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Scholastic

Scholastic: Cultivating Data

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students will understand key concepts of data analysis and their graphic representations. Students will construct and interpret data tables, line plots, box-and-whisker plots and stem-and-leaf plots, scatterplots with line of best fit,...
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Other

Dear Data

For Students 9th - 10th
Dear Data is a year-long, analog data drawing project by Giorgia Lupi and Stefanie Posavec, two award-winning information designers living on different sides of the Atlantic. By collecting and hand drawing their personal data and sending...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Unit: Modeling Data Distributions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A complete unit with tutorials, text, and practice over modeling data distributions.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Types of Data Representation: Graphic Displays of Data

For Students 11th - 12th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Here you will explore displays of data using bar charts, histograms, pie charts and boxplots, and learn about the differences and similarities between them and how...
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Cuemath

Cuemath: Frequency Distribution Table

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A comprehensive guide for learning all about frequency distribution tables with definitions, how to create a frequency distribution table, and the formulas and graphs related to frequency distributions. With solved examples and...
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US Census Bureau

Us Census Bureau: International Data Base

For Students 9th - 10th
Statistical data on the population and demographics of 228 countries, including change, sex ratios, life expectancy, and percent with HIV/AIDS. There are also detailed explanations of the means of producing these statistics. It is...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Predicting, Finding, and Justifying Data From Verbal Descriptions

For Students 6th - 8th
Given data in a verbal description, the student will use equations and tables to solve and interpret solutions to problems.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Graphic Displays of Data

For Students 11th - 12th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson, students compare different types of graphic displays to understand how to choose the best method of displaying their data, and they learn the...
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University of Texas

Inside Mathematics: Our Pets [Pdf]

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
This task challenges a student to demonstrate understanding of concepts involved in representing and interpreting data.
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University of Texas

Inside Mathematics: Parking Cars [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
This task challenges a student to use their understanding of scale to read and interpret data in a bar graph.
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University of Auckland School of Computer Science

Morris: Hash Tables

For Students 9th - 10th
A description of hash tables and how they are created.
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Microsoft

Microsoft: Relationships Between Tables in a Data Model

For Students 9th - 10th
Add more power to your data analysis by creating relationships among different tables. A relationship is a connection between two tables that contain data: one column in each table is the basis for the relationship. To see why...
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Graphing Using a Frequency Table

For Teachers 3rd Standards
Multiple graphs can represent the same data set and make the information easier to understand.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Data Analysis for Advanced Science Projects

For Students 9th - 10th
The importance of data analysis in science projects is explained. Describes common mistakes young scientists make. The article then discusses how to find out what the standard methods of data analysis are for the type of research you...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Linear vs. Exponential Growth: From Data

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Given a table with values of two quantities over time, determine whether the quantities form grow linearly or exponentially.
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US Census Bureau

United States Census Bureau: Population Projections Tables

For Students 9th - 10th
Series of projections for different years.
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National Snow and Ice Data Center

Nat. Snow and Ice Data Center: All About Glaciers: Where Are Glaciers Located?

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains where glaciers can be found and what conditions are needed for them to exist. Includes a table showing where glaciers can be found around the world and the approximate areas. These figures were, however, from 2008.
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Web Elements

Web Elements Periodic Table: Chromium

For Students 9th - 10th
A very good summary of the key data and chemical and physical properties of chromium.
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University of Texas

Inside Mathematics: Granny's Balloon Trip [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
This task challenges a student to use knowledge of scale to organize and represent data from a table on a graph.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Ice Cream Sundae Survey

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Students quickly realize the importance of learning how to read and find information in charts, graphs, and tables compared to finding the same information written in a paragraph. This is a fun, high energy lesson!This lesson plan was...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Heads Up!

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
The lesson is a hands-on project. Students will work in pairs to gather various measurements, organizing the data into a provided chart. The measurements will be used to review, reinforce, and introduce skills such as measures of central...
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Other

Kindergarten lessons.com: Graphing Activities

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Graphing activities for preschool and kindergarten include collecting data and organizing it in a variety of ways. There are lots of fun things to do in this area of math and the activities integrate well with science and literacy...
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Cuemath

Cuemath: Dot Plot

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A comprehensive guide for learning all about dot plots with definitions, how to construct them, solved examples, and practice questions.
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Unemployment in My Hometown

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson plan, students interpret data tables from the Bureau of Labor Statistics to compare national and local unemployment data.