Unit Plan
US Department of Education

National Center for Education Statistics: Create a Graph Tutorial

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This tutorial walks students through how to create different types of graphs using the Create a Graph tool available on the website. Covers bar graphs, line graphs, pie charts, area graphs, scatter plots, and dependent and independent...
Lesson Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Bars, Lines, and Pies

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students will learn and reinforce skills for creating, applying and analyzing pie charts, bar graphs and line graphs.
Activity
Other

Desmos: Water Line

For Students 6th - 8th
In this real-world activity, students draw a graph of the height of water in a glass as water is being poured into it. They next make their own glass, create an accurate graph for it, and add it to a cupboard of glasses shared by...
Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Who Is Working?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This lesson teaches students what economists mean when they talk about people who are employed, unemployed, and not in the labor force. It discusses the Current Population Survey and asks students to pose as government survey workers to...
Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Sets of Things

For Teachers 2nd
Multiplication sounds cool to second graders, but we have to know what it is first. Creating and counting sets is one way to get there.
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.