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Biodiversity and Evolution – Darwin’s Finches
Teens experience natural selection firsthand (or first beak) in an activity that has them act as finches foraging for food. Using different household items to act as different beak styles, your little finches will collect as much food...
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Tables and Data #3
In this tables and data learning exercise, students use a data table to answer a set of 8 questions. A website reference for additional activities is given.
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Tables and Data
In this table and data worksheet, students use a given table of ticket sales to answer a set of 8 questions. A website reference for additional activities is given.
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Bar Graphs
Seventh graders visually represent and analyze data using a frequency table. They recognize what values in a data set are bigger by looking at a bar graph and answer questions about certain bar graphs and what they represent. Students...
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Charting and Graphing Sales
Students analyze graphs, charts and tables. In this data analysis lesson plan, students practice creating and analyzing charts, graphs and tables corresponding to sales and surveys. This lesson plan uses data relevant to students and...
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Mapping River Statistics
Students research different statistics to do with the Mississippi River. They answer questions about finding data and collect it by conducting research. The research is used to construct a data table. Then students use the table to...
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Entrance Ticket
Students collect data on different events and word problems. In this algebra lesson, students use a table to organize their data. They graph their coordinate pairs on a coordinate plane and make predictions.
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Tables
In this tables worksheet, 4th graders analyze a table with data concerning the collection of leaves. Students problem solve 8 subtraction word problems.
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What's Your Favorite Season?
Pupils collect data on the favorite seasons. In this data collection and analysis lesson, students learn about displaying data on charts and graphs. They collect data about the favorite seasons of the children in their class and display...
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Authentic Activities for Connecting Mathematics to the Real World
Check out the handout from a presentation that contains a collection of high school algebra projects connecting a variety of mathematics to the real world. Activities range from simple probabilities to calculus. The activities can be...
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What Can I Afford?
Students explore the concept of cell phone plans. In this cell phone plan instructional activity, students research the cost of cell phones. Students compare various cell phone plans and decide on which phone plan is best for them.
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Use a Graph Reteach 4.8
For this graph worksheet, students solve 3 problems using a data table and bar graph. Students write number sentences to figure out answers to the questions about kinds of toys in a shop.
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Weather Data Analysis
In this weather worksheet, students read a data table comparing the temperature and weather conditions at three different locations. Students use this data to complete 8 fill in the blank, 1 short answer question, and one graph.
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Choose an Appropriate Graph
In this graphs learning exercise, students solve 6 fill in the blank problems where they choose the most appropriate type of graph for each set of data and explain why they chose that type. Students use bar graphs, histograms and circle...
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Learning to Make Line Graphs
Students analyze data and create a line graph. In this graphing lesson, students explore data from a previous experiment and plot the information on a line graph. Students analyze their findings.
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What Influences Reaction Rate?
Learners study reaction rates, what determines how fast a reaction happens and how the chemical changes occur. In this reactions lesson students complete a lab where they use Alka-Seltzer to observe reaction rate and create a graph with...
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Analyzing Graphs and Data
Students collect and analyze data. In this statistics instructional activity, students graph their data and make inferences from the collected data. They display their data using graphs, bar graphs, circles graphs and Venn diagrams.
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Getting Data from a Table
In this addition and subtraction table worksheet, students practice deciphering which skill would best help them solve the equation. The tables help illustrate the problem.
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Read a Pictograph
In this data display worksheet, learners solve 4 problems in which data on a tally chart and pictograph are analyzed. Students use this information to solve the problems.
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Tenths
In this fractions and decimals worksheet, students analyze a data table about painting playground fence posts. Students solve 6 story problems in which a fraction and a decimal are converted.
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Interpreting Oceans of Data
Sixth graders analyze the data from a scientific experiment. In this statistics lesson, 6th graders answer questions about some data to show their understanding of the data. They apply the result to future decisions when using data.
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Exploring F function Graphs
Using three set of data that relate temperature to another variable, 10th graders will use graphs, tables, or equations to make predictions about data. Students will identify the relations as linear or non-linear. Students will define...
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Conversions Using English Units
Students explore the concept of English units. In this English units lesson, students convert from one English unit to another English unit. Students estimate the size and weight of objects using English units.
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Basketball Bounces, Assessment Variation 2
This un-scaffold summative assessment tasks learners to use the height of a bouncing basketball, given the data in graph and table form, to choose the model that is represented. Learners then use the model to answer questions about the...