Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Gathering and Analysis of Data

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Young mathematicians gather data on a topic, graph it in various forms, interpret the information, and write a summary of the data. They present their data and graphs to the class.
Lesson Plan
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Graphs: All About Our Class

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students respond to survey questions, discuss results, brainstorm ways to represent survey information, and create table of class results. They find mean, range, and percentages, and create graph to display results.
Lesson Plan
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Is there Treasure in Trash?

For Teachers 7th - 10th
More people, more garbage! Young environmentalists graph population growth against the amount of garbage generated per year and find a linear model that best fits the data. This is an older resource that could benefit from more recent...
Lesson Plan
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Linear Modelling of the Life Expectancy of Canadians

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Middle and high schoolers explore the concept of linear modelling.  In this linear modelling lesson plan, pupils find the line of best fit for life expectancy data of Canadians. They compare life expectancies of men and women, and...
Lesson Plan
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No Title

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders, after reviewing and studying the basics of recording, analyzing and presenting data, create on graph paper a bar or line graph to represent given data and then interpret the data. They answer questions about the given data...
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Intercepts by Substitution: Finding a Linear Product Using a Quadratic

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Discover another way to interpret multiplication. Using an interactive, learners slide points (representing the factors of multiplication) along the x-axis of the graph of y = x^2 and observe changes in the line segment connecting the...
Activity
US Department of Commerce

Educational Attainment and Marriage Age - Testing a Correlation Coefficient's Significance

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
Do women with college degrees get married later? Using a provided scatter plot of the percentage of women who earn bachelor's degrees and the median age at which women first get married over time, pupils conduct a linear regression...
Lesson Plan
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Graphing Scatterplots

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students examine scatterplots and determine the equation of a line using the slope-intercept method. Students interpret graphs, draw inferences, and sketch a curve of best fit for the graph. Based upon patterns in the graphs, students...
Worksheet
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Geometry: Parallel and Perpendicular Lines

For Students 8th - 11th Standards
This basic handout would be good for skills practice or a review of parallel and perpendicular lines. Review the definitions, then practice writing equations of lines that pass through a specific point and are either parallel or...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Solving Linear Systems by Graphing

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
A learning exercise that offers four problems to practice solving simultaneous equations by graphing. Equations are presented in slope-intercept form or standard form. Problems include two with unique solutions, one with no solution, and...
Lesson Plan
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Graphing Quadratic Equations

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Review the form of a quadratic function, and the parabola it creates. Continue on with the whole group to work through a mini-lab, practicing how to graph quadratic equations with one variable. The goal of this lesson is for the group...
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Coffee by the Pound

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
This is a great exercise in graphing proportional quantities to interpret the unit rate as the slope of a graph. It is not easy for learners to understand what a unit rate is. When it is presented as the slope of a linear line graph,...
Worksheet
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Unit II: Worksheet 1 - Velocity

For Students 9th - 12th
Beginning physics scholars interpret two graphs depicting position versus time. For each graph, there is a series of questions to answer. The exercise is basic, but beneficial. Consider using it as an assessment of understanding after...
Unit Plan
Benjamin Franklin High School

Saxon Math: Algebra 2 (Section 4)

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
This fourth of twelve units in a series continues the investigation of functions through equations and inequalities. However, the modular nature of the lessons in the section make this an excellent resource for any curriculum...
Lesson Plan
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Data Display

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore different ways to display data. In this statistics lesson, students create pie charts, bar graphs and line graphs to show data. Students then write a paragraph discussing which types of graphs are helpful for different...
Lesson Plan
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C is for Cookie-A MEAN-ingful Graphing Activity

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders, in groups, dissect a variety of brands of chocolate chip cookies and calculate the mean for each brand. They create their own bar graphs, pictographs, and line graphs to represent information.
Worksheet
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Heart Rate Graphs

For Students 5th
For this graphing worksheet, 5th graders use a line graph to compare and contrast the heartbeats of two athletes in a tennis match.
Lesson Plan
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Getting A Grip On Graphs

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders investigate the concept of graphing and comparing different types of data using pictographs, line graphs, scatter plots, etc... They gather data and make interpretations while examining the medium of how it is displayed.
Lesson Plan
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Bisphenol A and Diabetes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils summarize the data that is displayed and examine how bisphenol A behaves and how it contributes to diabetes. Learners also study an article and interpret line graphs.
Lesson Plan
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Decisions, Decisions, Decisions

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students examine graphs to find the most appropriate for various kinds of data.  In this graphing lesson, student create bar, line and circle graphs.  Students create graphs electronically and manually interpreting the data.
Lesson Plan
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Which Amusement Park Would You Choose?

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Students analyze data related to amusement parks and create a spreadsheet to display the data. They read the data and predict which amusement park they think is safer, create a spreadsheet and graph, and write a proposal based on their...
Worksheet
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Interpreting Graphs: Temperate Climates

For Students 4th - 6th
In this interpreting graphs worksheet, students read a graph containing data of rainfall and temperature, then complete 18 questions, interpreting the data.
Lesson Plan
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Analyzing Graphs and Data

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students collect and analyze data. In this statistics lesson, students graph their data and make inferences from the collected data. They display their data using graphs, bar graphs, circles graphs and Venn diagrams.
Worksheet
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Review For Test 3

For Students 9th - 10th
In this test worksheet, students interpret circle graphs, bar graphs, and line graphs. They match graphs to their appropriate linear equation. Students determine the slope of a line. There are 20 problems on this six page worksheet. ...