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Graphing in the Information Age

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars create a variety of graphs based on population data. In this statistics lesson, students use data that can be gathered on-line to make a bar chart, line graph, and circle graph.
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The Fat and the Lean

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students collect data on calorie intake. In this algebra instructional activity, students use the collection of data to make better eating decisions. They investigate the nutritional value in food using a graph and draw conclusion from...
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Canada's Climate: Temperature and Rainfall Variations

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students analyze data about various climates in Canada. In this data analysis and climate instructional activity, students use Canada Year Book 1999 to complete a worksheet and make connections between precipitation and temperature in...
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Chinese Immigrants in British Columbia, 1870

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students interpret historical evidence presented in primary and secondary resources. In this British Columbia history lesson, students read and analyze data regarding 1870 Canadian census data. Students...
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Role-Playing Jean Talon

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore New France. In this New France activity, students examine census data compiled by Jean Talon in 1665 and 1666. Students take on the role of Talon trying to convince the King of France to increase his investment in New...
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Misleading Graphs

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore number relationships by participating in a data collection activity. In this statistics lesson, students participate in a role-play activitiy in which they own a scrap material storefront that must replenish its...
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Breakfast Cereal - How Nutritious Is Yours?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students analyze the nutritional value of breakfast cereal in order to make an informed choice. They create a stem and leaf plot which analyzes the nutritional value of the cereal they eat on a regular basis. Students write a letter to...
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Ocean Temperatures

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students list data collected by marine buoys and the different kinds of moored buoys. They describe how data is transmitted worldwide. They explain the difference between near shore and offshore air and water temperatures.
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Power Metering Project

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students collect and analyze variable data and understand the concept of electrical power.  In this energy instructional activity students use a spreadsheet to manage their data and create box plots. 
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Seized Before Flights: Graph

For Students 6th - 8th
In this bar graph worksheet, students analyze a graph that show the number of prohibited items intercepted at U.S. airport screening checkpoints. Students answer 3 problem solving questions about the data on the graph.
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Temperature Bar Graph

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students explore mean, median and mode. In this math lesson plan, students analyze temperature data and figure the mean, median, and mode of the data. Students graph the data in a bar graph.
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Patterns, Relations, and Functions

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Young scholars investigate the patterns of different data sets of numbers. They use critical thinking skills in order to find the missing numbers in any given set. This instructional activity helps to develop the skill of number sense.
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Bias in Statistics

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Young scholars work to develop surveys and collect data. They display the data using circle graphs, histograms, box and whisker plots, and scatter plots. Students use multimedia tools to develop a visual presentation to display their data.
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Motion on an Inclined Plane

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
For this physics worksheet, students model the acceleration, velocity, and position of a cart moving up an inclined plane. They take data and determine a pattern in the data. Students also describe their findings and create an illustration.
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Survey Project

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders create a website using FrontPage. They use inserted forms to collect survey information and use Microsoft Excel and MS Word to create a presentation of the survey and the results.
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Graph It

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students create a spreadsheet and graph using Open House attendance data.
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Paws in Jobland: Lesson Plan 35 - Catch of the Day

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students study information for fish farm workers given in the form of a chart, in order to practice interpreting data while learning about the career of a fisherman. In this data interpretation instructional activity, students read the...
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Angles and Arcs

For Students 10th
For this angles and arcs worksheet, 10th graders solve 18 various types of problems related to determine various angles and arcs of a circle. First, they find the measure of each angle and arc of the first circle shown. Then, students...
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Bond with a Classmate

For Students 6th - 8th
In this bonding activity, students record information about a selected ion in a data table, partner up with an ion of opposite charge and create a new compound, then complete 4 short answer analysis questions and write a brief conclusion...
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How Many Hurricanes Happen?

For Students 5th - 12th
In this hurricanes instructional activity, students use a data table showing the hurricane region and the average number of hurricanes per year to determine if the same number of hurricanes happen in each region by creating a graph. Then...
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Boyle's Law

For Students 9th - 12th
For this Boyle's Law worksheet, students investigate the relationship between the pressure and the volume of a gas at constant temperature. They use a syringe and a pressure gauge attached to a computer to collect their data. They create...
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What Can I Afford?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore the concept of cell phone plans. In this cell phone plan lesson, students research the cost of cell phones. Middle schoolers compare various cell phone plans and decide on which phone plan is best for them.
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Using GIS to Construct Water Table Maps and Flow Nets

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students examine how to use GIS software to analyze patterns of groundwater flow. Seepage lake elevation data from the Sand Hills of Nebraska is used to construct a water table map and flow net using Esri's Arc Map software.
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Creating Frequency Tables

For Students 7th - 8th
For this frequency table worksheet, students explore a given set of numbers. They group the data and create a frequency table. This one-page worksheet contains ten problems.