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Favorite Survey

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders collect and organize data for charts and bar graphs by questioning their classmates. They utilize a worksheet imbedded in this plan which guides them through their 'favorites' survey.
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How's the Weather

For Teachers 4th - 9th
"How's the Weather?" is an exercise that combines science and math as students graph the weather along the Iditarod Trail. They complete a double-line graph of the weather of a chosen checkpoint over the course of one week. Students...
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Ratios

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders complete a taste test of different sandwiches, rate them, and then put them in a ratio graph. In this ratio lesson plan, 4th graders write what they learned about ratios after this activity.
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What's Your Favorite Stuffed Animal?

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders gather information in a survey and interpret the results using a tally chart, a table, and a bar graph. They' present their results of the during the final group discussion. The subject of the survey is favorite stuffed...
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Parts of a Whole

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore fractions through the analysis of various paintings. They view and discuss paintings by Picasso and Seurat, discuss the fractional examples in the paintings, and create a bar graph.
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Sports in Physics: Measuring Velocity in a Mini-Olympics

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders examine the difference between speed, velocity and acceleration.  In this velocity lesson students read and construct a line graph and a bar graph to show information about velocities of sports activities. 
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Variation 2

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders use previously completed graphs. They discuss what the graph tells them. They discuss height, and discuss the range of the class height. Students graph data of their height with a bar graph, and repeat with eye color.
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Can you Find the Expression

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Learners collect data from measurements and weights for this experiment. In this algebra lesson, students analyze graphs they create form their data to find the expression representing the data. They label which graph provided the best...
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Car Maze competition

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students use graphs to calibrate an RCX car. They must then program the car to traverse a maze using their calibrations
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How Far Will It Roll?

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students construct a car with the longest roll using a ramp. They construct Lego cars, modify the wheel sizes and car configurations to evaluate which car design rolls the longest distance, develop a graph, and complete a worksheet.
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Using Diagrams in Problem Solutions

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students use tables, graphs and diagrams to collect data. For this problem solving with diagrams lesson plan, students construct their own tables and graphs containing information they gather from a drawing. They also make a Venn Diagram...
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Making Data Visualizations

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Relax ... now visualize the data. Introduce pupils to creating charts from a single data set. Using chart tools included in spreadsheet programs class members create data visualizations that display data. The...
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Solar System Launch

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
Trying to understand the vastness of outer space can be quite a challenge for young scientists. Help put things in perspective with this cross-curricular activity as students work in pairs creating scaled models of...
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Make a Frequency Table and a Histogram for a Given Set of Data

For Students 7th - 10th
In this data recording and data organization instructional activity, students create one frequency table and one histogram for a given list of data.  Explanations and examples for frequency tables and histograms are given.
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Driving Forces Forestry In Canada

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Learners discuss the natural and economic impact of forests and forestry. Using given statistics they construct different types of graphs in which they make observations and draw conclusions.
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Ladybugs in the Garden

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders estimate the size a population (ecosystems) Students make a chart from information collected then create a graph (line or bar) from this information. Students do a lesson where they observed, examine, and record data...
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Microsoft Excel Lesson Plan

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders collect, organize, interpret data. In addition, they compare different textures, color including graphical representations such as bar graph, line graph .Students also describe the uses of rocks and how to use that to...
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Dirty Water

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students, through a case study of actual water sources in Washington State, identify major sources of aquatic pollution. They also categorize pollutants, make inferences about the effects of pollutants on the environment and construct...
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Keep It Movin'!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners conduct an experiment to study friction. They complete a KWL chart on friction and conduct an activity about the amount of friction on a moving object. To conclude, pupils create a table or graph of the data collected and they...
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Fermi Detects Gamma-Rays from Messier

For Students 10th - 12th
In this power law function worksheet, students use data from the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space telescope to apply the power law function to physical phenomena. Students use a graph to solve four problems.
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Inequalitities Mixed Review

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students solve inequalities and graph it on a number line. In this algebra lesson, students rewrite word problems into algebraic equations and graph it using compound inequalities.
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How Strong is Your Magnet?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students measure the strength of a magnet and graph how the strength changes as the distance from the magnet increases.
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Front Page News

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Learners write original earthquake articles typically found on the front page of a newspaper. Each student has the freedom to write in a variety of writing styles (lead story, human interest story, editorials, etc.). They research...
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Linear Equations

For Students 9th - 11th
In this algebra worksheet, students solve linear equations and graph their answer. They add and subtract integers and compare them using a number line. There are 15 questions with an answer key.

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