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Curated OER

Data Analysis and Froot Loops

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Use this probability and graphing lesson to have your learners work with a partner to make a necklace out of Froot Loops. They record the cereal colors randomly chosen and strung, graph their data, then use a ratio formula to determine...
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Curated OER

What is the Best Chip?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Scholars collect data about chips. They pick their favorite type of chip from a given variety such as potato chips, tortilla, or banana chips. Then they write on an index card their favorite chip and why it's their favorite. They also...
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Curated OER

A Day at the Beach

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Help learners determine the rate of change for the temperature of sand. They will collect data on the temperature of wet and dry sand over time with a heat lamp overhead. Then make a scatter plot of the data and find a linear model to...
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Curated OER

Skate Party

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners use the Frayer model during problem solving. In this problem solving lesson, they examine multiple methods of data collection to solve real world problems. Resources are provided.
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Curated OER

Residential Power System

For Teachers 7th - 11th
Perform data analysis on energy consumption to apply algebraic expressions to the real world. Learners will write and solve equations that answer various questions from residential power use. They will collect data at home and calculate...
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Curated OER

Diagnosing Allergies Through Data Collection

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students research and organize information about allergies. In this data collection instructional activity, students watch a video about allergies. Students create a histogram using the information collected. Students complete the...
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Curated OER

Data Displays with Excel

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students collect and analyze data. In this statistics instructional activity, students display their data using excel. They plot the data on a coordinate plane and draw conclusion from their data.
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Curated OER

Data Analysis Using Technology

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Analyze data using technology. Middle schoolers design data investigations, describe data, and draw their own conclusions. Then they select the best type of graph, graph and interpret the data, and look for patterns in trends. They also...
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American Statistical Association

How Fast Are You?

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Quick! Snap up the instructional activity. Scholars first use an online app to collect data on reaction times by clicking a button when the color of a box changes. They then plot and analyze the data by considering measures of center,...
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Curated OER

Data

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students collect data from an experiment they perform. In this data lesson plan, students use multiple representations to solve practical problems; describe advantages and disadvantages of the use of each representation. Then, they...
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Curated OER

The Hot Dog Stand - An Annual Report

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers run a computer simulation and collect data as they work and use the data to create an annual report for their business. It is desirable for students to do this project individually, but it could be done as a class using...
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Curated OER

Data Squares

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Middle and high schoolers examine how data squares organize and sort information and data sets. They discuss examples of data squares, complete a data square about themselves, organize the data squares for the class together, and compile...
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EngageNY

Summarizing Bivariate Categorical Data in a Two-Way Table

For Students 8th Standards
Be sure to look both ways when making a two-way table. In the lesson, scholars learn to create two-way tables to display bivariate data. They calculate relative frequencies to answer questions of interest in the 14th part of the series.
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Curated OER

Graphs and Data

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students investigate poverty using graphs. In this algebra lesson, students collect data on the effects of poverty and use different rules to analyze the data. They graph and use the trapezoid rule to interpret the data.
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Curated OER

Data Analysis and Probability: Graphing Candy with Excel

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Collect and graph data using Microsoft Excel with your math class. They will make predictions about the number of each colored candy in a bag of M&M's, then sort, classify, count, and record the actual data before using Excel to...
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American Statistical Association

Bubble Trouble!

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Which fluids make the best bubbles? Pupils experiment with multiple fluids to determine which allows for the largest bubbles before popping. They gather data, analyze it in multiple ways, and answer analysis questions proving they...
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Discovery Education

Fuss About Dust

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Dust is everywhere around us; it's unavoidable. But what exactly is dust and are certain locations dustier than others? These are the questions students try to answer in an interesting scientific investigation. Working independently or...
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American Institutes for Research

Data and Probability: Marshmallow Madness

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Upper grade and middle schoolers make predictions, collect data, and interpret the data as it relates to the concept of probability. They work with a partner tossing marshmallows and recording if they land on their side or on their...
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Curated OER

Measurement and Data Collecting using Image Processing

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students trace the route of the historical event and measure the distance over which the people involved journeyed. A data sheet be constructed outlining the location of events, and the speed with which the journey occurred.
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American Statistical Association

How Long Are the Words in the Gettysburg Address?

For Teachers 6th - Higher Ed Standards
It's 268 words, but one only needs to consider 10 of them at a time. A data collection and analysis activity has learners investigate the lengths of words in the Gettysburg Address. They first self-select a sample of 10 words and...
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Curated OER

Data Collection and Presentation

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students access how to collect, classify and display data involving statistics. The concepts of quantitative, discrete and continuous data is covered in depth within the lesson. They practice with a scenario of James filled with...
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Curated OER

Ocean Exploration: How Doea you Data Grow? (Grades 7-8)

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students explore fieldwork.  In this seventh or eighth grade mathematics lesson, students watch a video on data collection in the field.  Students use fieldwork to gather data about their school environment.   Students compile data in...
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Curated OER

Great Graphing

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students collect data, use a computer spreadsheet program to create various graphs, and compare the graphs. They state the findings of each graph in writing and decide which graph type best represents the data.
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Texas Instruments

Light and Day

For Teachers 6th - 9th Standards
Pupils explore the concept of collecting data as they collect data on their graphing calculator about time, temperature, and light. Learners plot the data and create histograms and box and whisker plots to analyze the data.

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