Curated OER
World-wide Search for the Dominant Trait
Students receive instruction on dominant/recessive traits, access World-Wide Search for the Dominant Trait and download information on which traits to assess. They collect data on at least 20 people and prepare a data chart.
Curated OER
Plants Under Attack
Third graders will identify the four needs for plant survival and gain skills and confidence in using scientific measurement tools, probes as well as the spreadsheets and graphing capacity of a computer to represent and analyze data.They...
Curated OER
Back-To-School Shopping
Fifth graders estimate the prices of items to be bought for back to school. They use catalogs and/or advertisements to research the cost of each of the items. They use problem solving strategies and a spreadsheet template to determine...
Curated OER
State Economy Chart
Fifth graders create a 3D Pie graph using the Chart Wizard in Excel to represent their assigned states' data. They discuss the similarities and differences between states, and form a hypothesis on the relationship between location and...
Curated OER
The Great Turkey Walk
Students formulate questions that can be addressed with data and collect, organize, and display relevant data to answer them. They wcreate bar graphs and pie graphs
Curated OER
Learning and Population Information - Where I Live
Students study their county populations in a multimedia presentation format. In this populations instructional activity, students work in groups of 3 to research the county populations in their state. Students chart their results in an...
Curated OER
Trends in Precipitation
Eighth graders study about precipitation and graph the information. They look for patterns in a scatter graph and make inferences based on what they see. They need to see a relationship between location and the amount of precipitation.
Curated OER
Checking County Numbers
Students use their county's information page to gather information about their community. Using the information, they create graphs from the tables provided and interpret the data. They write a paragraph showing their interpretation of...
Curated OER
Sea Surface Temperature Trends of the Gulf Stream
Students use authentic satellite data to produce plots and graphs of sea surface temperature as they explore the seasonal changes of the Gulf Stream.
Curated OER
Sea Surface Temperature Trends of the Gulf Stream
Learners explore the importance of the Gulf Stream. Using a NASA satellite images, they examine the sea surface temperature. Students collect the temperature at various locations and times. Using spreadsheet technology, they graph the...
Curated OER
Science: Trouble in the Troposphere
Students research a NASA Website and record information about an assigned city's tropospheric ozone residual monthly climate. In groups, they graph the information for the past year. They form new groups and compare their city's...
Curated OER
Virtual Vacation
Learners select a foreign city, research the city using the Internet, and plan an eleven-day vacation to that city. This lesson is ideal for a social studies classroom and includes ideas for using iMovie, Excel, and MS Works or AppleWorks.
Curated OER
Learning About Graphics
Students practice using and filling in a spreadsheet. They also create graphs and charts that coorespond with the data. This is a unit comprised of four lesson plans.
Curated OER
How Do You Get to School?
Third graders talk about all the various ways they get to school. They make a list of all the bus numbers that the students use. They also list all the other methods of transportation used and solidify a hypothesis.
Curated OER
Farming: It's a Fact
Understanding where our food and textiles come from is key to understanding business, economics, and the importance of modern agriculture. Learners play a game, read text to determine farm fact from opinion, and itemize a grocery receipt...
Curated OER
Protocol for Backyard Bird Research Project
Students investigate a hypothesis about birds in their backyard using identification and survey skills.
Curated OER
Law of Large Numbers - Hospital
Students explore concepts of probability and independent events. They develop a formula for deviation percentage.
Curated OER
Getting Into Shapes: Identifying and Describing Two-Dimensional Shapes
Young scholars examine their classroom to find examples of various types of shapes. After identifying and describing the various shapes, they draw as many as they can on a piece of paper. They organize them into an image based on their...
Curated OER
Small Business
Students simulate owning and running a small business by playing Lemonade Stands. They play the game for three weeks, then work with a partner to produce a Power Point presentation which would be given to a Board of Directors showing...
Curated OER
HEART THROBS
Students predict what might happen to their pulse rates after physical exertion and then make conclusions about the effects of physical activity on pulse rates.
Curated OER
Farming: It's a Fact!
Students use worksheets, food items, and computer programs to learn about the path of food from the farm to their meals. In this agriculture lesson, students use a provided worksheet to learn facts about farming. They use a bag of...
Curated OER
"The Soil Around Us" Project
Students explore how to storyboard. They examine the tasks and roles involved in creating a multimedia presentation. They create a list of quality attributes for the presentation. Use the list to improve the style, accuracy and...
Curated OER
Cross Cultural Transportation and Resources Exchange
Students examine various modes of transportation. They explore regional transportation options and discover options available in their area. Students survey types of transportation people use in their area. Using spreadsheet data,...
Curated OER
Adjectives in Dialogue
Ninth graders use adjectives to depict setting and reveal character and incorporate adjectives into dialogue appropriate for setting.