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Ornithology and Real World Science

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Double click that mouse because you just found an amazing lesson! This cross-curricular Ornithology lesson incorporates literature, writing, reading informational text, data collection, scientific inquiry, Internet research, art, and...
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Data! Data! Graph that Data!

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders create data graphs using Microsoft Excel. In this data collection lesson, 5th graders create and conduct a survey, then use Excel to organize and graph their data.
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Student News And Weather Channel

For Teachers 5th
Fabulous! Your 5th graders should love this project. As an ongoing lesson throughout the year students use temperature probes to record outside temperature and then document their data using spreadsheets. They use their weather data and...
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To Recycle, or Not Recycle?

For Teachers 5th - 8th
To recycle or not to recycle, that is the question. Your class can find the answer by taking a teacher created WebQuest, where they assume a role of a community member taking a stand on implementing a community wide recycling plan. The...
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EngageNY

Presenting a Summary of a Statistical Project

For Teachers 6th Standards
Based upon the statistics, this is what it means. The last lesson in a series of 22 has pupils present the findings from their statistical projects. The scholars discuss the four-step process used to complete the project of their...
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Kenan Fellows

Saving Those Who Save Us: Exploring the Use of Sensors with Data Visualization

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Sensor technology is amazingly accurate and useful. Combining the sensor technology and mathematical knowledge, scholars design experiments to answer a question they have developed. Questions may focus on light sensing, temperature...
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Rescue Mission Game

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students conduct probability experiments.  For this rescue mission lesson, sudents play a game and collect statistical data.  They organize and interpret the data and determine the probability of success.  Students plot points on a...
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Assessing and Investigating Population Data

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students examine population projections.  In this population data lesson, students research and collect data on the population of the United States.  They explore and conclude future population growth patterns.  Students construct tables...
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Environmental Agents of Mathematics: Mathematics for Change

For Teachers 9th - 10th
High schoolers analyze environmental science data using Math. They do research about renewable energy, gather data, create graphs and interpret their findings. Then the group presents their arguments persuasively using their findings to...
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Pizza, Pizza

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars survey community members to determine their favorite pizza toppings and create a bar graph to show their findings. In this probability and statistics instructional activity, students collect data by conducting a survey....
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Creek Detectives WISE On-line Research Community

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners investigate ways people cause harm to the environment. In this environmental lesson, students explore a case study on the Internet. Learners explore all of the online activities and collect data for a presentation.
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Create a Graph Online

For Teachers Pre-K - 12th
Scholars create colorful bar, line, or pie graphs. They decide on a survey question to ask or a type of data to gather. From there, they collect information and data. They display this data in bar, line, or pie graphs that they create...
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Observe a Tree

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Tiny tree-huggers observe and examine various species of trees around campus. They use My First Field Guide to Trees to support their observations. Different tree projects are offered that can include using natural materials to make a...
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What Color Are Your Skittles?

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students create spreadsheets and manipulate data. They collect data, create appropriate graphs and use percentages to describe quantities. Students compare and contrast data. They use spreadsheets to generate a pie chart.
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WebQuest Solar System Colonization Project 2000

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders investigate the livability of different planets in the universe by researching and organizing information from a number of sources in this unit project. They decide on a location for a space station which they support in an...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

How Old is Your Money?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Elementary learners explore coin mint dates. First, they listen to the book Alexander Who Used to be Rich Last Sunday by Judith Viorst. They then sort a collection of coins according to their mint date and put them in order from oldest...
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Discovering Local Food Chains

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders study about food chains. With the assistance of a local biologist, Students hike the school trail system. They explore ecosystem and collect data by charting the organisms found and identifying the energy source. They...
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Schoolyard Tree Inventory and Biodiversity Project

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Young scholars investigate the trees in their schoolyard by collecting data.  In this ecosystem lesson students examine the schoolyard in sections, tagging and numbering trees and shrubbery in the specific area.  Young scholars collect...
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Project Energy

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners explore multiple types of energy. In this energy lesson, students prepare a science fair project through completing a WebQuest. Learners investigate radiant, thermal, and biochemical energy.
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Animal Science Research Report

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students research an animal. In this research lesson, students utilize various types of technology to gather information about an animal. Students create a class blog and use digital photography for their research.
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Spinner Experiment

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students collect and analyze data, then draw conclusions from the data and apply basic concepts of probability.
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Machine Technology

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students work in pairs to manufacture a product for a potential customer. They interview potential customers and collect data. Students develop a customer interview profile. They manufacture drill drift part to customer's specifications...
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Analyzing Discrete and Continuous Data in a Spreadsheet

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
You are what you eat! Your statisticians keep a log of what they eat from anywhere between a day to more than a week, keeping track of a variety of nutritional information using a spreadsheet. After analyzing their own data, individuals...
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2nd Grade - Act. 17: Source Relay

For Teachers 2nd
Help your 2nd graders understand the difference between natural and man-made materials. They will sort breakfast food items into sources: store, factory, natural world, and farm. They will work together to classify, form conclusions, and...