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Grade 7 Earth Day Statistics with Circle and Bar Graphs Lesson PlanGrade 7 Earth Day Statistics with Circle and Bar Graphs Lesson Plan
Publisher
Pace University
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Grade
7th
Subjects
Math
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Duration
2 days
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Collaborative Learning
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Year
2010
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Grade 7 Earth Day Statistics with Circle and Bar Graphs

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Take a tiered approach to studying waste. The lesson plan uses Earth Day to present differentiated instruction around using circle and bar graphs. Each group gets a cube based on their tiers and works collaboratively as well as individually to finish tasks from the cube. Classmates then present their products to everyone to wrap up the lesson plan.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

circle graphs, pie charts, bar graphs, earth day, waste management, recycling, data display, data representations

Additional Tags

math

Instructional Ideas

  • Collect information from the school on the amount of paper waste generated

Classroom Considerations

  • Download activity sheets from the included website
  • Assumes the class understands percentages

Pros

  • Contains rubrics for each activity
  • Includes a pre-test to use to set up groups

Cons

  • The directions are not clear on how many activities on the cube each individual should accomplish

Common Core

6.SP.B.4 MP2 MP3 MP5

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