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How Many Days Did It Take for Your Bean Seed To Germinate?--class Bar Graph
In this math/science worksheet, students collaborate as a class to create a bar graph which displays the germination time for bean seeds. Students survey their classmates and plot results on a graph.
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Creating Graphs
This graphing PowerPoint demonstrates how to use graphs to gather information. The slides contain examples of graphs and display the data clearly. This presentation also gives clear directions on how to construct various graphs by using...
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Young Voters Make A Difference
Students research recent statistics on voting by those 18 to 24. They survey senior students to determine their intent to vote in the next election. Students display the data in charts and graphs. They write the results and share it with...
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Driving Safety and Distractions
Students perform research about the problem of distractions caused by technology. The importance of the problem is formulated after the research is done. Students write an article based upon answering the problem.
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Basics of Environmental Science
Ninth graders explore environmental concerns of the community and identify the basic needs of people, wildlife and domestic animals. Working both individually and in groups, they also define natural resources and compare and contrast...
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Survey Savvy
Third graders design appropriate questions for a survey, survey classmates, create a pictograph to represent the results, and explain the survey results.
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Math:Survey Role-Playing Activity
Learners create survey questions to discover why students join clubs. Using sampling methods and question phrasing techniques, they conduct the survey both in and out of school. Once learners analyze their survey information, they...
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Recycling Attitudes Survey
Students create and administer surveys to provide information about attitudes toward recycling. Each student administers a class-created survey to at least four different individuals. As a class, students analyze their findings and...
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Recycling Survey
Middle schoolers create and administer surveys to provide information about attitudes toward recycling. Each student administers a class-created survey to at least four different individuals. As a class, students analyze their findings...
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Favorite Survey
Fourth graders collect and organize data for charts and bar graphs by questioning their classmates. They utilize a worksheet imbedded in this plan which guides them through their 'favorites' survey.
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Surveying Our Media
Students participate in a lesson that is concerned with the concept of examining the use of media in society. They create surveys to measure the presence of the media in everyday life. The results are collected and represented in the...
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Creating Literacy Centers Using Technology
Students create two literacy (reading and/or writing) centers to implement in an elementary classroom. Students review examples of educational software and determine the best potential centers to use in elementary classroom. Two centers...
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Create a Waste Action Plan
Students apply their knowledge to identify waste solutions for their families and homes. Students generate an individual action plan that works for their family and create a magnet to display their waste plan. Students apply the...
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Earth Day Trash Survey Unit
Students develop an action plan to prevent trash from becoming a problem in the future.
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Harry Potter Research Project
Students design a survey with questions to use to find out what the average Harry Potter reader is like. They analyze the results and create a PowerPoint presentation compiling their results.
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Months of the Year
Students practice interviewing. In this months of the year lesson, students interview at least five adults working in their school to gather data on when their birthdays occur. Students create a master calendar for the school.
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What is an Aquifer?
Students examine how an aquifer operates. They discuss the implications of the groundwater becoming contaminated. They work together to create an aquifer model to observe the connection between surface water and groundwater.
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The Human Line Plot
Learners collect data and use charts and line plots to graph the data. Some excellent worksheets and activities are embedded in this fine lesson plan on line plots.
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Favorite Restaurants
Students conduct a survey on their classmates favorite restaurants. They use the information they collected and compile it into a database. They share their findings with the school.
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What's Playing Tonight?
Students collect data and visually represent it. They conduct a survey of favorite movies. Using a spreadsheet, students organize the data and create bar and circle graphs. Students answer statistical questions regarding the data.
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A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words: Introduction to Graphing
Students practice graphing activities. In this graphing lesson, students discuss ways to collect data and complete survey activities. Students visit a table and graphs website and then a create a graph website to practice graphing.
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Graph Frenzy!!
Learners brainstorm for a survey question to ask classmates. They survey their classmates. They enter the results into a spreadsheet and create the best graph for the information. They share their graphs with the class.
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The Bully In The Classroom
High schoolers research bullying as Twemlow defines and reports it. They discuss protection of students from a teacher bully. High schoolers conduct surveys to determine if other students are being bullied by the teacher. High schoolers...
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Graphing Your Favorite Pizza Topping
Fifth graders can survey the students just in their classroom, the grade level, or other grade levels. Upon finishing the surveys and compiling the data, the students can input their results in an Excel template or create their own...