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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Class Surveys and Graphs

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
Students love graphing data that they "own". In this plan, the class will select a type of graph and create it using a class survey frequency table. Included in this instructional activity are videos of the class engaged in the...
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US Department of Education

Nces: Create a Graph: Kids Zone

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Make your own pie, bar, line, area or XY graph with this interactive tool. Look for examples of graphs already created from data collected by the National Center for Education Statistics. Complete with a graphing tutorial.
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National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, University of California Santa Barbara

Nceas: Graph Types

For Students 3rd - 5th
At this site from NCEAS you can learn how to organize your data into pie graphs, bar graphs, and line graphs. Explanations and examples are given of each graph along with several questions that check comprehension.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Math + Arts: Stage Props, Blocking, and Graphs

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
In this instructional activity, students will block a scene on a graph and act out the scene. Media resources and teacher materials are included.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Math + Art: Graph a Dance

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this lesson plan, students will choreograph a figure for a square dance, graph it, and perform it. Media resources and teacher materials are included.
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Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Definition of Bar Graph

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Get the definition for a bar graph. Then, select the link "here's more" and use the interactive graph to display data as a bar graph, line graph or pie chart. The finished graph may be printed.
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Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Building a Zip Line

For Students 3rd - 5th
For this interactive, students plan, create, and test a zip line that will transport a hard-boiled egg without breaking it. They will make improvements on their design based on data about its performance. A motion sensor is required in...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Make Line Plots

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
Practice creating line plots (dot plots) from data sets. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a tutorial video, or receive hints.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Read Line Plots (Data With Fractions)

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
Practice reading and interpreting data that is graphed on line plots. The data graphed includes fractions. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints....
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BBC

Bbc: Representing Data

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This BBC Math Bite tutorial for line graphs, pictograms, and frequency polygons features an exam in which students draw and interpret statistical diagrams.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: "Ridin' Along in My Automobile"

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners will research prices of used cars to discover how automobiles lose their value over time. Students will create a chart to record their information, use their chart to graph their data, and find measures of central tendency of...
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The Math League

The Math League: Using Data and Statistics

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
This site contains two short examples of line graphs, charts that show change over time. This is a quick introduction to the topic of statistical graphing.
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Graphing Number Patterns

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
On this one page website sharpen your logic, graphing and pattern recognition skills while working on this challenge. The solution is available to double check your solution.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Graphs

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart presents bar and double bar graphs, line and double line graphs, pictographs, histograms, and circle graphs with review activities and web links for practice.
Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Decreasing Water Levels

For Students 3rd - 8th
The CyberSquad creates a line graph to help tell the story of the decreasing water levels in Sensible Flats in this video segment from Cyberchase.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Make Bar Graphs 1

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
Practice creating bar graphs (bar charts) from data sets. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Equivalent Fractions on the Number Line

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
Graph and identify equivalent fractions on a number line. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints. CCSS.Math.Content.3.NF.A.3.a Understand two fractions as...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Decimals on the Number Line: Hundredths 0 0.1

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Graph hundredths between 0 and 0.1 on a number line. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Decimals on the Number Line: Tenths 0 1

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Graph tenths between 0 and 1 on the number line. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Graph Data on Line Plots

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
Record measurements on line plots (also called dot plots). Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Telling Time on the Number Line

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
Match time of a number line to time on an analog or digital clock. Graph a given time on a number line. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: Saxon Activity Center: Real World Investigation: Elevation Changes [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th
Math and geography are the focus of this internet investigation. Learners must plan a road trip to several cities and plot the elevations of those cities using a line graph. Acrobat Reader required.
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Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Lines, Rays, Line Segments, & Planes

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
This robust lesson plan for upper elementary and middle school grades introduces the concepts for lines, rays, line segments, and planes. Resources are linked to it and ready for your use.
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Can Teach

Can Teach Lesson Plan: Graphing Constellations

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this lesson plan, students practice their graphing skills by following directions to recreate constellations.

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