Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Displaying Data
Use this lesson, practice exercise, and teacher resource in planning instruction on displaying data. In the lessons, you'll find definitions and examples of ways to collect and organize data, quartiles, and box-and-whisker plots, as well...
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Rice Field: Data and Length
On this interactive website students practice various math skills using a real life scenario of a rice field. Those skills include understanding information displayed in column graphs, collecting data to answer a question, and measuring...
PBS
Pbs Kids Afterschool Adventure!: Operation: Data Saves the Day Activity Plan
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.
Math Drills
Math Drills: Statistics and Probability Worksheets
Download these free worksheets to sharpen your skills with statistics and probability. Sheets focus on collecting and organizing data, measures of central tendency (mean, median, mode, and range), and probability.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Science Fair Central: Investigation Set Up and Collect Data
A brief overview of how to gather both quantitative and qualitative data, complete with a sample data table.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: Weather Graph Data
The purpose of this task is for learners to represent and interpret weather data, as well as answer questions about the data they have recorded. Student worksheets and recording sheet are included.
Education.com
Education.com: 1.md.c.4 Worksheets
[Free Registration/Login Required] These worksheets can help students practice organizing, representing, and interpreting data with up to three categories. Choose from among 25 worksheets based on your student's needs.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Changing Matter:changing Matter: Is Weight the Same or Different?
Young scholars conduct a hands-on investigation to determine how matter, changing state, effects the property of weight. Students will collect data and graph their results. Resources include step by step instructions, a data worksheet,...
CPALMS
Cpalms: Dollars for Density
This is a guided inquiry activity in which students use simple lab procedures and discussions to develop and apply the concept of density. Students collect and graph data which they use to explore the relationship between mass and...
Other
42e Xplore: Statistics and Probability
An extensive collection of links on statistics and probability can be found here! Discussions ranging from the basics of stats through more complex data analysis. Topics are broken down into sections for teachers, students, WebQuest...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Journey North: Gray Whale Migration Study
Follow gray whales as they make their long journey from Mexico to their feeding grounds in the Arctic. This webpage gives students background information and up to date news about the migration of the gray whales. Also, students can...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Balloon Rockets in 1 D
In this inquiry activity, students solve a 1D motion challenge in groups. Students build their own balloon rocket from the materials provided with little guidance from the instructor. They collect data and use it to prepare a position...
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Comparing Countries
Excellent lesson plan in which students make predictions and collect information about the United States, China, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. After collecting data, students compare the information and create graphs to display...
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Escape! Because Accidents Happen: Car Crash
Examine the benefits and risks of using seat belts and analyze national statistics on seat belt use. Design and implement a study of local seat belt use and compare the results to the national statistics.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Digest Your Food!
In a multi-week experiment, student teams gather biogas data from the mini-anaerobic digesters that they build to break down different types of food waste with microbes. They compare methane gas production from decomposing hot dogs,...