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Curated OER

Scatter Plots

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders investigate how to make and set up a scatter plot. In this statistics lesson, 7th graders collect data and plot it. They analyze their data and discuss their results.
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Lesson Planet Article
Curated OER

Reading in the Science Content Area

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Help your students internalize scientific ideas by teaching strategies for reading in the content area.
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Interactive
Curated OER

Water Studies: Precipitation and Population

For Students 7th - 12th
In this water worksheet, students complete the chart about precipitation and population and answer short answer questions. Students complete 14 rows in the chart and answer 4 questions.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Data collection and analysis

For Students 9th - 12th
In this probability and statistics worksheet, students determine when a survey or collected data could be biased.  The one page worksheet contains a combination of three multiple choice and free response questions.  Answers are included.   
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Emperical Probability

For Students 9th - 12th
In this statistics and probability worksheet, high schoolers determine the experimental probability of an event occurring.   The two page worksheet contains a combination of nine multiple choice and free response questions.  Answers are...
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PPT
Curated OER

Creating Graphs

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
This graphing PowerPoint demonstrates how to use graphs to gather information. The slides contain examples of graphs and display the data clearly. This presentation also gives clear directions on how to construct various graphs by using...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Microsoft Office Excel

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils use Microsoft Office Excel. In this technology activity, students enter data on a spreadsheet using Excel. This programs tallies data and presents it using graphs. 
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Statistics of Shoes

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students open a blank spreadsheet and format it for a class survey about the number of shoes owned by the men and women in the class. They enter the data before finding the mean, median, mode, quartiles, variance, and the standard...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Kindergarten Class Favorites

For Teachers K
Students discuss their favorite foods, a list of four favorite food are compiled on the board or a chart. They each vote for their favorite food and the data is entered onto a spread sheet and a graph is created while the students watch...
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Curated OER

Data Collection

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate qualitative and quantitative data. In this statistics lesson, students gather data on heights and weights of people and graph the distribution. Students discuss the differences between qualitative and quantitative data.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

So You Would Like a Wind Farm, Eh?

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Young scholars collect and analyze data correctly. In this statistics lesson, students use central tendencies to analyze collected data. They calculate where a wind farm will be placed, based on the data.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Compare and Order Fractions, Decimals and Percents

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this compare and order worksheet, students solve 6 word problems; all problems are related to comparing and ordering fractions, decimals and percents.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Skittles, Taste the Rainbow

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders learn and then demonstrate their knowledge of a bar and a circle graph using the classroom data. Students are given a pack of skittles candy. Students create a bar and circle graph indicating the results of the contents of...
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PPT
Mabry MS Blog

Scatter Plots

For Students 8th - 11th Standards
Scatter plots are a fun way to gather and collect relevant data. The presentation goes through several examples and then describes the different types of correlation. 
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

"Favorite Fairy Tale Characters"

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders enter the results of their survey on a spreadsheet. They construct a bar graph showing the results.
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Lesson Plan
PricewaterhouseCoopers

Planning and Money Management: Financial Plan

For Teachers 9th - 12th
More planning goes into a budget than a high schooler thinks. Here, they learn about the expected expenses and incomes, along with outside factors such as natural disasters. Learners prepare their own budget and adjust it based on the...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Bullying and Core Democratic Values

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore the concept of core democratic values. After completing a survey of student populations regarding bullying, small groups analyze their findings and present their findings to the Student Council, principal, or the...
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Discovery Education

Mood Music!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Grouchy? Sad? Here's a great resource that shows kids how music can be used to lift their spirits. Kids collect and chart data on the effects of music on emotions. After analyzing the results of their experiment, they develop their own...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Earth Rocks!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students study the basic elements of the Earth's crust: rocks, soils and minerals. They categorize rocks, soils and minerals and how they are literally the foundation for our civilization. They also explore how engineers use rock soils...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

How Do You Like To Eat Your Apples?-- Class Bar Graph

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this math worksheet, students collaborate as a group to plot data pertaining to their favorite ways to eat apples: sliced, pie, whole, sauce, caramel or muffin. Students record their class data on the bar graph.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Human Genetics-- Class Tally: Do You Have a Hitchhiker's Thumb?

For Students 4th - 6th
In this science worksheet, students study diversity in human genetics by participating in a class survey and generating a tally graph. Students are asked if they have a "hitchhiker's thumb" and the results are displayed on the tally...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Favorite Days of the Week

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this bar graph worksheet, students use the blank graph to survey classmates and record their favorite day of the week. Students think of one question about the graph and write it on the line.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Scatterplots

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students evaluate equations and identify graphs. In this statistics lesson, students identify plotted points on a coordinate plane as having a positive, negative or no correlation. They complete basic surveys, plot their results and...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Problem Solving Application: Using a Bar Graph

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this bar graph worksheet, students use a set of 2 bar graphs to answer 6 related questions. Answers are included on page 2. A reference web site is given for additional activities.