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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Dry Spells, Wet Spells: How Common Are They?

For Students 6th - 8th
Here's a project that looks at what the weather was like for over a hundred years. The goal of the project is to compare long-term precipitation patterns in different regions of the country. You will work with historical climate data,...
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Lesson Plan
ACT360 Media

Act Den: In Living Color Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Add color to black and white photograph using this Paint Shop Pro lesson plan. Explore the colorize functions to make your pictures and graphics unique.
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Lesson Plan
BSCS Science Learning

Bscs: Frog Symphony

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This inquiry focuses on analyzing spatial and temporal data for frog calls to determine the best time of day and location to hear a symphony of frogs. Click on the link for teaching guides and handouts.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Who Bounces Best?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This is a cooperative learning, kinesthetic and presentation lesson. Middle schoolers 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...
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Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Creating Box Plots

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
More practice making box plots to summarize data sets. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Box and Whisker With a Bed Sheet

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The class will make a list of all of their classmates heights, ages in months, and shoe sizes. They will then use this data to create a human box-and-whisker plot. This lesson plan was created as a result of the Girls Engaged in Math and...
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Other

Nearpod: Introduction to Data Representation

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson on representation data, students explore how to make dot plots, histograms, and box plots and learn about outliers in a data set.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Welcome to 6th Grade Math

For Teachers 6th
Why is math important? How does math impact our lives outside of math class? This instructional activity is an introduction to 6th-grade math. Students make connections between math and life while also learning procedures and rules in...
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Study Guide
Other

Ohio Department of Education: Sixth Grade Achievement Test (Practice Test) [Pdf]

For Students 5th - 7th
Half-length practice test for the third grade OAT (Ohio Achievement Test). The test includes 17 multiple-choice and 4 open-response question dealing with topics such as geometry (triangle identification, surface area), number sense...
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Statistics for Math B

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students will determine the mean, median, mode and standard deviation of collected data. They will make a frequency histogram of the grouped data, both on graph paper, and on the TI 83+.
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Handout
Other

Stat Soft: Statistics Glossary

For Students 9th - 10th
Dozens of statistical terms are defined and illustrated in this glossary.