Curated OER
Weather
Students create a spreadsheet and chart using data collected. In this weather lesson, students select five cities from their state, including the city they live in. Students take daily temperature readings from all five cities. ...
Curated OER
Surveying the Land
Students explore the different kinds of maps and the purpose of each. In this Geography lesson, students work in small groups to create a map which includes the use of a map key.
Curated OER
Thank You... Thomas Edison!
Pupils investigate the life of Thomas Edison. They research how he made a difference. They understand that accurate data collection is important for math. They create a chart using spreadsheet data.
Curated OER
Picture a Nation
Learners research immigration data from a specific time period. They create a graphic organizer that depicts the information and share the information with the class.
Curated OER
Virginia In the World: The Geography of Commerce
Young scholars examine how Virginia connects with the world through export trade. Using a map, they use symbols to depict the value of trade and the direction of the flow of goods. They complete a scavenger hunt using electronic almanacs...
Curated OER
MFL: Young Drivers
Students examine and discuss images from road safety programs. In groups, they role-play a scenerio in which they are trying to persuade the other to adopt an unsafe driving practice. They write a short article about their experiences to...
Scholastic
Scholastic: Bars, Lines, and Pies
Young scholars will learn and reinforce skills for creating, applying and analyzing pie charts, bar graphs and line graphs.
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, University of California Santa Barbara
Nceas: Graph Types
At this site from NCEAS you can learn how to organize your data into pie graphs, bar graphs, and line graphs. Explanations and examples are given of each graph along with several questions that check comprehension.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Elephant Plant: Data and Graphs
On this interactive website students practice various math skills using a real-life scenario involving plants. Those skills include interpreting data in a circle graph, interpreting data in a divided bar graph, and interpreting a bar...
US Department of Education
National Center for Education Statistics: Create a Graph Tutorial
This tutorial walks students through how to create different types of graphs using the Create a Graph tool available on the website. Covers bar graphs, line graphs, pie charts, area graphs, scatter plots, and dependent and independent...
Math Is Fun
Math Is Fun: Definition of Bar Graph
Get the definition for a bar graph. Then, select the link "here's more" and use the interactive graph to display data as a bar graph, line graph or pie chart. The finished graph may be printed.
Math Is Fun
Math Is Fun: Data Graphs
Create and customize a bar graph, line graph, or pie chart based on a set of data and print it out.
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Online Statistics Education: Graphing Distributions [Pdf]
This is the second chapter of a statistics e-text developed collaboratively by Rice University, University of Houston Clear Lake, and Tufts University. It looks at many different types of data displays and the advantages and...
The Math League
The Math League: Using Data and Statistics: Pie Charts
This introductory tutorial about statistical graphing with four examples of how pie charts (circle graphs) are constructed and read.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Types of Data Representation: Graphic Displays of Data
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Here you will explore displays of data using bar charts, histograms, pie charts and boxplots, and learn about the differences and similarities between them and how...
Beacon Learning Center
Beacon Learning Center: Kinds of Graphs
An interactive web lesson introduces five types of graphs to students and allows them to practice matching the names to examples.
The Franklin Institute
Frankin Institute Online: Group Graphing
This site from The Franklin Institute explores how to make a simple graph using a spreadsheet to portray survey data. It also gives a set of interesting sports-related web sites so that students can get statistical inforamtion.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Statistics: Displaying Categorical Variables
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This Concept covers a few ways in which categorical data can be displayed; using bar graphs and pie graphs.
Math Aids
Math Aids: Graph Worksheets
Great resource to practice and strengthen math skills pertaining to graphs. Math worksheets are printable, may be customized, and include answer keys.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Using Graphs in History Class
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart covers the major types of graphs used in social studies such as bar graphs, line graphs, pie graphs, and pictographs. Information on graphs is followed by graphs dealing with salaries...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Analyze Graphical Sources: Practice 2 (English I Reading)
This lesson focuses on practice exercises to understand and interpret the data in a graphic representations including pie charts, bar graphs, and line graphs.
Colorado State University
Colorado State Writing Center: Charts
The use of charts and graphs can improve your presentations, whether on paper or as visual aids. Here you can read about how to create line, column, bar, pie graphs, and scatterplots. Just follow the links to their respective pages.
TeacherLED
Teacher Led Interactive Whiteboard Resource Survey
Students can explore surveys, pie charts, and bar graphs with this interactive white board resource.
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Misleading Graphs
This lesson will challenge young scholars to think creatively by having them design and build water balloon catchers from random scrap materials, while requiring them to take into consideration a multitude of variables including cost,...