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Science 4 Inquiry

Edible Plate Tectonics

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Many people think they can't observe plate tectonics, but thanks to GPS, we know that Australia moves at a rate of 2.7 inches per year, North America at 1 inches per year, and the Pacific plate at more than 3 inches per year! Scholars...
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Serendip

Is Yeast Alive?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Through two investigations, life science learners determine whether or not yeast is alive. They perform tests for metabolism by providing sugar and observing if gas is produced as a byproduct. They incubate some of the sample for at...
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Curated OER

Comparing Data

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders create a survey, gather data and describe the data using measures of central tendency (mean, median and mode) and spread (range, quartiles, and interquartile range). Students use these measures to interpret, compare and...
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Curated OER

Organizing Data

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders investigate ways to organize data. In this tally marking lesson plan, 3rd graders practice drawing tally marks to represent an item of data. Students also make connections with skip counting by fives.
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Curated OER

Multiplication Tables Using Microsoft Excel

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders are introduced to Microsoft Excel as a computer application software program. They create multiplication tables in Microsoft Excel. Students work in small groups. They discuss the $ (anchor) function in Microsoft Excel.
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Curated OER

What's in a Graph?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore how to use and interpret graphs. The graphs are pulled from a variety of sources, and the activities ask students to interpret graphs. They start this activity with knowledge of what a graph is. Students also know how to...
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Curated OER

Raisin the Statistical Roof

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Use a box of raisins to help introduce the concept of data analysis. Learners collect, analyze and display their data using a variety of methods. The included worksheet takes them through a step-by-step analysis process and graphing.
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Florida Center for Instructional Technology

Integrating Mathematics into Literature

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
You class will read Cucumber Soup by Vickie Leigh Krudwig as an anticipatory set for this lesson on ratios. They make models of the insects in the story and then use them as a source of data for this ratio and proportion lesson. This...
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EngageNY

Describing a Distribution Displayed in a Histogram

For Teachers 6th Standards
The shape of the histogram is also relative. Learners calculate relative frequencies from frequency tables and create relative frequency histograms. The scholars compare the histograms made from frequencies to those made from relative...
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EngageNY

Creating a Histogram

For Teachers 6th Standards
Display data over a larger interval. The fourth segment in a 22-part unit introduces histograms and plotting data within intervals to the class. Pupils create frequency tables with predefined intervals to build histograms. They describe...
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Willow Tree

Histograms and Venn Diagrams

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
There are many different options for graphing data, which can be overwhelming even for experienced mathematcians. This time, the focus is on histograms and Venn diagrams that highlight the frequency of a range of data and overlap of...
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NASA

Exploration of a Problem: Making Sense of the Elements

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
When given too much data to simply memorize, it helps to sort it into manageable groups. The second lesson in the six-part series of Cosmic Chemistry challenges groups of pupils to take a large amount of data and figure out how to best...
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Towson University

Looking Backwards, Looking Forward

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
How do scientists know what Earth's climate was like millions of years ago? Young environmental scholars discover how researchers used proxy data to determine the conditions present before written record. Grouped pupils gain experience...
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Willow Tree

Circle Graphs

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Pie isn't just for eating! Scholars learn to create pie charts and circle graphs to represent data. Given raw data, learners determine the percent of the whole for each category and then figure out the degree of the circle that percent...
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Curated OER

How Fast is it Traveling?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars calculate the rate of speed of various moving objects within the classroom setting, or outside under a controlled environment.
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McGraw Hill

Lesson 12: Absolute Mean Deviation

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Learn a different way to determine variability. An informative instructional activity provides directions on how to calculate the mean absolute deviation of a data set. Pupils use examples to learn the process and then practice finding...
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Statistics Education Web

Walk the Line

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
How confident are you? Explore the meaning of a confidence interval using class collected data. Learners analyze data and follow the steps to determine a 95 percent confidence interval. They then interpret the meaning of the confidence...
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Virginia Department of Education

Line of Best Fit

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
Pupils work through a guided activity on fitting a linear equation to a set of data by entering the data into a calculator and trying to envision a line of best fit. They then have the calculator determine the least-squares line and...
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Willow Tree

Bar Graphs

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Circles, lines, dots, boxes: graphs come in all shapes in sizes. Scholars learn how to make a bar graph using univariate data. They also analyze data using those bar graphs.
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Virginia Department of Education

Linear Curve of Best Fit

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
Is foot length to forearm length a linear association? The class collects data of fellow scholars' foot length and the length of their forearms. They plot the data and find a line of best fit. Using that line, they make predictions of...
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EngageNY

Sampling Variability in the Sample Mean (part 2)

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Reduce variability for more accurate statistics. Through simulation, learners examine sample data and calculate a sample mean. They understand that increasing the number of samples creates results that are more representative of the...
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EngageNY

Modeling a Context from a Verbal Description (part 1)

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
When complicated algebraic expressions are involved, it is sometimes easier to use a table or graph to model a context. The exercises in this lesson are designed for business applications and require complex algebraic...
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Curated OER

Developing the Concept: Rates

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Learners discover how to use the knowledge of unit rates to understand equivalent ratios and solve real-world problems. They are given word problems to solve using equivalent ratios. Tables are also covered in this resource.
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Curated OER

Creating Graphs from Tables

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students interpret data from tables and then create a graph to show the same data in a different organization.

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