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Charting and Graphing Sales

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students analyze graphs, charts and tables. In this data analysis lesson, students practice creating and analyzing charts, graphs and tables corresponding to sales and surveys. This lesson uses data relevant to students and includes...
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Growing and Graphing

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students visit a 2nd and a 4th grade class to measure the heights of older students using large building blocks as a non-standard unit of measure. They can also measure adults in the school community. Results are displayed in...
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What Days Are the Busiest in the Maternity Ward?

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students form a conclusion using statistical data. In this statistical data lesson, students collect and analysis data to form a conclusion about what day of the week most babies are born.
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Activity Plan 4-5: I'm Graphing to Know You!

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students create graphs about themselves to learn more about one another. In this early childhood math lesson, students record information about one another as they make picture graphs.
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Tables, Charts and Graphs

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Learners examine a science journal to develop an understanding of graphs in science.  In this data analysis lesson, students read an article from the Natural Inquirer and discuss the meaning of the included graph.  Learners...
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Immigration Graphs

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders study immigration. In this graphing lesson plan, 4th graders make a population graph of people who have immigrated to Indiana.
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Simple Graph Activity

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this graphing worksheet, students interpret a simple bar graph of favorite sandwiches, answering 5 related questions and then conducting their own survey and creating a graph of the results.
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Chucky Chickadee's Bird and Breakfast: Sing in Please

For Teachers K - 1st
Students observe bird feeding and complete a tally and graphing activity for their observations. In this bird graphing lesson plan, students work in teams to observe bird feedings. Students complete a bird reporting sheet and collect...
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Environmental Graphing

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students experiment with graphing. In this graphing introduction lesson, students complete four activities: 1) a bar graph based on class birthdays 2) an estimation graph of the raisins in raisin bread 3) another estimation example with...
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Graphing Fun

For Teachers 1st
First graders analyze objects and make a graphing picture to analyze the data. In this graphing lesson, 1st graders complete an object graph assessment, a picture graph assessment, and a bar graph assessment to analyze their given objects.
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Flavorful Spreadsheets

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students create a spreadsheet which includes a bar graph. They sort and classify information and use the average function on a spreadsheet. They research Skittles candy and summarize their findings on a spreadsheet.
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Favorite Food Graph (Blank)

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this math worksheet, students create a bar graph to display the results of "your Favorite Food Survey." The graph is not labeled but has spaces for all the choices.
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Excel temperature Graphs

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students gather data about the weather in Nome, Alaska. In this Nome Temperature lesson, students create an excel graph to explore the weather trends in Nome.  Students will find the average weather and add a trend line to their graph.
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Graphing Surveys

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners collect data and graph it. In this algebra instructional activity, students create a survey for their classmates and teachers. They analyze the results from the survey and graph it. They draw conclusion from their data based on...
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Unit VII Energy: WS 3a Energy Transfer and Storage

For Students 9th - 12th
Here is a nifty instructional activity on energy transfer. Physics fanatics analyze a diagram and state whether or not friction is involved. They sketch bar graphs and draw energy flow diagrams for each system as well. Circular motion,...
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Surviving AIDS

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Enhance your middle and high schoolers' research skills with this lesson. After viewing a video clip about HIV and AIDS, high schoolers identify the facts and issues surrounding the disease. They work together to create a newspaper...
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Graphing With a Spreadsheet

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders review how to create bar, line and circle graphs. Using jelly beans, they collect data and present it in a bar graph form. They enter the same data into a spreadsheet and watch as the program creates the same graph. They...
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Civic Engagement: Community and Social Action

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Explain that today's project is that students will get groups create a survey to poll their classmates on what they do to stay healthy. The results will then be shown on a bar graph.Students brainstorm ways of keeping healthy and teacher...
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Graphing

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders practice using math graphs. In this graphing lesson plan, 5th graders work in groups to develop a topic of their own to represent as a graph. Students collect data and construct a graph for the lesson plan.
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Tulip Graphing

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students create a graph of tulip growth. For this data analysis lesson, students plant tulip bulbs and use graph paper to begin graphing data on the growth of the tulip.
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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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Fuel Mystery Dis-Solved

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students describe how temperature and surface area exposure affect the rate at which fuel is consumed. They explain why engineers want to know about the properties of a fuel when designing rockets. They create a bar graph of result data.
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Using Spreadsheets and Graphs

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore mathematics by utilizing computers. In this graphing lesson, 3rd graders gather class data based on a particular topic such as the "favorite candy" of the class. Students utilize this information and computers to...
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Fossils: The Eras of the Earth's History

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students research the four geologic eras of Earth's history. For this extension on a fossils lesson, students research the different eras of Earth's history. Students use AppleWorks to create a bar graph containing information of the...