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Howard County Schools

To Babysit or Not to Babysit?

For Teachers 9th - 11th Standards
Would you work for a penny today? Use this activity to highlight the pattern of increase in an exponential function. Scholars compare two options of being paid: one linear and one exponential. Depending on the number of days worked, they...
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5280 Math

Go with the Flow

For Teachers 8th - 12th Standards
Round and round they go ... where they stop, only scholars will know. By writing systems of equations, classes determine the number of cars a roundabout can handle given specific constraints. Systems use up to six variables and become...
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GeoGebra

All For One, One For All

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Will someone please constrain those pets? Pupils create two constraint equations on the number of cats and dogs for a pet sitter. They choose specific points and determine whether the point satisfies one or both constraints. The...
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Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Lactase Persistence: Evidence for Selection

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
What's the link between lactase persistence and dairy farming? Biology scholars analyze data to find evidence of the connection, then relate this to human adaptation. Working individually and in small groups, learners view short video...
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Curated OER

Using Supply and Demand to Analyze Exchange Rates

For Students 10th - 12th
In this Using Supply and Demand instructional activity, students draw curves and diagrams, make predictions about graphs, solve problems, and answer questions.
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University of Colorado

Graphing the Rainbow

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Here's a colorful resource about spectra. An intriguing lesson teaches pupils about diffraction grating and about absorption and emission spectra. They see how to represent spectra using line plots and try out this skill in a matching...
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Smithsonian Institution

Vaccines! How Can We Use Science to Help Our Community Make Decisions about Vaccines?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Uncover the fascinating world of vaccines in a multifaceted activity. Investigators explore community perception and the science of vaccines with eight tasks. Scientists continue their studies by giving and reviewing surveys, analyzing...
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Curated OER

Apple Graph

For Teachers K - 1st
Students sample three types of apples. They choose their favorite apple. They create a graph, charting the favorite apples of their classmates. They answer a series of questions.
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Speed + Graphing = Winners!

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders take addition timed tests every day for a two week period. Using the data from the timed tests, they create a bar graph using Microsoft Excel computer software, a personal bar graph using graph paper and colored pencils,...
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Graphing Using Cookies

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students differentiate between bar graphs, line graphs, pictographs and bar graphs. After participating in a hands-on cookie activity, students label and draw their own graphs.
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Graphing in the Information Age

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers create a variety of graphs based on population data. In this statistics lesson, students use data that can be gathered on-line to make a bar chart, line graph, and circle graph.
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Curated OER

Let's Graph It! Pre-Test

For Students 4th - 5th
In this graphing worksheet, students complete a set of 10 multiple choice questions, clicking on a link to see correct answers or print the page.
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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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Curated OER

Using Computers to Produce Spreadsheets and Bar Graphs

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Pupils 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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Circle Graphs

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders participate in a lesson that covers the reading and interpretation of a circle graph. They review the part of a whole concept for percents and student observe and practice using the circle graph.
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Curated OER

Bar and Histograms (What Would You Use: Part 1)

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers practice creating bar graphs using a given set of data. Using the same data, they create a group frequency chart and histograms. They must decide the best graph for the given set of data. They share their graphs with...
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Choosing the Best Graph

For Teachers 6th
For this mathematics worksheet, 6th graders use a line graph to illustrate how a measure of data changes and explain their reasoning. Then they use a bar graph to compare pieces of data and a pictograph to compare data.
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Curated OER

Introduction to Graphs: Bar Graphs, Line Graphs, Circle Graphs

For Students 6th - 8th
In this graphing data worksheet, students answer 5 short answer questions about graphs.  Students determine which type of graph best represents various data sets.
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Circle Graphs

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders interpret, create, and display data in a circle graph. In this circle graph lesson plan, 6th graders use a compass, protractors, pizza boxes, and more to create a circle graph and analyze the data they put into it.
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Curated OER

Graphs in the News

For Students 4th - 6th
In this graphs worksheet, students locate 2 kinds of graphs in the newspaper and answer short answer questions about them. Students complete 3 questions.
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Interactive
Curated OER

Using Data to Make Graphs: Pretest

For Students 5th
For this data worksheet, 5th graders answer multiple choice questions on data and graphs. Students answer 10 multiple choice questions.
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Organizing Data Using Tables and Graphs

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students create graphs and tables, as well as interpret and make inferences from the data shown to determine when and where graphs and tables are most useful.
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Simple Bar Graphs Using Excel

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils create original survey questions, and develop a bar graph of the data on paper. They input the survey data using two variables onto an Excel bar graph spreadsheet.
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Creating Line Graphs

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students relate data to coordinate graphs and plot points on this graph. They use minimum wage data to construct the graph. Students decide appropriate time intervals for the graphs. They share graphs with their classmates.

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