Data Scavenger Hunt

Go on a scavenger hunt around your school to find evidence of math. Investigate different areas of your school for patterns, fractions, and different geometric shapes. Finally, create a spreadsheet and plot the data you've collected.

Newspapers aren't only for reading—they're for learning skills, too! A journalism unit provides three lessons each for primary, intermediate, and secondary grades. Lessons include objectives, materials, vocabulary, and procedure, and...

In this verb tense and data collection activity, students find out about the life experiences of their classmates. They ask questions using the present perfect tense and the suggestions in a chart on the page. They record the information...

In this science worksheet, students examine the data from the potato hunt where potatoes are found like Easter Eggs. The data of the number of potatoes found is recorded in the frequency tables.

Using individual computers, class members read a story and listen to oral histories of Madison County. They then conduct a scavenger hunt to locate items on the list. Although designed for Madison County, North Carolina, the approaches...

Young scholars explore math concepts as they watch the Super Bowl. In this problem solving instructional activity, students use a worksheet to record statistics and graph information during the football game.

Students practice measurement using real world objects. In this scavenger hunt for lengths instructional activity, students collaborate to measure with rulers, yardsticks, trundle wheels, and tape measures.  Students must estimate the...

Young scholars make a prediction about how 100 pennies sort by decade or year and then test their predictions. They organize their data using a graph that is imbedded in this lesson.

Students use the digital camera, identify geometric shapes (in nature as well as man-made), and gain a better understanding of geometric vocabulary. They search for and recognize geometric shapes in unusual settings

Students utilizing motion detectors determine a variety of methods of measuring and graphing positions and velocity. They participate in a scavenger hunt dealing with motion detectors, time graphs, positions and velocity. Each student...