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Favorite Candy Bar Graph
Students decide on six different types of candy bars to include in a data collection activity. Working in small groups, they survey a target group in a set amount of time. They access a Internet based graphing tool to create a bar graph...
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Which Graph is best?
Students use commercial software to organize and visually display data to draw conclusions; students use graphing software to create several types of graphs illustrating the number of each color of M&M's in one bag.
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Decisions, Decisions, Decisions
Students examine graphs to find the most appropriate for various kinds of data. In this graphing lesson, student create bar, line and circle graphs. Students create graphs electronically and manually interpreting the data.
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Graphing Lesson Plans
By using hands-on graphing lesson plans students can learn how to collect data, and display the information using graphs.
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Are You Full of Hot Air?
Explore the concept of measuring and recording circumference. In this physical science and measurement activity, young learners blow up balloons, measure the circumference, and record the data on an interactive graphing website.
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Water Bottle Unit
How much plastic do manufacturers use to create water bottles each year? The class explores the number of water bottles used throughout the years to determine how many consumers will use in the future. Class members compare different...
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Equation of a Circle
Learners write the equation of a circle. In this geometry lesson, students check the solution of a coordinate pair by evaluating them. They graph the circle given the equation and radius.
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Literacy Activity: The Perfect Pet
Students develop their listening skills as they listen to the book The Perfect Pet. In this reading instructional activity, students listen to the book, and then talk about the pets they have. Then they make a graph as a class of all...
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Analyzing Graphs and Data
Students collect and analyze data. In this statistics lesson, students graph their data and make inferences from the collected data. They display their data using graphs, bar graphs, circles graphs and Venn diagrams.
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The Bread Shop
In this pie chart activity, students use the pie chart graph to count the money Adam made in the Bread Shop. Students complete 10 questions.
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Great Graphing
Students collect data, use a computer spreadsheet program to create various graphs, and compare the graphs. They state the findings of each graph in writing and decide which graph type best represents the data.
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Charts and Graphs
Fifth graders interpret data into graphs and percentages. In this organizing data lesson plan, 5th graders discuss bar, circle and line graphs. Students complete bar graph and apply probability using the results.
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Match The Graph Circles
High Schoolers engage in a study of circles and graphs that are related with the focus upon finding the center and radius. The lesson includes the suggestion of giving homework using circle problems before this one to create background...
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Family Activity: Bar Graphs and Line Graphs
In this math instructional activity, students work at home with a family member on a graphing activity. Kids count the number of cans, glass jars, boxes and bags in the pantry. Students make a bar and a line graph to represent the data.
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Making an Exercise Graph
In this making an exercise graph worksheet, 6th graders draw a circle graph that shows the kinds of activities they do for exercise.
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It's My Time!
Students create a pie chart. In this time lesson, students determine the amount of time they spend on given activities. They create a pie chart diagraming the data. Students share their graphs with the class.
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Math Lesson: What Do You Want to Know? - Country Statistics
High schoolers are able to identify the characteristics of a variety of graphs (i.e. bar graph, line graph, pie graph, scatter plot, population pyramids, etc.) They recognize how the type of data to be presented plays a role in choosing...
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Technology for Displaying Trigonometric Graph Behavior: Sine and Cosine
Students explore the concept of sine and cosine. In this sine and cosine lesson, students work in groups to graph sine and cosine functions. Students examine how coefficients in various parts of each parent function shift the...
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An Introduction To Solving And Graphing Inequalities
Students graph inequalities and solve the equations. In this algebra lesson plan, students graph their solutions on a number line and create an inequality for a word problem.
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Outdoor Activities/Problem Solving: Math Goes to the Playground
Students build their math skills outdoors. In this early childhood math lesson, students use comparative language as they chart and graph the items on their playground.
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Graph Figures From Equations
Students explore the concept of graphing figures from equations. In this graphing instructional activity, students use Microsoft Math to graph figures from equations and write equations from graphed figures.
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Graphing Data Brings Understanding
Young scholars collect, graph and analyze data. In this statistics lesson, students use circle, pie, bar and lines to represent data. They analyze the data and make predictions bases on the scatter plots created.
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Fill in the Graphs
In this graphing information activity instructional activity, students use the 6 provided clues to appropriately fill in the blanks in a pie chart.
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Time Management
Students record their daily activities and graph the results using the educational software program called Inspiration. This lesson is intended for the upper-elementary classroom and includes resource links and activity extensions.