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Other

Ocean Tracks: Fact or Artifact? Interpreting Patterns in Ocean Tracks Data [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Ever wonder where marine animals go? How fast they swim? How deep they dive? Electronic tagging has opened a new window into the world of the open ocean. Ocean Tracks gives you access to data collected by tags on real live migrating...
Activity
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, University of California Santa Barbara

Kids Do Ecology: Data and Science

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn about conducting your own investigation with these tips on following the scientific method. Find out how to state hypothesis, make observations, collect and analyze data, and display data to share results and conclusions of your...
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Selecting and Using Representations for Collected Data

For Students 5th - 7th
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] Given a variety of data (including line plots, line graphs, stem and leaf plots, circle graphs, bar graphs, box and whisker plots, histograms, and Venn diagrams), the student...
Website
US Environmental Protection Agency

Epa: Air Data

For Students 9th - 10th
The AirData website gives you access to air quality data collected at outdoor monitors across the United States, Puerto Rico, and the U. S. Virgin Islands. The data comes primarily from the AQS (Air Quality System) database. You can...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Statistics: Displaying by Type of Data Grade 7

For Students 7th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Collect, organize and display data collected from real-world surveys.
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: Our Sports

For Students K - 1st Standards
What events are there in your school sports day, and in the Olympic Games? What are your favourite races and sports? This activity encourages discussion and decisions about how to collect and display data, and is designed to be...
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe: Collecting and Analyzing Data Quiz

For Students 6th - 8th
This site is a quiz with five quick questions to check your understanding of how to collect and analyze data. It is self checking.
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PBS

Pbs Mathline: Button, Button Lesson Plan [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
An integrated math and language arts lesson focusing on statistics. Young scholars explore the concepts of estimation, data collection, data analysis, classification, graphing, and counting through the reading of the Button Box by...
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Graph Party

For Teachers 1st Standards
First graders will be involved in creating three different types of graphs and then be asked to answer questions about each representations data set.
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Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Definition of Bar Graph

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
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.
Professional Doc
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Eureka Math Parent Guide: Collecting and Displaying Data

For Students 3rd Standards
A guide to support parents as they work with their students in collecting and displaying data.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Who Bounces Best?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This is a cooperative learning, kinesthetic and presentation lesson. Students will use the computer to create graphs/charts to display data collected by counting the number of successful bounces when bouncing a basketball for 30 seconds....
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Hans Rosling Shows the Best Stats You've Ever Seen

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Explore collected data in regards to life expectancies, family size, and finances through out the world and the various ways the data has been displayed.
Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: 100 Students Project: Analyzing Survey Results

For Teachers 6th Standards
Sixth graders work in groups to analyze the survey data and plan their presentations for the 100 Students Project.
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Other

Gapminder: Unveiling the Beauty of Statistics for a Fact Based World View

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Gapminder collects hundreds of statistics related to global economic, health, and social development and analyzes the relationships between them across different countries and time (a few indicators go back to 1800).
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Max's Math Adventures: A Hairy Situation

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Help Max make a bar graph to show the hair colors of his classmates. Teachers will appreciate the activities with bar graphs in the extra challenges. Use the teacher's guide to create a fun and engaging lesson.
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Other

Stat Soft: Statistics Glossary

For Students 9th - 10th
Dozens of statistical terms are defined and illustrated in this glossary.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Get on Your Mark, Get Set, Go!

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
In collaborative/cooperative groups, students will review basic vocabulary and concepts for data and statistics. Students will create, collect, display, and interpret data in the form of frequency tables, bar graphs and circle graphs.
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US Department of Education

Nces Kids: Creating an Area Graph

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is where you will find step by step directions explaining how to create an area graph. Complete each step and click on the next tab. Directions are simple and clear.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Spectroscopy

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students learn how using a spectrograph helps us understand the composition of light sources. Using simple materials and holographic diffraction gratings (available online at a variety of sites, including Edmund Scientifics and the...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Glencoe Middle School Science: Biodiversity and Ecosystems

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students will conduct a field investigation to learn about the environment. They will observe biotic and abiotic factors of an ecosystem. Students can use the CBL 2 and a temperature probe to collect data and a graphing calculator to...
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Other

Classzone: Weather Forecasters Use Advanced Technologies [Pdf]

For Students 6th - 8th
An excerpt from an earth science textbook. The chapter shown here covers concepts about how weather data is collected, displayed and how meteorologists forecast fronts and storms.
Handout
Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: How to Do a Survey

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
A clear explanation of how to plan and conduct a survey, then tabulate and display your results.