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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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NASA

Nasa: Precipitation Towers: Modeling Weather Data

For Teachers K - 1st
This lesson uses stacking cubes as a way to graph precipitation data, comparing the precipitation averages and seasonal patterns for several locations. Variations on the lesson can accommodate various ages and ability levels. Students...
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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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Other

Stat Trek: Data Patterns in Statistics

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson looks at how to recognize patterns in a data display by examining the shape of a graph, the center, the spread, and unusual features such as outliers. Includes video. [11:16]
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Other

Bscs: Asking and Answering Questions With Data

For Students 9th - 10th
In this self-directed instructional activity, students use graphs and maps of water quality to investigate relationships between variables to answer questions. A handout with everything the student needs to complete this instructional...
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Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Multiple Choice Practice: Working With Data

For Students 9th - 10th
Test your knowledge of working with data by taking this twenty question multiple-choice practice test. Use a graphing calculator to help with any graphing problems and check your answers at any given time throughout the test.
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Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Data Flyer

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Enter a set of data points, then derive a function to fit those points. Manipulate the function on a coordinate plane using slider bars. Learn how each constant and coefficient affects the resulting graph.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Predicting, Finding, and Justifying Data From a Graph

For Students 7th - 9th Standards
Given data in the form of a graph, the student will use the graph to interpret solutions to problems.
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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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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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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: 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 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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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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PBS

Pbs: Interpreting Stories and Graphs

For Students 6th - 8th
This interactive exercise focuses on how line graphs can be used to represent mathematical data and provides an opportunity to translate actions from a story into graph form, then to write your own story to coincide with a line graph.
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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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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Collecting Data and Making Predictions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Given an experimental situation, the student will write linear functions that provide a reasonable fit to data to estimate the solutions and make predictions.
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NOAA

Noaa: Estuaries 101 Curriculum: Seasonal Swings

For Students 6th - 8th
Students use an interactive map to compare environmental conditions in different estuaries around the National Estuarine Research Reserve System. A second activity allows students to use the Graphing Tool to find, select, and graph data...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Recognizing Misuses of Graphical or Numerical Information

For Students 6th - 8th
Given a problem situation, the student will analyze data presented in graphical or tabular form by evaluating the predictions and conclusions based on the information given.
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Other

Bscs: Frog Symphony

For Students 9th - 10th
In this self-directed lesson plan, students use maps and graphs of data to investigate the habitats and time of year and day to hear a full chorus of frogs. A handout with everything the student needs to complete this lesson plan is...
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York University

York Univ.: Statistical Graphics for Multivariate Data

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Provides several graphical representations of multivariate data. This paper explains the graphs such as the scatter plot and several other graphs as well. Site is presented in notes and outline format.
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Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Histogram

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
View histograms for built-in or user-specified data. Experiment with how the size of the class intervals influences the appearance of the histogram.
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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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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Domain and Range of Graphs

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This activity will allow the students to determine the domain and range of many different graphs presented to them through TI-Navigator using the activity center.

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