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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Weather

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students create a spreadsheet and chart using data collected.  In this weather lesson, students select five cities from their state, including the city they live in.  Students take daily temperature readings from all five cities. ...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Surveying the Land

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students explore the different kinds of maps and the purpose of each.  In this Geography lesson, students work in small groups to create a map which includes the use of a map key.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Thank You... Thomas Edison!

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Pupils investigate the life of Thomas Edison. They research how he made a difference. They understand that accurate data collection is important for math. They create a chart using spreadsheet data.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Picture a Nation

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Learners research immigration data from a specific time period. They create a graphic organizer that depicts the information and share the information with the class.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Virginia In the World: The Geography of Commerce

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars examine how Virginia connects with the world through export trade. Using a map, they use symbols to depict the value of trade and the direction of the flow of goods. They complete a scavenger hunt using electronic almanacs...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

MFL: Young Drivers

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students examine and discuss images from road safety programs. In groups, they role-play a scenerio in which they are trying to persuade the other to adopt an unsafe driving practice. They write a short article about their experiences to...
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Lesson Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Bars, Lines, and Pies

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars will learn and reinforce skills for creating, applying and analyzing pie charts, bar graphs and line graphs.
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Interactive
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, University of California Santa Barbara

Nceas: Graph Types

For Students 3rd - 5th
At this site from NCEAS you can learn how to organize your data into pie graphs, bar graphs, and line graphs. Explanations and examples are given of each graph along with several questions that check comprehension.
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Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Elephant Plant: Data and Graphs

For Students 5th - 6th
On this interactive website students practice various math skills using a real-life scenario involving plants. Those skills include interpreting data in a circle graph, interpreting data in a divided bar graph, and interpreting a bar...
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Unit Plan
US Department of Education

National Center for Education Statistics: Create a Graph Tutorial

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This tutorial walks students through how to create different types of graphs using the Create a Graph tool available on the website. Covers bar graphs, line graphs, pie charts, area graphs, scatter plots, and dependent and independent...
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Activity
Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Definition of Bar Graph

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Get the definition for a bar graph. Then, select the link "here's more" and use the interactive graph to display data as a bar graph, line graph or pie chart. The finished graph may be printed.
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Activity
Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Data Graphs

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Create and customize a bar graph, line graph, or pie chart based on a set of data and print it out.
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eBook
Other

Online Statistics Education: Graphing Distributions [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is the second chapter of a statistics e-text developed collaboratively by Rice University, University of Houston Clear Lake, and Tufts University. It looks at many different types of data displays and the advantages and...
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Activity
The Math League

The Math League: Using Data and Statistics: Pie Charts

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This introductory tutorial about statistical graphing with four examples of how pie charts (circle graphs) are constructed and read.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Types of Data Representation: Graphic Displays of Data

For Students 11th - 12th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Here you will explore displays of data using bar charts, histograms, pie charts and boxplots, and learn about the differences and similarities between them and how...
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Activity
Beacon Learning Center

Beacon Learning Center: Kinds of Graphs

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
An interactive web lesson introduces five types of graphs to students and allows them to practice matching the names to examples.
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Graphic
The Franklin Institute

Frankin Institute Online: Group Graphing

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This site from The Franklin Institute explores how to make a simple graph using a spreadsheet to portray survey data. It also gives a set of interesting sports-related web sites so that students can get statistical inforamtion.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Statistics: Displaying Categorical Variables

For Students 11th - 12th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This Concept covers a few ways in which categorical data can be displayed; using bar graphs and pie graphs.
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Math Aids

Math Aids: Graph Worksheets

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Great resource to practice and strengthen math skills pertaining to graphs. Math worksheets are printable, may be customized, and include answer keys.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Using Graphs in History Class

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart covers the major types of graphs used in social studies such as bar graphs, line graphs, pie graphs, and pictographs. Information on graphs is followed by graphs dealing with salaries...
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Analyze Graphical Sources: Practice 2 (English I Reading)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on practice exercises to understand and interpret the data in a graphic representations including pie charts, bar graphs, and line graphs.
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Handout
Colorado State University

Colorado State Writing Center: Charts

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The use of charts and graphs can improve your presentations, whether on paper or as visual aids. Here you can read about how to create line, column, bar, pie graphs, and scatterplots. Just follow the links to their respective pages.
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Interactive
TeacherLED

Teacher Led Interactive Whiteboard Resource Survey

For Students K - 1st Standards
Students can explore surveys, pie charts, and bar graphs with this interactive white board resource.
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Lesson Plan
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Misleading Graphs

For Teachers 4th - 8th
This lesson will challenge young scholars to think creatively by having them design and build water balloon catchers from random scrap materials, while requiring them to take into consideration a multitude of variables including cost,...