CODAP is a free, easy-to-use data analysis environment for students. Students can load their own data into an easy-to-use web-based data analysis tool to create their own datasets, share visualizations, and discover data-driven insights....

In this hands-on, technology-rich lesson, students will interpret data. The students will define words involving graphs, create a bar graph using M&M's, and post information from their findings on the internet. The students will also...

At the end of your experiment you should review all of the data you have collected. See samples of data analysis charts and graphs. Find out what makes for a good chart or graph using the self-grading rubrics.

Over a period of two weeks students will use their class-made instruments to measure and record weather data. Students will also compare their data to online weather data. The final activity involves analyzing the collected data to look...

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...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the various instruments that scientists use to measure weather conditions, including advanced tools like satellites and radar.

My students have learned how to read and write time. Now I want them to see how important time is for us to organize our lives. I want them to use data charts for schedules and be able to analyze the information.

Join teachers and students all over the country in observing the migratory patterns of birds and butterflies and the growth changes of plants as the climate changes. "Journey North" offers a wealth of resources to use as you investigate...

Carol Hurst provides this sample chapter from "Picturing Math." Gathering data is a frequent part of solving problems and satisfying curiosity, which includes working with graphs and using mathematical tools such as averaging and other...

In this lesson plan, the book Scaredy Squirrel Makes a Friend, written by Melanie Watt, is used. Students will develop a question, collect data about the question, and then write a sentence about the findings of the data. [Requires Adobe...

Teacher-directed lesson plan focusing on data analysis, graphing, and probability. Lesson includes a video and engaging spreadsheet activities.

The student is expected to gather and record data & use data sets to determine functional relationships between quantities.

Students use M&M's and a graphing calculator to collect and graph data. This activity helps them to understand exponential functions and the concept of half-life.

Student groups are provided with a generic car base on which to design a device/enclosure to protect an egg as it rolls down a ramp at increasing slopes. During this activity, student teams design, build and test their prototype...

Students use the spectrograph from the "Building a Fancy Spectrograph" activity to gather data about different light sources. Using the data, they make comparisons between the light sources and make conjectures about the composition of...

This site contains definitions to use in statistics and ways to collect data.

In this activity, students will create a customized Google Form that will showcase the four dilemmas defined by the game cards from Would You Rather...? and then share the form with others to collect data for analysis. Lots of Would You...

Today we become Gallup Poll central as students take a set of collected data and create a visual representation using the skills that have been taught over the past few lessons.

An in-depth site on marketing research. Discusses what marketing research is, the steps in the marketing research process, types of research methods to use, data collection methods, and much more!

What is an atlatl? Learn how this Aztec dart throwing tool can be used to teach students such things as distance, radius, and linear and angular velocity. Curriculum strands are provided for each of the many lesson plans for students...

This lesson provides a lesson that highlights NBA's Utah Jazz team. Teachers will demonstrate how to use a database, and then middle schoolers will engage in exploring the database of the Utah Jazz.

Commercial fishing nets often trap unprofitable animals in the process of catching their target species. In the following activity, students will experience the difficulty that fishermen experience while trying to isolate a target...

Many of today's popular sports are based around the use of a ball, yet none are completely alike. In fact they are all designed with specific characteristics in mind. Students will investigate different balls' abilities to bounce and...

Explore subtraction and addition but having student collect data from rolling objects. This lesson has students adding and subtracting numbers they collected using strategies used in class. Use the document and video found on this page...