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Lesson Plan On Fran Data
Seventh graders investigate the concept of functions and how they are used in the context of the real world while identifying the dependent and independent variables. They graph relations and functions and find the zeros of functions....
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Graphing the Past Using Today's Technology
Eighth graders research and gather information from such sources as Microsoft Encarta, World Wide Web sites, and other sources using computer software to collect data.
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Sunrise and Sunset - Graph of Daily Solar Radiation
Students use a graph of daily solar radiation to determine the times of sunrise and sunset. They also compare how sunrise, sunset, and the length of the day changes with latitude and longitude.
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Noise Levels, Bar Graphing, and Fractions
Students research items that can damage hearing. They explore statistics about the decibels of certain objects. From the information collected, students create a bar graph. They formulate ratios to determine what sounds are harmful to...
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The Graduation Dilemma
Ninth graders explore data analysis. In this Algebra I lesson, 9th graders collect and organize data to create a scatter plot. Students use the regression feature of the calculator to find the line of best fit and use the equation to...
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Graphs and Functions
Students are introduced to plotting functions on the Cartesian coordinate plane seen several categories of functions, including lines and parabolas
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Graph It
First graders collect classroom data (such as mode of transportation used to get to school) and prepare a pictograph to interpret the information.
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Fishing Line Tests
Students test the strength of different fishing lines. In this chemistry lesson, students conduct the experiment by hanging various masses on the fishing line until it breaks. They record data, construct graphs and formulate their...
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Shaquille O'Neal Hand/Foot Span
Eighth graders measure foot length and hand span in this experiment to determine the ratio. They apply the ratio to determine Shaquille O'Neal's hand span if given his shoe size.
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What Pie?
Students practice making and interpreting pie graphs so they are better able to decide if a pie chart is the appropriate form of display. Students examine included overheads of different pie charts, and directions on how to make pie...
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Breakfast Cereal - How Nutritious Is Yours?
Students analyze the nutritional value of breakfast cereal in order to make an informed choice. They create a stem and leaf plot which analyzes the nutritional value of the cereal they eat on a regular basis. Students write a letter to...
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Box and Whisker Plots
Seventh graders explore the concept of box and whisker plots. In this box and whisker plots lesson, 7th graders plot data on a box and whisker plot. Students discuss the mean, median, and mode of the data. Students discuss range,...
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Fore!
In this golf learning exercise, students fill in data in a chart about 6 tournaments and answer short answer questions about it. Students fill in 18 spaces in the chart and answer 2 questions.
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Tallies Tell It All
Students explore data collection through the use of tally marks. After a demonstration of the use of tally marks students complete various inquires where they create a chart documenting the number of times a desired result happens. They...
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Saving Energy Through Ecological Landscape Design
Students are able to transcribe to scale the plant features of a common landscape. They determine true north and south and collect and record data on a table. Students calculate a rating for and describe a definition of insulation and...
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Favourite Colours
In this colors instructional activity, students survey 20 people on what their favorite color is. They mark the results using tallies. Students then take their data and put the totals in a frequency table.
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Cinco De Mayo
High schoolers make a graph identifying the immigration of Mexicans to the US. In this algebra lesson, students practice graphing as they review different trends in immigration over the past 100 years. They interpret and analyze their...
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Cost analysis
For this Algebra I worksheet, 9th graders analyze a problem in which basic assumptions must be made about cost and demand for the product or item. Students use a graph to make predictions and determine the best price at which to sell an...
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Let's Plot Points
Use coordinate grid paper to plot points and identify shapes that are already plotted on the paper by saying their coordinates. Pupils also measure the distance between points and play the game Battleship. There are several web links and...
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Alien Invasion
Win the war of the worlds! Scholars solve a variety of problems related to an alien invasion. They determine where spaceships have landed on a coordinate map, devise a plan to avoid the aliens, observe the aliens, and break a code to...
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Exploring Variables While Testing and Improving Mint-Mobiles (for High School)
Mint candies are good for more than just one's breath. Using basic materials such as mint candies, straws, index cards, and Popsicle sticks, scholars create race cars that meet a given budget as well as design constraints. They perform...
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How's The Weather?
Students make a box and whiskers plot using the TI-73 graphing calculator. Each student would have their own calculator but they would work in small groups of two or three to help each other enter the data and make the plots.
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The Tortoise And The Hare
Students use the children's story of The Tortoise And The Hare in order to investigate the graphing of equations. The story is converted to an algebraic word problem for them to solve. Students investigate the relationships of data and...