Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Graphing Data on a Graph
Second graders will be able to read and write data on a graph.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Graphing Our Snack Mix: Review of Graphing
Second graders review how to make bar graphs, line plots, and pictographs by tallying the contents of snack mix and building graphs to show their data.
Cyberbee
Adventures of Cyberbee: Graphing
Teacher-directed lesson plan focusing on data analysis, graphing, and probability. Lesson includes a video and engaging spreadsheet activities.
University of Texas
Inside Mathematics: Granny's Balloon Trip [Pdf]
This task challenges a student to use knowledge of scale to organize and represent data from a table on a graph.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Graphs, Charts, and Tables: Targeted Math Instruction
At the end of this lesson about graphs, charts, and tables, students will be able to interpret and compare data from graphs (including circle, bar, and line graphs), charts, and tables.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Graph Party
First graders will be involved in creating three different types of graphs and then be asked to answer questions about each representations data set.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Bars, Lines, and Pies
Young scholars will learn and reinforce skills for creating, applying and analyzing pie charts, bar graphs and line graphs.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Great Golly Graphs
This lesson plan asks learners to create a survey project including graphs, questions, tables, and data analysis. It gives an assessment and ideas for remediation and extension as well as ways to manage behavior problems and reluctant...
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Seventh Grade Mathematics: Data Sense
This site has some interesting ways to collect and evaluate data. There are some activities about note taking, spreadsheets, surveys, and a cool bridge construction project. Teachers may want to use this site as a resource for some...
Other
Delta State University: Lesson Plan 3: Pie Graphs
The students will gather, organize, and display data in an appropriate pie (circle) graph using M&M's! [PDF]
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Graphing January's Weather
First graders graph the weather in Vermont for the month of January.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: The Challenge Question: "Walk the Line"
Students are introduced to the "Walk the Line" challenge question. They are asked to write journal responses to the question and brainstorm what information they need to answer the question. Ideas are shared with the class (or in pairs...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Getting to Know Your Classmates Using Bar Graphs
Students will collect data from class using surveys. Students survey classmates concerning favorite movies, favorite color, shoe size, time spent studying, brand of cell phone and etc. From the data they will create bar graphs using an...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: M&m's and Blogs: Interpreting Data!
In this hands-on, technology-rich lesson, students will interpret data. The students will define words involving graphs, create a bar graph using M&M's, and post information from their findings on the internet. The students will also...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Misleading Graphs Are Da'pits!
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...
University of Texas
Inside Mathematics: Parking Cars [Pdf]
This task challenges a student to use their understanding of scale to read and interpret data in a bar graph.
Other
A River Runs Through It Learning Project
In this year long learning project integrating mathematics and science, students solve environmental problems using data collection and problem solving concepts. Designed for upper elementary gifted students. Interactive components and...
University of Texas
Inside Mathematics: Our Pets [Pdf]
This task challenges a student to demonstrate understanding of concepts involved in representing and interpreting data.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Heads Up!
The lesson plan is a hands-on project. Middle schoolers will work in pairs to gather various measurements, organizing the data into a provided chart. The measurements will be used to review, reinforce, and introduce skills such as...
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Project Sky Math
Teachers will be interested to explore the SkyMath module, and the 16 classroom activities at this site. In this program, students will collect and record real-time weather data to analyze. Data analysis, graphing, number relationship,...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Going for the Gold
Second graders read and create graphs based on Olympic data for 2014.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Illuminations: State Names
Students use multiple representations to display how many times the letters of the alphabet is used in a state name. Concepts explored: stem and leaf, box and whisker plots, histograms.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Statistically Thinking
The object of this project is for students to learn how to find univariate and bivariate statistics for sets of data. Also, the students will be able to determine if two sets of data are linearly correlated and to what degree. The...
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Sports and Math: Batting Averages and More
Set up a spreadsheet using a computer or graphing calculator, and perform calculations using columns. Calculate percentages and solve a system of equations regarding baseball statistics.