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What is a Cloud
Third graders study clouds and how they are formed. They write acrostic poems about clouds and analyze and graph temperature data collected during varying degrees of cloud cover.
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Mother May I?
Third graders measure distance using nonstandard units of measure. In this measurement lesson, 3rd graders measure a given distance through the use of the game "Mother May I?" Student gather and compare data on how many "giant steps" and...
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Away We Go!
Students study types of transportation. In this transportation lesson, students survey several classes to gather data on how they get to school. Students create a transportation graph.
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Black History Project
Third graders explore and analyze about famous African-Americans by listening to four picture book biographies. They generate a list of 15 famous African-Americans and then create a survey to rank them according to importance of...
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Picture a Nation
Learners research immigration data from a specific time period. They create a graphic organizer that depicts the information and share the information with the class.
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Design a Butterfly
Students access prior knowledge of butterflies. For this butterfly lesson, students create butterflies and compare and contrast their butterflies. Students describe the various body parts.
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Graph Your Foot!
Students measure their own foot and place the outline on a graph. They make connections between the size of their foot and the bar graph that represents it.
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Showing Favorites
In this tally chart learning exercise, students use the tally chart on the page to answer 2 questions. They then solve the last 2 questions using their own tally chart.
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"Graph It"
Pupils work in teams to conduct short surveys of their classmates. They show their results using at least two different types of graphs.
Students separate into teams and are asked that each team to choose something that they are curious...
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Graphing Using Cookies
Learners differentiate between bar graphs, line graphs, pictographs and bar graphs. After participating in a hands-on cookie activity, students label and draw their own graphs.
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Birthdays
Students collect data about the birth months of each classmate using a calendar. They make a table with the information before designing a pictograph using cupcake images. They answer questions using the graph.
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C is for Cookie-A MEAN-ingful Graphing Activity
Third graders, in groups, dissect a variety of brands of chocolate chip cookies and calculate the mean for each brand. They create their own bar graphs, pictographs, and line graphs to represent information.
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Reading Graphs
Students read graphs and charts to interpret results. In this algebra instructional activity, students interpret bar, line and pictographs. They draw conclusions and make predicitons based on these charts.
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A Bar of Many Colors
Second graders use colored candies to collect data, construct double bar graphs, and find averages.
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Graphing Activity #3
In this graph worksheet, students use information in a tally chart to complete a pictograph of favorite pizza toppings and answer 4 related questions. A website reference for additional resources is given.
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Picture Graphs
First graders work with picture graphs, create their own individual graphs, and construct and read graphs.
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Survey Savvy
Third graders design appropriate questions for a survey, survey classmates, create a pictograph to represent the results, and explain the survey results.
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Farm Census
Students disuss the work of a farmer. They recognize and name farm animals to represent the information in a pictogram.
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Parts of a Whole
Fourth graders explore fractions through the analysis of various paintings. They view and discuss paintings by Picasso and Seurat, discuss the fractional examples in the paintings, and create a bar graph.
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The Indus Valley Civilization
In this social studies word search activity, students identify and locate vocabulary terms related to the Indus Valley Civilization. There are 17 words located in the puzzle.
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Clouds
Learners explore basic cloud types and the weather associated with each one. In this earth science lesson, students participate in numerous activities including going outside to observe the clouds they see, making a cloud in a...
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The Garden
Students talk about the types of insects that you might see if you looked in the garden. They then brainstorm for ideas about how to solve the problem, sort objects into categories and display the results and count the objects in a...
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Shape Shifters in the Math Garden
Combines mathematical measurement with gardening skills. Third graders hunt for worms in the garden and try to find the longest one. They also measure and weigh vegetables that they harvest from the garden, measure rainfall amounts,...
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Volume, Mass, and Weight
Study the difference between mass and weight. Your math group will compare the weight of an item to the amount of space that it uses. They'll then use conversion factors to find the difference between kilograms and pounds. Essential...