and Swahili. Pronunciation...
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Level 2 Fraction Sets
In this mathematics worksheet, learners solve various word problems by selecting the correct fraction for each response. There are eight problems to solve on the sheet.
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A Measure of Happiness
Students share opinions about the factors that contribute to or detract from their happiness. They create survey to determine how people in their community measure happiness, and write reflections on the relationship between money and...
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Picture Graphs
First graders work with picture graphs, create their own individual graphs, and construct and read graphs.
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Problem Solvers for Life
Fifth graders identify and explore the components of solving a problem. Students conduct a survey to collect, analyze and interpret data based on a given problem. Also, 5th graders use a variety of strategies to solve math problems,...
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Help the Frogs
In this frogs and numbers activity, students match the five numbered frogs to the same number of bugs by drawing a line from one to the other.
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6 Poisson Distributions
Students explore the concept of poison distributions. In this poison distribution instructional activity, students construct poison distributions by surveying the number of cars that pass a point in a specific amount of time. Students...
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Thinking About Credit
Middle schoolers explore the concept of credit. In this credit lesson, students discuss what it means to buy items using credit. Middle schoolers discuss how interest accrues and how much is really being paid with a credit card. Students...
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Interpreting a Pictogram
In this pictogram worksheet, students interpret a pictograph on ladybirds and answer 5 short answer questions or drawings referring back to the pictogram. Students carry out their own scenario pictogram and draw a table with their results.