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Civil Rights

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders survey how controversial court cases have changed the viewpoints of civil rights.  In this U.S. Government instructional activity, 12th graders work in small groups to prepare summaries of specific court cases, then...
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Buzz Up My Hive

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students research bees. For this organisms lesson, students participate in various learning centers to find out more about bees. The centers include watching a video and taking notes, reading books about bees, and going on a WebQuest. As...
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Survey Say...

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students examine a variety of charts and graphs that present data in a format that is easy to read. They work in groups to conduct a survey amongst their classmates. The data collected from the survey is then put on a bar graph.
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Mascil Project

Sports Physiology and Statistics

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
If I want to build up my heart, where should I start? Science scholars use statistics in a sports physiology setting during an insightful experiment. Groups measure resting and active heart rates and develop a scatter plot that shows the...
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#4 School Survey

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students, after brainstorming on health data, design a class or school survey on asthma. They collect, tabulate, and summarize the data. The data is placed on an Excel spreadsheet program. Upon completion, many demographic questions are...
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Candy Bar Survey

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders investigate the skill of graphing data by using candy bars to create context for the lesson. They use technology for graphing and organizing information like a spreadsheet. The lesson includes a resource link to aid in the...
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A Thanksgiving Survey

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students conduct a survey. In this math lesson, students design and conduct a survey about Thanksgiving foods. Students display the collected data in a graph and use the graph to determine what food to serve for a Thanksgiving meal.
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Opinion Polls And Surveys As Research Tools

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders determine, evaluate, and use resources that are most appropriate and readily available for investigating a particular question or topic. Examples include knowledgeable people, field trips, prefaces, appendices,...
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A Thanksgiving Survey

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learners take a survey then use the information gained from the survey to help plan a typical Thanksgiving dinner for our last day of class. They create a graph which corresponds the the data gathered during interviews.
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Student Learning-Strengths Inventory

For Teachers K - 12th
Young scholars complete an online inventory to determine their strengths and weaknesses. They create graphs to show their results. They discover how they are unique from their classmates.
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Smithsonian Institution

Picturing George: A Pictorial Survey of the Life of George Washington

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners create pictorial biographies of George Washington. Working in groups, they research various portions of Washington's life, highlighting significant events. After presenting their projects to the class, they are displayed for...
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Creating & Marketing a Commercial

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners explain the four P's of Marketing (product, pricing, promotion, and place) and how they are used in business and in society. They produce the remake of an old audio and visual commercial activity as a marketing activity.
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You Can Do It: Creating How-To Videos

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars create instructional videos. in this video lesson plan, students choose a subject area and topic to make their own how-to video. They research this topic and film their video using a flip-camera. 
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What's Your Favorite? Survey And Graphing Project

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders create and edit spreadsheet documents using all data types, formulas and functions, and chart information. They collect and organize data that be portrayed in a graph that they create using EXCEL.
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Create Your School Lunch Menu

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Pupils develop their own school menu with as many healthy choices as possible. They keep a journal of what they eat on one day and then research nutrition. They present their new menu to the judging committee.
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Create a Career Flyer

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners discuss as a class the many different careers and their positive and negative attributes. They create a tri-fold flyer which highlights positive aspects of the career in an artistic and visually interesting way. They highlight...
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Creating Artwork to Explain Environmental Change

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners review artwork that relates to the environment and communicates a value. They view and analyze art by Andy Warhol, Eric Carle and Albert Bierstadt and then create original pieces with an environmental theme.
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Create a Career Flyer: Marine Mammal Rescue

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students study prerequisites for a career. After they explore a selected career, students create a tri-fold flyer describing the positive aspects of the job. Students include job description, skills, education, salary and work...
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Survey of Spanish and Latin American Artists

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders explore the art work of Dali and Picasso.  For this Art lesson, 10th graders analyze various pieces created by these men.  Students write a description of the painting they were assigned. 
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Creating Bar Graphs

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders design and label a bar graph using data taken from a class survey. They observe a teacher-led lecture, write and conduct their survey, and create a bar graph that includes identification of the minimum, maximum, mode,...
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Fast Food Survey Using Bar Graphs

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders conduct survey and sort data according to categories, construct bar graph with intervals of 1, and write a few sentences about their graphs.
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Constitutional Amendments Survey

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students conduct Constitutional Amendments Survey to create an opinion poll forum.
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Inventors Unit Survey

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students develop and conduct a survey for their inventors unit. They create a five question survey and tally the survey results, and create a graph using Microsoft Word and Graph Club 2.0.
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Survey Says

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers complete a survey questionaire and total the responses. They create a game like Family Feud with the top answers. They create a bar graph of one of the questions after the game is finished.