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Trash to Gas

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers experiment with biomass materials as alternative energy sources. In this biomass material activity, students participate in an experiment with cow manure to determine how it can be used as an energy source. They record...
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Pace University

Grade 7 Earth Day Statistics with Circle and Bar Graphs

For Teachers 7th Standards
Take a tiered approach to studying waste. The lesson 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...
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Michigan State University

Bug Lyphe!

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Introduce ecology classes to biodiversity and interdependence in ecosystems with a PowerPoint presentation. Then, they get up-close and personal with the invertebrate world by collecting insects, classifying them, and graphing their...
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NASA

Behavior Over Time: Analyzing Seasonal Soil and Air Properties

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Moisture can affect air temperatures and so much more! An analysis of NASA soil moisture data allows pupils to make connections between climate and weather features. They first review general data and then select a specific location to...
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Curated OER

Microsoft Office Excel

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils use Microsoft Office Excel. In this technology activity, students enter data on a spreadsheet using Excel. This programs tallies data and presents it using graphs. 
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Froot Loops to the Max- Pie 2

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this Froot Loops to the Max worksheet, students solve 2 different problems related to graphing data with a box of Froot Loops cereal. First, they complete the circle/pie graph using the given data including a key and a title for their...
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Graphs! Graphs! Graphs!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students practice making charts and graphs from data on spreadsheets. Individually, they create a graph representing the latest information on voter registration. They answer questions and analyze the data to end the lesson.
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Data From Interviews

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create and conduct a survey about favorite foods, gather and represent the data, interpret data and make predictions to present to the class. They create and use interview questions to gather data. Pupils are explained that...
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Point Graphs

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students experiment with point graphs. In this math lesson, students are divided into groups and perform an experiment to see how high a ball bounces, recording their results on a point graph. Students then answer provided questions.
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Interpreting Graphs

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students investigate graphs. In this graphing lesson, students create a graph regarding the population of California. Students extrapolate answers concerning the data set.
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Organizing Data Using Tables and Graphs

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students create graphs and tables, as well as interpret and make inferences from the data shown to determine when and where graphs and tables are most useful.
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Graphing Ordered Pairs

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders investigate the concept of ordered pairs as found in Algebra. They are introduced to the data set that corresponds to the coordinate system. Also students practice the graphing the ordered pairs using the x and y axis.
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Discovering Magnets and Graphs

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders investigate averages and statistics by discovering magnet strengths.  In this magnet experiment lesson plan, 6th graders utilize different magnets and attempt to attract different materials to them.  Students record the...
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Handling Data: Collecting and Recording Data

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Young scholars collect and record data. In this collecting and recording data lesson, students collect data and record that data using frequency tables which include the x and y axis.
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Olympic Bar Graphs

For Teachers 6th - 9th
For this Olympic bar graph worksheet, students pick a sport from the 2004 Olympic games and find data from the Olympic web page. They graph the scores (times, distance, or speed) and the medals. They answer questions about the variables...
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Birthday Graph

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students explore graphs.  In this graphing math lesson, students record the birthdays of each classmate on a data table.  Students cut out and add a picture of a birthday cake to a floor or wall pictograph representing the month in which...
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Usage and Interpretation of Graphs

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students explore graphing. For this graphing lesson, students predict how many shoe eyelets are present in the classroom. Students count eyelets and work in groups to organize and chart the data collected. Students put all the data...
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Aboriginal Statistics

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders analyze statistics of Native Americans by creating graphs.  In this data analysis lesson, 4th graders define different statistical terms and practice finding those statistics from groups of numerical information about...
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Bar Graphs

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders investigate bar graphs.  In this third grade mathematics lesson, 3rd graders collect and analyze data and use the internet’s Graph challenge to create their own graphs.  Students write questions for the other students to...
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Probability

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Here is a classic activity used to introduce your class to the concept of probability and data collection. They will roll one die 30 times, then record and discuss the results. Great introduction, but too shallow to be considered a...
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Hemlock Trees and the Pesky Pest, The Woolly Adelgid

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students review Excel and how to create graphs with this program. They create two graphs in Excel, one showing the average number of woolly adelgid egg sacks on the outer 15 cm of hemlock branch at sites sorted by latitude, then one...
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Long Distance Phone Plans

For Teachers 7th - 9th
In this long distance phone plane worksheet, young scholars compare various phone plans and determine which long distance plan has the greatest savings. Students support their answers visually through the use of tables and graphs. They...
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Bycatch

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Bycatch is the unwanted and discarded marine life caught during commercial fishing. Young marine scientists review bycatch litigation and analyze graphs of bycatch data and answer questions about it. This raises awareness while...
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Teach Engineering

Complex Networks and Graphs

For Students 7th - 10th Standards
Show your class how engineers use graphs to understand large and complex systems. The resource provides the beginnings of graph theory by introducing the class to set theory, graphs, and degree distributions of a graph. 

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