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Lesson Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Cultivating Data

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students will understand key concepts of data analysis and their graphic representations. Students will construct and interpret data tables, line plots, box-and-whisker plots and stem-and-leaf plots, scatterplots with line of best fit,...
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: How Far to Your Birthplace

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Examine one-variable data analysis through the creation and exploration of a birth place data set. Graphing calculators are used to analyze the data through mean, median, mode, maximum, minimum, stem-and-leaf plots and box-and-whisker...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Statistics: Displaying Univariate Data

For Students 11th - 12th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This Concept shows student how to make stem-and-leaf plots as well as dot plots in order to display data with one variable.
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Activity
Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Practice With Organizing and Interpreting Data

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Several problems are presented to test your skills in creating and interpreting frequency tables, pie charts, box-and-whisker and stem-and-leaf plots.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Heads Up!

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
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...
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Lesson Plan
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Illuminations: State Names

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
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.
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Lesson Plan
Huntington Library

Huntington Library: Garden Lesson Plans: Learning From Leaves: Adaptation [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
A scavenger hunt where students find and study examples of leaf adaptations for different environments. This activity is designed to be used on a visit to botanical gardens or greenhouse but could be adapted and used with specimens in...
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Activity
Huntington Library

Huntington Library: Garden Lesson Plans: Learning From Leaves [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
An investigation into how light levels affect leaf adaptations in plants.
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Website
University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Statistics a La Mode

For Students 6th - 8th
Site from the University of Illinois gives examples using stem and leaf plots to find the mode. It also provides practice examples for students to try. It gives the correct answers and provides a definition of the word mode and where it...
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Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Illuminations: Advanced Data Grapher

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The Advanced Data Grapher can be used to analyze data with box plots, bubble graphs, scatterplots, histograms, and stem-and-leaf plots.
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Activity
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Photosynthesis

For Students 9th - 10th
This activity introduces the concept of plant color being determined by pigments, which interactive with light. The idea that chlorophyll is used by plants for energy is then discussed, along with the first step of the photosynthetic...
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Measure Photosynthesis With Floating Leaves

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this activity, you will be able to observe the oxygen production in leaves by doing a floating leaf disk experiment. You can also find out how quickly plants produce oxygen, and what variables affect photosynthesis.
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Other

Atlas of Plant Anatomy

For Students 9th - 10th
This impressive site provides a wealth of information on roots, stems, and leaves. To retrieve information, you simply pass the mouse over the photos and click the highlighted area to receive an explanation about the structure.
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Selecting and Using Representations for Collected Data

For Students 5th - 7th
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] Given a variety of data (including line plots, line graphs, stem and leaf plots, circle graphs, bar graphs, box and whisker plots, histograms, and Venn diagrams), the student...
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Exploring the Lotus Effect

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students test and observe the "self-cleaning" lotus effect using a lotus leaf and cloth treated with a synthetic lotus-like superhydrophobic coating. They also observe the Wenzel and Cassie Baxter wetting states by creating and...
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Unit Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Surface Tension

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Surface tension accounts for many of the interesting properties we associate with water. By learning about surface tension and adhesive forces, students learn why liquid jets of water break into droplets rather than staying in a...
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Just Breathe Green: Measuring Transpiration Rates

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Through multi-trial experiments, students are able to see and measure something that is otherwise invisible to them- seeing plants transpire. This information will allow students to consider how a plant's unique characteristics (leaf...
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eBook
Other

Online Statistics Education: Graphing Distributions [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is the second chapter of a statistics e-text developed collaboratively by Rice University, University of Houston Clear Lake, and Tufts University. It looks at many different types of data displays and the advantages and...
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Handout
University of Georgia

University of Georgia: Definitions in Statistics

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
This site contains definitions to use in statistics and ways to collect data.
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Lesson Plan
University of Georgia

University of Georgia: Measures of Variation

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Lesson plan introduces and explains how to calculate measures of variation concepts such as range and quartile.
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Activity
Middle School Science

Middle School Science: "Sinkin' Lincoln" Lab (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
In this lesson plan site, students will "Define surface tension, determine what factors affect surface tension, and collect data on how many drops of water a penny can hold."
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Acid Rain Effects

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students conduct a simple experiment to model and explore the harmful effects of acid rain (vinegar) on living (green leaf and eggshell) and non-living (paper clip) objects.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Types of Data Representation: Graphic Displays of Data

For Students 11th - 12th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Here you will explore displays of data using bar charts, histograms, pie charts and boxplots, and learn about the differences and similarities between them and how...
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Lesson Plan
Middle School Science

Middle School science.com: Smile Metric Style Lesson

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
In this lesson plan site, students will learn how to use a metric ruler to measure length, accurately read and record measurements taken in centimeters and millimeters, and collect and analyze data using a stem and leaf.

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