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Graphing the Forecast-Line Graph or Bar Graph?

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Young scholars explore bar and line graphs. In this data collection, graphing, and weather lesson, students compare bar and line graphs and discuss which type of graph would be most appropriate for displaying a ten day weather forecast....
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Curated OER

Learning to Make Line Graphs

For Teachers 5th - 10th
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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Graphing in an Experimental Context

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders discuss the importance of being able to represent scientific data in the form of graphs. They comprehend the differences between a bar graph and a line graph. Students identify the type of data with which each graph...
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What's in a Graph?

For Teachers 4th - 8th
How many yellow Skittles® come in a fun-size package? Use candy color data to construct a bar graph and a pie chart. Pupils analyze bar graphs of real-life data on the Texas and Massachusetts populations. As an assessment at the end of...
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Beyond Benign

Municipal Waste Generation

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Statistically, waste may become a problem in the future if people do not take action. Using their knowledge of statistics and data representation, pupils take a look at the idea of waste generation. The four-part unit has class members...
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What's in a Graph?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners explore how to use and interpret graphs. The graphs are pulled from a variety of sources, and the activities ask students to interpret graphs. They start this lesson with knowledge of what a graph is. Learners also know how to...
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When Ants Fly

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Here is a great lesson on constructing line graphs. Learners identify common characteristics of birds, ants common needs of all living things. They also write a story from the perspective of an ant or a bird that has lost its home and...
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Go The Distance Car Construction

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Young scholars build and program a car to drive a specific challenge distance.They must at the end of the lesson, have the car that stops the closest to a challenge distance.
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Deciding Which Type of Graph is Appropriate

For Students 5th - 8th
In this graphing instructional activity, students read about line, bar, and pie graphs and then determine which graph is the best way to express data results. This instructional activity has 3 short answer questions.
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Data Collection

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students write a journal exercise that relates to pets. They collect information from each other in order to practice making and interpreting bar graphs. They Continue building different kinds of graphs with the group.
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Human Population Growth

For Students 7th - 9th
In this human population growth worksheet, students create a graph of human population growth and predict future growth using the data given in a chart. Students identify factors that affect population growth.
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Line & Scatter (What Would You Use: Part 2)

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss line graphs and scatter plots and the best situations in which to use them. Using the graphs, they determine the type of correlation between variables on a scatterplot. They create a scatterplot and line graph from a...
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Curated OER

Busted Bubbles

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Using the scientific method, and bubble gum, learners conduct a motivating experiment. After conducting a series of tests involving bubble gum, they graph and analyze their results. This is the type of activity everyone loves.
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No Title

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders, after reviewing and studying the basics of recording, analyzing and presenting data, create on graph paper a bar or line graph to represent given data and then interpret the data. They answer questions about the given data...
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Growing a Seed

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Seeing how seeds grow into plants is such an enjoyable for students! They plant lima bean seeds and take pictures to record the growth of their plants. Students write in a journal to describe their daily observations of their plants, and...
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Speed

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Fifth and sixth graders practice working in pairs to determine whether they can walk with constant speed. They test themselves, collect their data, draw graphs with their data collected, manipulate the data, and then draw conclusions...
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Living Things and Their Needs: The Math Link

For Teachers K - 3rd Standards
Enrich your study of living things with these cross-curricular math activities. Following along with the story Tillena Lou's Day in the Sun, learners will practice addition and subtraction, learn how to measure volume and length, work on...
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Science: Teddy Bear Nation

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars sort teddy bears according to types and then graph the results. They each bring a bear to class and then discuss their similarities and differences. Once the bears have been sorted into groups according to size and color,...
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Wild BC

Greenhouse Gas Line-Up

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Discuss different sources of energy and how much greenhouse gas each might emit. The six sources are then ranked according to emissions from greatest to least. Finally, the true cumulative emissions are revealed to show the class how...
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Collect Data Using a Transect Line

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students learn about transect lines through a study of marine debris.  In this marine debris lesson, students calculate the items on a transect line and graph them.  Students complete a category worksheet.
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Bar and Histograms (What Would You Use: Part 1)

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students practice creating bar graphs using a given set of data. Using the same data, they create a group frequency chart and histograms. They must decide the best graph for the given set of data. They share their graphs with the...
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Graph a Panther's Diet

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students examine the diet of panthers. In this interpreting data lesson plan, students collect data on the panther's diet and chart the data in bar and pie graphs.
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Curious Clouds

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore clouds. They read The Cloud Book by Tomie dePola. Students sort the cloud pictures into three categories. Students create a graph using the cloud pictures. They use Excel to create a bar graph.
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Bald Eagle Population Graphing

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students create graphs to illustrate the bald eagle population. They identify the population of bald eagles in Minnesota and the United States. They create three graphs to represent the population data including a line, bar, and...

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