Curated OER
Physical Pendulum Lab
Students calculate the moment of inertia of a disc. In this physics lesson, students differentiate the two methods used in finding the inertia. They construct their own pendulum for the lab.
Curated OER
Wind, Pressure, Force, Calculus and Engineering Connections
Twelfth graders solve first order differential equations using the separation of variables technique. In this calculus lesson, 12th graders explain the connection between math and engineering. They brainstorm what engineers do in real life.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Interpreting Area Data From Maps vs. Graphs
Graphical methods of data presentation are a key feature of scientific communication. This project asks the question, "What's the best way to compare the land area of states: a map or a bar graph?" You'll be measuring performance on two...
Other
A River Runs Through It Learning Project
In this year long learning project integrating mathematics and science, students solve environmental problems using data collection and problem solving concepts. Designed for upper elementary gifted students. Interactive components and...
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology
Ciese Real Time Data Projects: Weather Scope: A Study of Weather and Climate
Use real-time data to study factors that affect weather and climate, create weather instruments, and share data with students around the world.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Scientific Method Data Analysis/graphs
At the end of your experiment you should review all of the data you have collected. See samples of data analysis charts and graphs. Find out what makes for a good chart or graph using the self-grading rubrics.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Project Sky Math
Teachers will be interested to explore the SkyMath module, and the 16 classroom activities at this site. In this program, students will collect and record real-time weather data to analyze. Data analysis, graphing, number relationship,...
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Seventh Grade Mathematics: Data Sense
This site has some interesting ways to collect and evaluate data. There are some activities about note taking, spreadsheets, surveys, and a cool bridge construction project. Teachers may want to use this site as a resource for some...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Great Golly Graphs
This lesson plan asks learners to create a survey project including graphs, questions, tables, and data analysis. It gives an assessment and ideas for remediation and extension as well as ways to manage behavior problems and reluctant...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: An Experiment in Visual Perception
Graphical methods of data presentation are a key feature of scientific communication. This project will get you thinking about how to find the best way to communicate scientific information.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: "Ridin' Along in My Automobile"
Students will research prices of used cars to discover how automobiles lose their value over time. Students will create a chart to record their information, use their chart to graph their data, and find measures of central tendency of...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Incline Plane and the Crashing Marble
Students will measure the effects of the height of an inclined plane on the force a marble produces to move a plastic, foam, or paper cup across a table. Students will discover that the higher the incline plane, the more force produced...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Misleading Graphs Are Da'pits!
In this interactive lesson, students will discover how creating an incorrect graph will display misleading information. Through viewing and discussing a variety of graphs, the students will identify 5 components that graphs must contain...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Analyzing Greenhouse Gases and Global Temperature Data Over Time
In this activity, students plot data on the concentrations of various greenhouse gases in Earth's atmosphere and look for trends. They will learn that greenhouse gases allow the Sun's light to pass through them to the surface of Earth,...
US Department of Energy
United States Department of Energy: Power Metering Project
Two part lesson focuses on applying analytic tools such as pie charts and bar graphs to gain a better understanding of practical energy use issues. Students will learn how different types of data collected affect the outcome of...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Bloodstain Pattern Doesn't Lie
Learners will formulate a hypothesis about the relationship (linear, direct, indirect, etc.) between the distance a drop of blood falls and the diameter of the splatter it makes. To test their hypothesis, the students will work...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Ice Cream Sundae Survey
Learners 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...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Wheels All Around
Students will use skip counting to see how many wheels visit the school during specified times in one day. This lesson plan was created as a result of the Girls Engaged in Math and Science University, GEMS-U Project.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: My Peanut Butter Is Better Than Yours!
The students will engage in the process of statistical data comparing data using tables and scatterplots. The students will compare data using measures of center (mean and median) and measures of spread (range). This lesson can be done...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: F If.6 Mathemafish Population
For this task, learners are presented with a table and a graph and are asked to summarize the data and report the findings of a project by the Environmental Protection Agency to contain the effects of an invasive species on a fish...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Statistically Thinking
The object of this project is for learners to learn how to find univariate and bivariate statistics for sets of data. Also, the students will be able to determine if two sets of data are linearly correlated and to what degree. The...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: How Sweet It Is
As part of the study of Matter, the young scholars will determine the density of standard percent sugar solutions through hands on experimentation. In laboratory groups, students will graph a standardized curve of the experimental data....
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Heads Up!
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...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: You Scream, I Scream, We All Scream for Ice Cream !
Fun and yummy lesson to do on a sunny spring afternoon. Have the students take a poll of their favorite choice of ice cream and create a bar graph showing the information. This lesson plan was created as a result of the Girls Engaged in...