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Hopes and Dreams: A Spreadsheet Lesson Using Excel

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders read "The Far Away Drawer" by Harriet Diller and discuss the story as a class. After discussion, 4th graders create a t-shirt GLYPH about their hopes and dreams,share their information with the class and create spreadsheets.
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Discovering Pi

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students develop a formula that describes the functional relationship of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. Working with a partner, they measure the diameter and circumference of circular objects in order to discover the...
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Survey and Tally

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders view a model of a survey and tally.   In this survey and tally instructional activity, 2nd graders decide on questions for a survey.  Students conduct the survey and tally their results. Students create a tally chart....
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Are You Ready to Call the Guinness Book of Records?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Learners design questions that can be answered by collecting data. In this line-plot lesson, pupils collect data and graph on a line plot on world records. An abundant supply of teacher support is provided in this resource.
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Walking on Air

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students collect and analyze data with a graph. In this statistics instructional activity, students use central tendencies to find the meaning of their data. They display the data on a Ti calculator.
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Let's Get Organized

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders identify table and each of its parts, including cell, column, row, header, and formula bar. Students then explain how tables are used to store and organize information in database, organize and categorize information...
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You Are What You Eat (High School)

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners evaluate data from a statistical chart or graph which they find in a newspaper or magazine.
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Breakfast Cereal - How Nutritious Is Yours?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars analyze the nutritional value of breakfast cereal in order to make an informed choice. They create a stem and leaf plot which analyzes the nutritional value of the cereal they eat on a regular basis. Students write a...
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Organizing our Favorite Books

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students identify the title and author of stories. They create a database that supplies both graphic and written information to identify a book.
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Math Investigations 2

For Teachers 2nd
Young mathematicians practice measuring and graphing skills while working in groups to measure objects found in the classroom. Using their measurements, they create one bar graph displaying the lengths and another displaying the widths.
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Graphing

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders practice using math graphs. In this graphing lesson, 5th graders work in groups to develop a topic of their own to represent as a graph. Students collect data and construct a graph for the lesson.
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Math Hunt

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Go on a scavenger hunt around your school to find evidence of math. Investigate different areas of your school for patterns, fractions, and different geometric shapes. Finally, create a spreadsheet and plot the data you've collected.
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Scientific Graphs

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students organize data collected from their experiments using graphs. In this statistics and biology lesson, students organize their scientific data from an article into readable graphs. They define the usefulness of their graph and...
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Building Storm Shelters

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore area and perimeter. In this online interactive area and perimeter lesson, 6th graders investigate why the perimeter of rectangles can vary considerably even when the area is held constant. Students construct...
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Entrance Ticket

For Teachers 7th - 9th
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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Show Me!

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students analyze and interpret graphs. In this graphing lesson, students view a video and construct their own graphs (line, circle, bar) from given sets of data. 
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Graphing Pockets

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore graphing. They count the number of pockets on their clothes and use Microsoft Excel to enter their data. Students create a class graph displaying their findings.
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Thinking Systematically

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders solve real life mathematics problems. After reading a given problem, 6th graders gather and organize data into a table. They explore a pattern, and from this, derive a formula. Students solve the problems multiple ways...
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Weather In The World

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students investigate the weather in different places in the world. In this algebra lesson, students use technology to gain an understanding of how to study integers. They add and subtract integers on a number line.
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Awesome Animals

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students collect data from classmates about their favorite animal. They use the ClarisWorks graphing program to enter data, graph results, and interpret data.
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Linear Equations Data Tables

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students graph linear equations on a Cartesian plane. After describing data tables and their use, students explore how the information from a table can be used to create a line graph. They discuss reasons for plotting a minimum of...
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Party, Party, Party

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders conduct investigations with counting, comparing, organizing, analyzing, displaying and interpreting data. They pose questions for investigation and collect the data. Students display the data in tally charts, uniform...
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Weather Watchers

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners collect and analyze data about the weather. In this algebra lesson, students organize and graph their data using graphs, line plots and stem and leaf plots. They make observation and draw conclusion using their data.
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Graphs Review

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders review different types of graphs such as bar graphs, line graphs, box & whisker plots. As a class, they read a story and construct graphs to solve the data in the story. Students play "Graph Jeopardy" which requires...