Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: Color Week

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Five-year-olds need to count things that relate to them. This activity builds on their need to be included or see the relevance of their counting. Students will practice counting, writing numbers, and filling in a chart or bar graph....
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Texas A&M University

Wtamu Virtual Math Lab: Beginning Algebra: Reading Graphs

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A good introduction to reading bar, line, and double line graphs, and drawing and reading Venn diagrams. Contains definitions and examples of these types of charts and graphs as well as practice exercises that ask you to answer questions...
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PBS

Pbs: The Lowdown: u.s. Gun Homicides: Visualizing the Numbers

For Students 6th - 8th
Explore firearm deaths in the United States in 2010 by type, race, and age group in this interactive from KQED. In the accompanying classroom activity, students are presented with a simple question: Is America a safe place to live? In...
Activity
The Math League

The Math League: Ratio and Proportion

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This tutorial provides definitions and examples of ratios and proportions and features comparing ratios and converting rates.