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If Our Class Went to See the Prince

For Teachers 1st
First graders read the story One Monday Morning and create picture graphs based on the number of teachers, boys, and girls that would visit the prince. In this data lesson plan, 1st graders interpret tables and graphs with the help of...
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How Many People Live in Your Household?

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students create a pictograph showing household size for the class.In this data collection and graphing lesson, the teacher guides students through the creation of a concrete object graph, then students analyze and summarize the results.
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Bow Wow, Oink Oink

For Teachers K
Students read Everybody Cooks Rice and discuss birthday celebrations around the world.   In this cultural differences instructional activity, students discuss the Chinese symbols by birth years.  Students create a graph by symbol. ...
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Comparing Data on Graph A and Graph B

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders gather and graph data.  In this graphing lesson, 2nd graders collect data and graph this information using tally charts, bar graphs, pictographs, or tables. They make predictions about the outcomes.
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Step Into My Shoes

For Teachers K
Students order their classmates from smallest to largest foot length.  In this ordering their classmates from smallest to largest foot length lesson, students trace each of their classmates foot.  Students read a story called, 'How Big...
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Favorite Days

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students collect and organize data about themselves. In this data analysis lesson, students discuss their favorite calendar dates and explore ways to display the data.
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When is Your Birthday?

For Teachers K
Students use data about their birthdays to create graphs. In this collecting and communicating information instructional activity, students make a class list of their birthdays. Students use the information to make a bar graph showing...
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Away We Go!

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students study types of transportation. In this transportation lesson, students survey several classes to gather data on how they get to school. Students create a transportation graph.
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The Human Graph

For Teachers K
Students produce a graph of favorite colors.  In this graphing lesson, students create a human graph based on their favorite color then the teacher transfers the data to a bar graph.  Students compare the lines on the graph before...
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Graphing

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars investigate graphing.  In this bar graph lesson, students view an informational website about graphing, then construct a class birthday bar graph outside with sidewalk chalk. Young scholars choose a survey topic, then...
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Flight of Angles of Inclination

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students measure the flight of a gilder. In this fight of angles lesson, students explore the flight of a glider and measure the distance flown. They collect statistical data of the flights and determine the slope of each flight. ...
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Design a Butterfly

For Teachers K
Students access prior knowledge of butterflies.  In this butterfly activity, students create butterflies and compare and contrast their butterflies. Students describe the various body parts.
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Practice Dividing by 8

For Students 4th - 5th
In this dividing by 8 learning exercise, learners use the data in the math table to help them complete the pictograph chart on the right. Students use the pictograph to help them answer the six word problems.
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Charting Animal Life Spans

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders research animal life spans and complete related math activities. In this life span lesson, 2nd graders read How Many Candles and discuss life spans. Students arrange animal cards based on their life spans. Students find...
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Graphing Data

For Teachers 1st
First graders learn how to display data using a bar graph. In this bar graph lesson, 1st graders use data from a t-shirt color survey to make a bar graph. They also make an animal bar graph before interpreting the information.
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Range and Mode

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students interpret data from graphs. In this range and mode lesson, students review a tally chart, pictograph and bar graph. Students use these graphs to calculate the range and mode of each set of data.
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Graphing Using Cookies

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students differentiate between bar graphs, line graphs, pictographs and bar graphs. After participating in a hands-on cookie activity, students label and draw their own graphs.
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Birthdays

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students collect data about the birth months of each classmate using a calendar. They make a table with the information before designing a pictograph using cupcake images. They answer questions using the graph.
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C is for Cookie-A MEAN-ingful Graphing Activity

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders, in groups, dissect a variety of brands of chocolate chip cookies and calculate the mean for each brand. They create their own bar graphs, pictographs, and line graphs to represent information.
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Pumpkin Seed Data!

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders work with pumpkins to estimate, then accumulate data about pumpkin seeds. After cleaning out the pumpkins, 2nd graders utilize a worksheet imbedded in this plan which has a variety of pumpkin math activities they can do.
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SkittleGraphs

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders discover how to make a bar graph. Each student receives a bag of Skittles candy. They make a bar graph which documents the colors found in the bag. At the end of the lesson plan, the Skittles are eaten. Fun!
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Graphing Aquatic Insects

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students identify aquatic insects. In this organism lesson plan, students locate aquatic insects near a local waterway and collect them. Students graph the amount of insects that they collected.
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Weather Report Chart

For Teachers K - 4th
Students complete a weather report chart after studying weather patterns for a period of time. In this weather report lesson, students measure temperature, precipitation, cloud cover, wind speed, and wind direction for a month. Students...
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Range and Mode

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders interpret data. In this mode and range lesson, 5th graders define mode and range and practice finding them given a set of data.