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Curated OER

Climate Comparison

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore climate regions. In this climate lesson, students examine the climate regions of Alaska as well as the state of Hawaii. Students research selected Internet sources to gather information regarding the climates present in...
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Curated OER

How Unique Are You?

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students explore how genetic information is passed down from parent to offspring. Because of this, they examine how this causes the variation in each species.
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Curated OER

Lucky Charms Pictograph

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders create pictographs using a breakfast cereal. This fun, hands-on activity allows students to use Lucky Charms cereal to create a pictograph. When the activity is through, 3rd graders get to eat their Lucky Charms marshmallows.
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Curated OER

Now You See It, Now You Don't

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students study the process of evaporation.
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Curated OER

Bon Voyage Math

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders investigate the cost of throwing a party.  For this cost of throwing a party lesson, 6th graders have to throw a going away party for 2 exchange students given a $350 budget.  Students work in groups to determine...
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Curated OER

Bullying-studying it to curb it....

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students will engage in a variety of research activities to write what the latest facts are concerning the issue of bullying. This issue is relevant to the lives of learners in schools, which will make for an high interest lesson.
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Curated OER

"The Science Times"

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars create their own newspaper after gathering information at the Museum of Natural History's Hall of Biodiversity.
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Curated OER

A Bird's Eye View of our 50 States

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders focus on state birds as they learned absolute location (latitude/longitude) of each state, as well as their relative location (bordering states).
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Curated OER

Community Canned Food Drive (Part 2)

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders participate in a canned food drive.
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Curated OER

Investigation of Timbre

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students design an experiment to analyze the timbre of different instruments. In this physics instructional activity, students analyze the missing quality in sound. They discuss their results in class.
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Curated OER

Weather Patterns

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use yearly averages over a five-year period to understand weather trends for a specific area.
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Curated OER

Peekikng At Public Sculpture

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Pupils use the internet to investigate public examples of sculpture. They reflect upon the possibility of being a reference of lifestyles that can exist in a society. A variety of media sources serve as inspiration for the lesson.
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Curated OER

Rolling Records

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders play a game to determine the likelihoods of different outcomes when rolling two number cubes. Students play a game to determine the likelihoods of different outcomes when rolling two number cubes.
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Curated OER

A Rainbow Under the Sea: How Do Animals Survive in the Ocean?

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders, with adult help, create a PowerPoint presentation on a selected ocean animal.
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ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: We Are Living Graphs and Data [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd Standards
In this lesson, 3rd graders use their own bodies to create bar graphs and do problems involving addition, subtraction, and more or less amounts. They then create their own graphs, incorporating the features of graphs that they have...
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Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Bar Graph

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This lesson is designed to give students practice creating and reading bar graphs as well as understanding how to accurately represent a graph with appropriate units.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Bars, Lines, and Pies

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers will learn and reinforce skills for creating, applying and analyzing pie charts, bar graphs and line graphs.
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PBS

Pbs Kids Afterschool Adventure!: Operation: Data Saves the Day Activity Plan

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Data comes to the rescue! Children will collect, analyze, and represent data as they try to dodge a series of catastrophes faced by characters from their favorite PBS Kids shows.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Building Our Own Bar Graphs (Part I)

For Teachers 2nd Standards
Second graders use data to create a tally chart and make a bar graph. This lesson includes a detailed plan, videos of students engaged in the lesson, and printable worksheets.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Describing Categorical Data Advanced Placement

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students categorize data using tables and bar charts. They also determine relative frequencies.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Describing Categorical Data

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Young scholars analyze the distribution of categorical data. They calculate percents and visually compare the data sets with a bar chart.
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Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Comparison of Univariate and Bivariate Data

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students learn about the difference between univariate and bivariate data and understand how to choose the best graph to display the data.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Curious George Stem: Graphing Lesson Plan

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
A hands-on lesson plan where students compare and analyze data from their graphs.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Fast Food Freddie Surveys and Bar Graphs

For Teachers K Standards
Students continue to build their graphing skills. They experience a real world application of graphing by organizing survey results.