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Exploring Linear Equations And Scatter Plots - Chapter 5 Review
Students complete rolling stocks experiment, and collect and enter data on the computer.  They enter data on graphing calculators, complete scatter plot by hand with line of best fit, and discuss different graphing methods.
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Build a Skittles Graph
Students construct a bar graph with a given set of data.  They calculate the ratio and percent of the data.  Students discuss alternate ways of graphing the data as well as multiple strategies to approach the task.
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Range, Mean, Median, and Mode
Eighth graders find the range, median, mean, and mode of a data set.  In this finding the range, median, mean, and mode of a data set lesson, 8th graders collect data about the high and low temperature for 10 different cities. ...
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Get On Board
Students create a ticket table illustrating the cost of tickets by alternative transportation. For this number sense lesson, students write number sentences to compare and contrast difference information in their chart. Students figure...
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Range, Mean, Median and Mode Through the Internet
Learners compute measures of central tendency.  In this range, mean, median and mode instructional activity, students gather information on the internet, organize the data and then compute the measures of central tendency. ...
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Fruit Loop Graphing
Fifth graders interpret data and create graphs. Given Fruit Loops, they sort and classify according to color. Using spreadsheet technology, 5th graders record their data and create bar and circle graphs. Students analyze data and...
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Mapping The Ocean Floor
Young scholars explore and analyze the bottom structure of underwater habitats. They describe and explain what can't see through the collection and correlation of accurate data. Learners assess that technology is utilized as a tool for...
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Identifying My Spider
Third graders navigate the Internet and research spiders.  In this spider lesson plan, 3rd graders view photos of spiders and use their characteristics to determine the variety of spider.  Students complete a spider data sheet.
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Energy and Changes of State
Learners complete a variety of labs to help them explain how energy affects the changes in states of matter. They also be required to collect and record data, graph data, and apply interpretations of that data.
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It'll Go With the Flow...
High schoolers construct a water table elevation contour map and consider the direction and rate of groundwater flow to predict the actual runoff pattern.  They discuss their findings and evaluate a hypothetical landfill site based on...
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Charging Up, Charging Down
Learners collect and analyze voltage data. Then, they investigate exponential functions using the TI and a Voltage Probe and graph their data and analyze it using a table.
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State Economy Chart
Fifth graders research and record statistics on the economy of an assigned state. They create a spreadsheet in Excel to report the data and a 3D Pie graph using the Chart Wizard in Excel to represent their states' data.
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Count The Letters
Students perform activities involving ratios, proportions and percents.  Given a newspaper article, groups of students count the number of letters in a given area.  They use calculators and data collected to construct a pie chart and bar...
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Bunny Cakes and Graphing
Third graders graph and analyze data relating to the book "Bunny Cakes" by Rosemary Wells.  They listen to and discuss the book, vote on their favorite cake using Excel computer software, and discuss the results.
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Grade 6: Exploring c/d = pi
Introduce your math class to the perimeter of a circle. Teach them that pi describes the relationship between the circumference and the diameter. As a hands-on investigation, pairs or small groups use string to compare these two values...
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Genetic Drift
Students use a mathematical simulation of genetic drift to answer questions about the factors that influence this evolutionary process.  They run a series of simulations varying allele frequency and population size and then analyze their...
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Global Warming Statistics
Learners research and collect data regarding temperature changes for a specific location and find the mean, median, and mode for their data. In this climate change instructional activity, students choose a location to research and...
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Comparing the Health and Lifestyles of 13 Year-olds Around the World.
Eighth graders examine international data and statistics to evaluate the health and trends of 13 year old students around the world.
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RIP M&M's
Students solve theoretical probability problems. For this algebra lesson, students apply the concept of probabilities to solving real life scenarios. They collect data and graph it using experimental probability.
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Volcano Hazards
Students research volcano hazards in VolcanoWorld, make a paper volcano, produce and watch the effects of ashfall, produce and watch the effects of a mudflow and create a hazard map by plotting historical ashfall/mudflow data from Mount...
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How Do Populations Grow?
Students examine how populations grow and how invasive species can affect the balance of ecosystems. They simulate the growth of lily pads, analyze and record the data, and simulate the results of an invasive species on an ecosystem.
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Teaching Radioactive Decay: Radioactive Half-life And Dating Techniques
Young scholars generate a radioactive decay table for an imaginary element using a box filled with pinto beans and M&M's. They use their data to plot a decay graph, develop the concept of half-life, and use the graph to "age" several...
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What on Earth is a Biome?
Learners explore organisms and their environments. They examine change over time 
 demonstrate an understanding of physical positions on Earth. They survey earth's diversity, write a report,   fill in a data table created on the...
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Experiment on Measuring Reaction Rates
Students investigate the rate of a chemical reaction. In this rate of reactions lesson plan, students use an electronic balance to measure the change in mass of a chemical reaction between hydrochloric acid and calcium carbonate. They...