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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Stem-and-Leaf Plots

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students are introduced to stem-and-leaf plots and calculating the mean, median, and mode from the plots.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Succeeding at Kite Day

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders design a successful kite for Kite Day.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Notes to a Mathematician

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders analyze the likelihood of simple events.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Comparison of Snow Cover on Different Continents

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students use the Live Access Server (LAS) to form maps and a numerical text file of snow cover for each continent on a particular date. They analyze the data for each map and corresponding text file to determine an estimate of snow cover...
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Handout
Wolfram Research

Wolfram Math World: Histogram

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This MathWorld site offers a clear definition and examples of a histogram.
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Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Histograms Review

For Students 9th - 10th
A histogram displays numerical data by grouping data into "bins" of equal width. Each bin is plotted as a bar whose height corresponds to how many data points are in that bin.
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Professional Doc
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Eureka Math Parent Guide: Statistics

For Students 6th Standards
A guide to support parents as they work with their students with statistics.
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Interactive
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Creating Histograms

For Students 6th Standards
Practice creating a histogram from a given data set.
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Handout
Shmoop University

Shmoop: Basic Statistics and Probability: Histograms

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Students learn about histograms. Examples are included, as well as a video. [1:16]
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Graphic
Other

Grinnell College: Histograms Area of Rectangles

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A sample problem is provided to help you create a histogram using a frequency distribution chart. Sample charts and formulas are provided to help explain how to find the area of the rectangles in the histogram and how to interpret what...
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Lesson Plan
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Data Collecting Project Stats Class

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson plan provides the teacher with all the necessary handouts and directions to give a statistics class when they are ready to complete a thorough survey project. Broken into five parts, it takes the students through the...
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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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Graphic
Wolfram Research

Wolfram Math World: Frequency Distribution

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site from MathWorld provides a general overview of frequency distribution, complete with a bar graph and explanatory text.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Misleading Graphs Are Da'pits!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this interactive lesson, students will discover how creating an incorrect graph will display misleading information. Through viewing and discussing a variety of graphs, the students will identify 5 components that graphs must contain...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Representing Possibilities

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
The students will work through problems that will be represented in tables, equations, and graphs. This lesson was adapted from NCTM Student Math Notes, May/June 2007.This lesson plan was created as a result of the Girls Engaged in Math...
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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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Activity
California State University

Cal State San Bernardino: Intro to Probability Models

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The concept of random variables comes to life with this Applet used to roll one, two, six, or nine dice. The user selects the number of rolls to be completed, and the program quickly counts and graphs the results.