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Worksheet
Curated OER

Leveled Problem Solving: Histograms

For Students 5th - 6th
In this using data, frequency table, and histogram to solve word problems worksheet, students solve problems about prices of toys and numbers of toys sold to solve consumer mathematics problems. Students solve six problems.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Range, Mean, Median, Mode

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students research the impact of craters. In this range, mean, median and mode activity, students complete an experiment with a marble to simulate the effects of a crater. Students collect and analyze data finding the range, mean, median...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Statistics

For Students 9th
In this statistics worksheet, 9th graders solve and complete 10 various types of multiple choice problems. First, they determine the mean number of miles per day that were completed. Then, students determine the data set that has a...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

200 Years and Counting: How the U.S. Census Tracks Social Trends

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students examine the process of census taking in the United States. For this "200 Years and Counting" lesson, students examine the data collection process, look at an example of a census form, analyze data, and learn what the information...
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Curated OER

Water Resources

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study water resources that are important to the people of North American and Africa. They use satellite images and data to explore how human actions can degrade, improve, or maintain water resources. They analyze and interpret...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Where's The Beef

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students create and conduct a survey in the community to evaluate the demographics of vegetarians in the community. They compile data, create graphs, calculate percentages, and draw conclusions about the survey data. Students create an...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Fractional Parts of a Group

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this problem solving worksheet, students problems solve the answers to 5 mathematical word problems involving fractional parts. Students use data from a pictograph to assist them in solving each word problem.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

3 Kinds of Graphs

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students construct three different graphs-a line graph, a bar graph, and a circle graph.  In this graphing instructional activity, students use different graphs to display various data that they collect. 
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Algebra I - Worksheet G12: Graphing Lines

For Students 9th - 12th
In this graphing lines worksheet, students graph 28 lines given various data.  Students graph lines given two points, a point and slope, and a line perpendicular or parallel to a point.
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Assessment
Inside Mathematics

Snakes

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Get a line on the snakes. The assessment task requires the class to determine the species of unknown snakes based upon collected data. Individuals analyze two scatter plots and determine the most likely species for five additional data...
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network (UEN)

The Human Line Plot

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
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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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Nutrition and Food Security

For Teachers 5th
Examine the three basic nutrients and their effects on the body. Fifth graders will research data to construct a bar graph and then  demonstrate the relationship between malnutrition and food security. This is a very comprehensive...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Stars and Slopes

For Teachers 10th - 12th
More of a math lesson than physics or space science, high schoolers take a set of data and plot it on a log-log coordinate system. The write-up for day two was never completed, but day one, "Stars and Slopes," is complex and cohesive....
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Curated OER

Level III: Technology Integration

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders prepare two spreadsheets each with an embedded line graph that displays data about the growth of the bitter rot fungus on apples and on petri dishes that were stored in the refrigerator and the classroom. They prepare a...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Rescue Mission Game

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students conduct probability experiments. For this rescue mission lesson plan, sudents play a game and collect statistical data. They organize and interpret the data and determine the probability of success. Students plot points on a...
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Curated OER

Iron For Breakfast

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders are challenged to use scientific thinking, they experiment and observe which objects are attracted to a magnet. Pupils use the evidence to construct an explanation as to what common property the objects attracted to a...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Barbie Bungee

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Middle and high schoolers collect and analyze their data. In this statistics lesson, pupils analyze graphs for linear regression as they discuss the relationship of the function to the number of rubber bands and the distance of the...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Using Graphical Displays to Depict Health Trends in America's Youth

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Identify the different types of graphs and when they are used. Learners will research a specific health issue facing teens today. They then develop a survey, collect and analyze data and present their findings in class.  This is a lesson...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Just Me and My Shadow

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars take measurements throughout the day using a simple sundial called a gnomon. They record the results on a Data Log and convert from English units to metric (S.I.) units. Data points are plotted on the same graph and analyzed.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

It Has Been Rubbish For Years

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students are presented with the problems of percentages and focus upon numbers in contrast to 100. They calculate problems with money and are engaged with the use of games as a teaching tool. Students also interpret data as presented in...
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Teach Engineering

Using Hooke's Law to Understand Materials

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
Provide a Hooke for a lesson on elasticity with an activity that has groups investigate a set of springs. They use a set procedure to collect data to calculate the spring constant for each spring using Hooke's Law. The groups predict the...
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Lesson Plan
University of California

Heating and Cooling of the Earth's Surface

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Scholars collect data from heating sand and water before forming testable hypotheses about why sand heats up faster. Afterward, they develop and run experiments to test their hypotheses.
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Unit Plan
Intel

Energy Innovations

For Students 8th - 12th Standards
Collaborative groups examine the importance of energy resources on quality of life by researching different energy sources and alternative energy sources through data analysis. They make a comparison of different countries and cultures,...
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Lesson Plan
Southwestern Medical Center

Field Epidemiology: Investigation of an Unknown Disease

For Teachers 7th - 12th
More than 90 percent of the people in a building have come down with an illness, and it is your job to investigate. Teachers give scientists the data needed to decide what is important and how they can solve the mystery. The exercise is...