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University of Minnesota

Makes Me Sweat

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Never let them see you sweat ... unless you can't help it! Scholars design an experiment to determine the effects of stress on the body. They monitor sweat production under different conditions and relate the response to the function of...
Interactive
Scholastic

Study Jams! Histograms

For Students 4th - 7th Standards
With so many ways to organize data, a histogram is useful when we need to graph a variety of ranges. The interactive lesson plan organizes heights into different categories, not too big and not too small, to display on a histogram. The...
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Scholastic

Study Jams! Choosing the Correct Graph

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
With so many types of graphs, don't let your learners get stuck figuring out which one to use. To track how Zoe spent her allowance, use this interactive lesson to review all the types of graphs and pick the best one to display the data....
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Teach Engineering

Density Column Lab - Part 1

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
Mass and density — aren't they the same thing? This activity has groups use balance beams and water displacement to measure several objects. The pupils use the measurements to calculate the density of the objects. 
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K20 LEARN

Ecosystems, Human Activity, And Interactions, Oh My!: Human/Environment Interaction

For Teachers 5th
Word clouds about ecosystems hook learners into a lesson that explores Yellowstone wildlife. Young scientists create cause-and-effect relationships after examining data and recommend solutions to their observed problems. More data...
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ReadWriteThink

Looking for the History in Historical Fiction: An Epidemic for Reading

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Combine informational reading skills with fictional text in an innovative historical fiction lessons. After reading a fictional text related to diseases, class members read non-fictional text to gain knowledge about specific infectious...
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NASA

Analyzing Surface Air Temperatures by Latitude: Student Activity

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Explore global temperatures from the comfort of your learning place! Meteorologists analyze surface temperatures and anomalies across different latitudes. Investigators evaluate graphs to find temperature differences and answer questions...
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NASA

Air Temperatures Around the World: Student Activity

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Check out climate anomalies just like NASA climatologists! Investigators use a GISTEMP map from NASA to analyze one month of climate anomalies. Scientists look for data extremes and generate possible explanations for observable...
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Barnstable Public Schools

Math Relay Races

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
A plethora of activities make up a cross curricular choice page filled with math games—relay races, dice, and crossword puzzles—a survey challenge equipped with data organization, graphing, a quicksand recipe, Hula-Hoop activity to...
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Using Quadratic Equations to Solve Problems: Pizza Slice!

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Get the most out of a pizza. Class members use an interactive to simulate cutting a pizza to determine the maximum number of slices possible. The pupils create a set of data points and determine the equation that models the relationship.
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CK-12 Foundation

Computing Probabilities for the Standard Normal Distribution: The FDA and Food Safety

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
To recall or not to recall, that is the question. Using provided data, pupils calculate the percent of people that may fall ill on average. The scholars determine the standard deviation based upon the mean and the empirical rule,...
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Big Kid Science

Exploring Shadows

For Teachers 8th - 12th
What's that lurking in the shadows? An activity that demonstrates how eclipses happen. Science scholars investigate how light and distance interact to form shadows. The experiment uses simple materials to generate data and observations...
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CK-12 Foundation

Interpretation of Circle Graphs: Northwest Region Population Pie

For Students 8th - 11th
Given populations of the five Northwestern states, learners create a circle graph. Using the data and the pie chart, they make comparisons between the populations of the states. Finally, the pupils determine how the chart will change...
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Curated OER

Cloudy vs. Clear

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners analyze line plots. In this weather lesson using real NASA data, students discuss how weather affects the way the Earth is heated by comparing different line plots.
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Mathed Up!

Cumulative Frequency and Box Plots

For Students 9th - 12th
Learn how to display data. Young data analysts watch a video to review how to create cumulative frequency histograms and box plots. They work on a set of questions to practice producing these data displays.  
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Curated OER

Snack Attack

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Students design charts, tables, graphs, and pictographs to analyse the types of snacks in a bag.
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Curated OER

The Solar Cycle

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students research the solar cycle. In this Science lesson, students use the internet to investigate the solar cycle. Students produce a spreadsheet and graph from the information collected.
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Curated OER

Hopes and Dreams: A Spreadsheet Lesson Using Excel

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders read "The Far Away Drawer" by Harriet Diller and discuss the story as a class. After discussion, 4th graders create a t-shirt GLYPH about their hopes and dreams,share their information with the class and create spreadsheets.
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Curated OER

Positive Future Fair Project

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders view the film "Pay It Forward" and discuss what kind of public campaign is needed to move people to positive action. They consider different ways of presenting information (graphs, visual displays, etc.) as tools for...
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Curated OER

What Pie?

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Pupils practice making and interpreting pie graphs so they are better able to decide if a pie chart is the appropriate form of display. Students examine included overheads of different pie charts, and directions on how to make pie...
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Curated OER

Plastic Packaging

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students collect data. In this math lesson, students collect data about recyclable materials. Students develop a plan that will help the environment. Recycling plastic containers is discussed.
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Curated OER

Smoking: The Real Cost

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders discuss the adverse effects of smoking and predict the financial cost of a smoking habit. They collect data regarding the cost of a pack of cigarettes and average packs smoked a day. They create bar graphs displaying the...
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Curated OER

Graphing Family Reading Habits

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders collect data from their families about their reading habits and graph them. In this graphing family reading habits lesson, 2nd graders interview family members about their reading habits. They then use a graphing computer...
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Curated OER

Graphing

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders practice using math graphs. In this graphing lesson, 5th graders work in groups to develop a topic of their own to represent as a graph. Students collect data and construct a graph for the lesson.

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