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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Scientific Investigation and Reasoning Data Organization

For Students 7th - 9th
Using interactive exercises, students will review how to construct tables and graphs in order to organize data.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Why Do We Need Data?

For Students 9th - 10th
We use data every day to help make decisions. Which cell phone has the most features for the best price? What were the reviews of the movie we want to see? Does the type of shoe I buy help me play a sport better?By looking at data and...
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Seventh Grade Mathematics: Data Sense

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This site has some interesting ways to collect and evaluate data. There are some activities about note taking, spreadsheets, surveys, and a cool bridge construction project. Teachers may want to use this site as a resource for some...
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Google

Google for Education: Using Data From Sensors

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students analyze data gathered from sensors and develop filtering algorithms for anomalies and outliers, then use these algorithms to make decisions on sensor data as it is being collected.
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Google

Google for Education: Data Aggregation and Decomposition (Python)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students learn how to use and analyze data to draw conclusions about information collected from classmates. Then they use computational thinking by collecting and aggregating data onto a spreadsheet, identifying patterns in their data,...
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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...
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Google

Google for Education: Sorting Data

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this example students use data collected from their class and learn to sort it before calculating the mean, median, and mode. Additionally, students learn how to use spreadsheet functions to sort based on different criteria, leading...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Mc Dougal Littell Algebra 2: Collect, Model Trigonometric Data

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will use the TI-84 Plus family to collect data from a microphone and analyze. Students' will then write a trig function to model the data.
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Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology

Ciese Real Time Data Projects: The Stowaway Adventure

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Through this series of Internet-based learning experiences and activities, students will use real-time data to track a real ship at sea and monitor weather conditions. Includes a teacher's guide with problem-solving lesson plans...
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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...
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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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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Means, Modes, and Medians

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students experience data collection, analysis and inquiry in this LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT -based activity. They measure the position of an oscillating platform using a ultrasonic sensor and perform statistical analysis to determine the mean,...
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University of Waterloo (Canada)

Wired Math: Organizing Data Grade 7 [Pdf]

For Students 6th - 8th
A collection of worksheets that focus on data analysis and organizing data. Includes detailed examples, colorful visuals, and a link to a related game. Acrobat Reader required.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control: Bam! Body & Mind: Teacher's Corner: Collect & Analyze Safety Data

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explore facts and figures for causes of injuries and deaths of children their age by conducting a classroom survey and analyzing the data. Students learn about different kinds of health data collected by the government, and...
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Other

Bright Hub: Technology Used to Collect Weather Data

For Students 9th - 10th
Technology used to collect weather data employs a number of devices such as satellites and weather balloons to perform a very important function to our daily living; forecasting the weather.
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Yale University

Yale University: Categorical Data Examples

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Site provides some different examples of categorical data and discusses the use of two-way tables.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: And Now, the Weather: Describing Data With Statistics

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students can use a temperature probe to collect outdoor temperature readings over a day long period. They will then describe the data Using statistical concepts.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Where Are the Plastics Near Me? (Mapping the Data)

For Teachers 7th - 9th
In a student-led and fairly independent fashion, data collected in the associated field trip activity are organized by student groups to create useful and informative Google Earth maps. Each team creates a map, uses that map to analyze...
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Google

Google for Education: Data Aggregation and Decomposition (Excel)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
By using Microsoft Excel, young scholars collect, decompose, and re-aggregate class data. Students use computational thinking skills by decomposing long lists of information and writing basic algorithms to help analyze data.
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Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology

Ciese Collaborative Projects: Down the Drain: How Much Water Do You Use?

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
How much water do you use everyday? Find out in this engaging investigation, where you compare your water usage with your classmates and other people around the world. An exploration filled with lots of math and science that students are...
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Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology

Ciese: Collaborative Projects

For Students 9th - 10th
Using a variety of science topics, these projects link your class with classes around the world in data collection and analysis. There are projects recommended for all grade levels. Begin dates and end dates are listed to help in...
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Other

A River Runs Through It Learning Project

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
In this year long learning project integrating mathematics and science, students solve environmental problems using data collection and problem solving concepts. Designed for upper elementary gifted students. Interactive components and...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Reasoning About Center and Spread: How Do Students Spend Their Time?

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Using their own habits for data, students predict how much time they spend on different activities each day, and how much variability each activity is likely to have. They then collect data into a class spreadsheet and look at the...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Collecting Weather Data

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the various instruments that scientists use to collect weather data.