Curated OER
How Many of Each Coin Do We Have in Our Bag?-- Class Bar Graph
For this math worksheet, students participate in a group project to record the kind of coins they pick at random from a bag. Students record the data on this classroom bar graph.
Curated OER
If You Were a Community Helper for a Day, Which One Would You Like To Be?-- Class Bar Graph
For this math worksheet, learners collaborate to make a class bar graph. Students choose from a list of 12 occupations they are interested in and plot the information on the graph.
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Which Time of Day Do You Like Best?-- Class Bar Graph
In this math worksheet, students collaborate in making a bar graph which displays their favorite time of day: art, music, gym or library. The class is surveyed and responses are plotted on this graph.
Curated OER
Geometry of Exploration: Eyes Over Mars
Students research how engineers and scientists generate linear and angular measurements with geometry to survey the Earth and Mars. They assess how geometric shapes affect navigation. A surveyor comes to the classroom and explains how he...
Curated OER
The Top Ten On-The-Job Skills and Attitudes
Students interview people who have a business and have people working for them. They create a bar graph with the results of their survey. They create a chart with the most important skills or attitudes looked for in a potential employee.
Curated OER
I Spy
Students examine the responsibilities of the CIA and work as a team of analysts to produce intelligence reports. Letters are written predicting how their assigned countries have changed by 2008.
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Survey This!
Students examine biological information about George Washington focusing on his love of surveying. They explore cartography and field of surveying. They write a letter and make a map of Virginia.
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Surveying
Learners calculate angles and areas for a surveying project. They gather information and diagram a project. They identify and define surveying principles and terminology.
Curated OER
What Do You Like on Your Fries?-- Class Bar Graph
In this math worksheet, students participate in a group graphing activity. Students are surveyed about what they like on their fries: nothing, ketchup, chili or cheese. Results are plotted on a bar graph.
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Would You Rather Have a Pet With Fur, Fins, Or Feathers? --Class Bar Graph
In this math activity, learners participate in a group graphing activity. Students are surveyed about favorite types of pets: with fur, feathers or fins. Results are plotted on this class graph.
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Do You Like Hamburgers Or Hot Dogs Better?-- Class Bar Graph
In this math worksheet, students collaborate to complete a bar graph. Students are surveyed as to their preference for hot dogs or hamburgers. Results are plotted on a bar graph.
Curated OER
Floodplains in the Field
Students measure a topographic and geologic cross-section across a floodplain using simple surveying and auguring techniques in a field lab. Students also reconstruct the history of a river system.
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Coordinates
High schoolers use cartesian coordinates (x,y,z) in 3-dimensional space. [Optional: appreciate there exist two ways of defining the z axis, and which of them is used.] They become familiar with the tools and terms used by surveyors.
US Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Surveyor
This site will explain what Surveyors, Cartographers, Photogrammetrists, and Surveying Technicians do for a living. It explains everything you would want to know.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating Contour Maps: Creating Contour Maps by Surveying
In this activity, the students will understand how contour maps are created and appear the way that they do by using various materials to create and compare contour lines of different elevation levels.
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Minnesota 4 H: Environmental Science Career Guide [Pdf]
Browse this guide to careers in the field of environmental science. Includes potential employers and job possibilities in Minnesota.
Smithsonian Institution
National Portrait Gallery: For Lands' Sake: George Washington as Land Surveyor
This lesson plan invites the young scholars to explore land surveying in the 18th century. Read an 18th-century land survey and decipher what is actually being said.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Navigating by the Numbers
In this lesson, students will learn that math is important in navigation and engineering. Ancient land and sea navigators started with the most basic of navigation equations (Speed x Time = Distance). Today, navigational satellites use...
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Surveying Archaeological Sites O Logy Card
Find fast facts about surveying archaeological sites by flipping over this interactive card. Also, answer quiz questions to test your knowledge about mapping and measuring.
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Surveying
Learn about important things to remember when conducting a survey.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Statistics: Surveys and Sample
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Learn how to use surveying and sampling to collect accurate data.
Rice University
Rice University: Cynthia Lanius: History of Geometry
Different cultures' contributions to Geometry are discussed.
Cosmo Learning
Cosmo Learning: Modern Surveying Techniques
A collection of video lectures from a course introducing students to modern surveying techniques. Webpage includes twelve lectures from a professor at the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning. Lectures vary in length and...
Careers New Zealand
Careers Nz: Surveyor
This KiwiCareers site contains information on becoming a surveyor in New Zealand. While some of the information is specific to New Zealand, most of it is uniform to the career.