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Aboriginal Statistics

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders analyze statistics of Native Americans by creating graphs.  In this data analysis lesson plan, 4th graders define different statistical terms and practice finding those statistics from groups of numerical information...
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Bar Graphs

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders investigate bar graphs.  In this third grade mathematics lesson, 3rd graders collect and analyze data and use the internet’s Graph challenge to create their own graphs.  Students write questions for the other...
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Experiment Report

For Students 7th - 10th
In this experimental design worksheet, students fill out their title, hypothesis, independent and dependent variables, data table, graph and conclusion for their lab.
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Probability

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Here is a classic activity used to introduce your class to the concept of probability and data collection. They will roll one die 30 times, then record and discuss the results. Great introduction, but too shallow to be considered a...
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Hemlock Trees and the Pesky Pest, The Woolly Adelgid

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students review Excel and how to create graphs with this program. They create two graphs in Excel, one showing the average number of woolly adelgid egg sacks on the outer 15 cm of hemlock branch at sites sorted by latitude, then one...
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Long Distance Phone Plans

For Teachers 7th - 9th
In this long distance phone plane worksheet, students compare various phone plans and determine which long distance plan has the greatest savings. Students support their answers visually through the use of tables and graphs. They write...
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Bycatch

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Bycatch is the unwanted and discarded marine life caught during commercial fishing. Young marine scientists review bycatch litigation and analyze graphs of bycatch data and answer questions about it. This raises awareness while...
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Complex Networks and Graphs

For Students 7th - 10th Standards
Show your class how engineers use graphs to understand large and complex systems. The resource provides the beginnings of graph theory by introducing the class to set theory, graphs, and degree distributions of a graph. 
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Graphing Ordered Pairs

For Students 4th - 6th
Here is graphing worksheet which has pupils graph ordered pairs and label the axis. They graph five ordered pairs and then interpret the data in the graph.
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Wacky Water World: Student Worksheet

For Students 5th - 8th
This well-designed math worksheet invites learners to work in pairs in order to determine which plan is the better value when going to an amusement park. Plan A and Plan B each have different admission fees, and different rates per ride....
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Exploratorium

Jacques Cousteau in Seashells

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Visionaries create images out of dots to demonstrate the eye-brain connection. Through this activity, they learn that the brain interprets data collected by the eye into recognizable information. Search online for "Jacques Cousteau in...
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The Mitten

For Teachers K - 1st
Explore the Ukraine through a reading of The Mitten. Readers will determine the sequence of events, cause and effect, make predictions, and find the main idea of the story. They also use math skills to make charts and graphs. Finally,...
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Opinion Poll-arities

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners explore the mathematics behind opinion polls, as well as provides a framework for interpreting trends in opinion poll graphics.
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Back-To-School Shopping

For Teachers 5th
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...
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CSI Interdisciplinary Projects

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Work across content areas with an engaging project that highlights higher-level thinking, teamwork, and a STEM focus.
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The Human Line Plot

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders collect data and use charts and line plots to graph data. Through class surveys, 5th graders collect data concerning a particular subject. They graph their data using a line graph. Students make inferences and predictions...
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NCAA Basketball finals

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students read and interpret graphs of data sets. The data is used to devise reasons as to why teams in the NCAA Basketball finals from the 1950'sand up have the highest scores.
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Statistical Analysis for Graphing Calculators

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use data from the Chesapeake Bay to analyze temperature, phosphate, nitrates, salinity, and oxygen levels.
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National Security Agency

Starting a Restaurant

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards
Through an engaging unit, chefs-in-training will sort and classify data using tally charts. Learners will also create bar graphs to display restaurant data and interpret data from bar graphs using a variety of categories....
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Flicking Football Fun

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
Young mathematicians fold and flick their way to a deeper understanding of statistics with a fun, hands-on math unit. Over the course of four lessons, students use paper footballs to generate data as they learn how to create line...
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Inside Mathematics

Snakes

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Get a line on the snakes. The assessment task requires the class to determine the species of unknown snakes based upon collected data. Individuals analyze two scatter plots and determine the most likely species for five...
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Skate Party

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners use the Frayer model during problem solving. In this problem solving lesson, they examine multiple methods of data collection to solve real world problems. Resources are provided.
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A Change in the Weather

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Explore the power of mathematics through this two-week statistics unit. Pupils learn about several climate-related issues and complete surveys that communicate their perceptions. They graph both univariate and bivariate data and use...
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Shmoop

Box, Stem-Leaf, and Histogram

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
A helpful and versatile activity requires young mathematicians to analyze data in order to create graphs and answer questions. Additionally, it prompts learners to find the mean, median, mode, and range of some of the data sets.

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