Activity
University of Vienna (Austria)

The Graphs of Sin, Cos, and Tan Maths Online

For Students 9th - 10th
This applet allows the user to create the graphs of sin, cos, and tan by moving a scroll bar. The user can watch the unit circle and the graph simultaneously to see how the two are related. The user may also choose to see the angle...
Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs: The Lowdown: Exploring Changing Obesity Rates Through Ratios and Graphs

For Students 6th - 8th
In these KQED Lowdown infographics, explore how adult obesity rates in the United States, as measured by body mass index (BMI), have dramatically changed in the past half-century. A circular graph and a pictograph depict data by decade,...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Let's Make a Pie

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The students will survey their classmates and construct circle graphs to display their results. Students will produce circle graphs using a compass and protractor, and then with an interactive computer program.This lesson plan was...
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Mc Dougal Littell Middle School Math: Making Data Displays

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Students will create data displays using a scatter plot and a line graph of the data and a circle graph of survey data.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Picturing Probabilities of Number Cube Sums

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Students use ideas of ratio and proportion to investigate various ways to make a circle graph. Students create graphs to display the probabilities of the different sums that can be generated with two number cubes. [Requires Adobe Reader.]
Activity
US Department of Education

Nces: How to Create a Pie Chart

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource from the National Center for Education Statistics provides tools and steps for creating printable pie charts online. Fill in the information, click the necessary buttons, and you have created a pie chart!
Activity
Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Practice With Organizing and Interpreting Data

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Several problems are presented to test your skills in creating and interpreting frequency tables, pie charts, box-and-whisker and stem-and-leaf plots.
Interactive
Other

Meta Chart: Create a Pie Chart

For Students 9th - 10th
Design and share pie charts with this web-based tool.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Get on Your Mark, Get Set, Go!

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
In collaborative/cooperative groups, students will review basic vocabulary and concepts for data and statistics. Students will create, collect, display, and interpret data in the form of frequency tables, bar graphs and circle graphs.
Activity
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Conic Flyer

For Students 9th - 10th
"This applet allows the user to create graphs of conic sections. Using slider bars, one can manipulate the function to change the constant values and view the effects of those changes."
Activity
Rice University

Rice University: The Hand Squeeze

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will enjoy this data collection and class analysis experiment involving the time it takes for a hand squeeze to travel around a circle of people. From organizing the activity to collecting the data to making a table and graphing...
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Titanic Tales

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this activity, students interpret data tables and graphs. They find percentages, and create circle graphs to display data.
Lesson Plan
Other

Laus Dnet: Grade 5 Excel Lesson Plan

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this online instructional activity, young scholars will survey students in their school to determine their favorite type of hand-held ice cream. Before performing the survey, young scholars will make predictions about which ice creams...
Lesson Plan
Other

Ctte: Geometer's Sketch Pad Activities

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site offers numerous activities for middle school and high school students to explore using Geometer's Sketch Pad.