Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Circle Graph Activity
This lesson will allow the student to work through three stations. The stations will focus on creating and analyzing circle graphs. The students will be using technology to create their graphs along with a hands-on activity using M&M's.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Exploring Probability
In this activity, students learn to create a categorical list, then convert their data into a pie chart, and use it to answer questions.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Ice Cream Sundae Survey
Students quickly realize the importance of learning how to read and find information in charts, graphs, and tables compared to finding the same information written in a paragraph. This is a fun, high energy lesson!This lesson plan was...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Who Bounces Best?
This is a cooperative learning, kinesthetic and presentation lesson. Learners will use the computer to create graphs/charts to display data collected by counting the number of successful bounces when bouncing a basketball for 30 seconds....
Chemicool
Chemicool: Mericium
Chemicool offers a set of charts and data tables with basic information on americium and its properties.
Richland Community College
Richland Community College: Stats Graphs Defined
Richland Community College provides a glossary of many terms that are needed in order to understand statistics graphs and charts. Each of the types of charts is quickly explained in terms of what it is most effective in displaying.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Creating Dot Plots
Practice creating dot plots. Dot plots are very similar to frequency tables, but they make it easier to see the data. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: Creating Cubes
On this one page website use a table to help you organize the information so that you can solve this cube problem. When you are finished you can check your answer right at the website.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: Sissa's Reward
On this one page website use a table to help you solve this problem about the chess board and grains of rice. The solution is available right on the website.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Figure This: Rose Bowl
A math challenge taken directly from the sports pages. Use your problem solving and data collection aptitude to find out how many different ways a Rose Bowl team could score 11 points. Try this one page activity from the NCTM Math...
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Figure This: Tv Ratings (Pdf)
Here's a challenge for the avid TV watcher. Use your data interpretation skills to explore America's TV watching habits in this NCTM Math Challenges for Families activity. See if you can figure out which night of the week has the...
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Practice Problems: Circle Graphs
Two problems present practice creating a circle graph from a data table. Both are given with each step to the solution cleverly revealed one at a time. You can work each step of the problem then click the "View Solution" button to check...
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: Cross Country Race
On this one page website sharpen your logic and problem solving skills while working on this challenge. The solution is available to double check your solution.
Web Elements
Web Elements Periodic Table: Yttrium
At this site from Mark Winter at WebElement, you can navigate around for charts and graphs of data on Yttrium. Probably the most comprehensive of all periodic tables on the web.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Sir Models
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson helps students understand how diseases, epidemics, etc. are tracked by health organizations. Using the SIR (susceptible, infected, recovered) model, students track the number of...
US Department of Education
Nces Kids: Creating an Area Graph
This is where you will find step by step directions explaining how to create an area graph. Complete each step and click on the next tab. Directions are simple and clear.
Other
Laus Dnet: Grade 5 Excel Lesson Plan
In this online lesson, students will survey students in their school to determine their favorite type of hand-held ice cream. Before performing the survey, students will make predictions about which ice creams they think will be the...
Other
Stat Soft: Statistics Glossary
Dozens of statistical terms are defined and illustrated in this glossary.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: Color Week
Five-year-olds need to count things that relate to them. This activity builds on their need to be included or see the relevance of their counting. Students will practice counting, writing numbers, and filling in a chart or bar graph....
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: Alphabet Blocks
Help Santa and the elves keep track of how many blocks they need for their alphabet blocks. Solution provided.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: Back to the Planet of Vuv
You will probably need to make a list to solve the challenge at this one page website.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: Six Is the Sum
You will probably want to make a list to figure out the solution to this problem. There are teacher notes and the solution right at this one page website.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: Shutting Puzzle
Sharpen your problem solving skills and figure out a solution for this interesting problem. The solution is on this one page website so that you can check your answer.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: Two Dice
Use your problem solving skills to work on this problem that has to do with dice. The solution is right on this one page website.