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Scavenger Hunt
Young scholars collect data about lighting conditions around a room using a light sensor and RCX. They use software to upload and analyze the data in order to draw conclusions about light intensity in the room.
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Heads-Up Probability
Second graders use tree diagrams to predict the possible outcomes of coin tosses. The data they collect and graph also help them predict the likelihood of getting heads or tails when tossing coins the next time.
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US Historical Climate: Excel Statistical
Students import US Historical Climate Network mean temperature data into Excel from a station of their choice. They are guided through the activity on how to use Excel for statistical calculations, graphing, and linear trend estimates.
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The Ghost of Populations Past
Students study population distribution and survivorship curves by collecting data regarding age of death of humans from either tombstones, newspapers, or other community resources. Students analyze data by creating graphs and population...
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Body Length Experiment
Students measure the lengths of their bodies and various body parts to determine the relationship (or lack of one) between body part length and the length of the entire body. A spreadsheet program is suggested for data collection.
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Onwards and Upwards
Students analyze a graph representing college tuition increases, consider the possible causes and consequences of these tuition increases and collect data on tuition changes at colleges in the United States by region and graph the data.
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Penguin Heights
Students use the worksheet from the first website listed below to collect data on the penguin heights on the Penguin Page.
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Code Breakers
Students collect data and make a frequency table, change ratios into percents, and analyze data to make predictions.
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Patterns of Settlement in Early Alabama
Fourth graders study the settlement of Alabama. They collect data from the U.S. census website and answer questions regarding settlement patterns in the counties of Alabama in 1820. They write a paagraph describing where they would have...
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Probability: the Study of Chance
Students experiment to determine if a game is fair, collect data, interpret data, display data, and state and apply the rule for probability. Students use a simple game for this experiment.
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Where Have All the Road Salts Gone, Long Time Migrating
Young scholars examine what happens to road salt after it is applied to the road during a storm. In groups, they collect their samples using a conductivity meter and enter their data into a database. They analyze and discuss the data...
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Discovering Albedo
Students read a thermometer accurately, collect and record data, and generate a graph based on data. They learn what independent and dependent variables are. They analyze data and make conclusions concerning how soil coverings affect...
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Age Structure Studies
Students collect data from Internet sources to compare age distributions in their city, county or state with that of other places in the US or other countries. They construct and interpret age-structure population pyramids and research...
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Corps of Discovery
Students assess their knowledge of the Corps of Discovery through a written pretest, follow the journey of Lewis and Clark on the internet, record data on events, dates, places, people, animals, distance traveled, and geographic...
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Trash on Texas Beaches
Middle schoolers take a field trip to a local Texas beach. Using the trash and debris they find, they classify them based on specific criteria. In groups, they calculate the total for each category and determine the percentage of each...
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Jack and the Beanstalk Math
Students listen to Jack and the Beanstalk and determine what they think are the most common words. In this Jack and the Beanstalk lesson, students reread the story, count the words they chosen and graph those words. Students graph the...
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Michigan Virtual Field Trip
Students analyze data from a virtual field trip to Michigan. They conduct Internet research on mileage and travel time between cities, calculate and compare fuel costs, and research and calculate lodging, activities, and meal costs.
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Mathematical Explorations of the People’s Design Award
Students conduct surveys using nominees from the People’s Design Award, analyze data, and present the results using a pictorial representation. In this lesson, students will then design their own contest and mathematically determine a...
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Flight of Angles of Inclination
Students measure the flight of a gilder. In this fight of angles instructional activity, students explore the flight of a glider and measure the distance flown. They collect statistical data of the flights and determine the slope of...
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Boyle's Law
In this Boyle's Law worksheet, students investigate the relationship between the pressure and the volume of a gas at constant temperature. They use a syringe and a pressure gauge attached to a computer to collect their data. They create...
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Count The Letters
Students perform activities involving ratios, proportions and percents. Given a newspaper article, groups of students count the number of letters in a given area. They use calculators and data collected to construct a pie chart and bar...
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Lifting a Load
Students experiments with levers to determine if the amount of force needed to lift a load is always the same. For this physics lesson, students use Lab-Pro data collector as they experiment with the fulcrum placement to measure the work...
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Cool Cars
Students travel one at a time in a straight-line path and attempt to maintain a constant velocity. While one student walks, jogs, or runs, the other group members time the "runner" while standing at five-meter intervals along the path....
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The Grouchy Ladybug
Students listen to the book, "The Grouchy Ladybug" by Eric Carle and sequence the events in the story. Using a graph, they draw and color the animals that the ladybug meets next to the corresponding time from the story, and conduct...