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From Ratio Tables, Equations and Double Number Line Diagrams to Plots on the Coordinate Plane
Represent ratios using a variety of methods. Classmates combine the representations of ratios previously learned with the coordinate plane. Using ratio tables, equations, double number lines, and ordered pairs to represent...
Beacon Learning Center
Line Plots
Introduce line plots, show examples of tables, graphing on a number line, and engage in a class discussion. Share the process by which statistical data is organized and displayed on a number line. Examples and worksheets are included....
K-5 Math Teaching Resources
Blank Bar Graph Template
This template is just begging for your young mathematicians to fill it in with colorful bar graphs! With horizontal and vertical axes in place and grid lines for added support, this is a great resource for teaching children how to...
Curated OER
Line Graphs
In this interpreting line graphs activity, students read an explanation and observe an example of a line graph and its parts and then answer questions interpreting two line graphs. Students write eleven answers.
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Line Graphs
In this line graphs instructional activity, 8th graders solve and complete 10 different problems that include various line graphs. First, they use each line graph shown to respond to the questions that follow regarding books and...
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Make a Line Graph
In this make a line graph activity, 6th graders make a line graph for 2 sets of data, using a blank grid, by plotting the numbers, labeling the x and y axes and writing a title.
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Walking the Plank
This is a cool math activity. Kids collect and interpret data based on a physical act. A board is balanced between a scale and a step, learners record a peer's weight as it decreases while s/he walks further away from the scale. They...
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Generate Measurement Data Word Problems
Using a set of simple data, learners create a line plot to organize the information. This data includes only single-digit numbers and the highest number is six. Because the answer is explained and illustrated at the bottom, project this...
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Graphs to Represent a Data Set
By analyzing a word problem about hours worked in a week, scholars get valuable practice with bar graphs and data analysis. They read the scenario, then examine a table of data taken from it. The data includes four days and the...
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And the Survey Says...
Create a survey and graph! In this graphing lesson, young scholars listen to a story about pets, create a survey for family and friends about what pets they own, and use the information to create a bar and line graph.
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Generate Measurement Data Word Problems
Beginning graphers will appreciate this practice with basic bar graphs. For each table of data, there is a corresponding graph for learners to match it to. The five data sets all have the same two factors: days and numbers. Although this...
Beyond Benign
Municipal Waste Generation
Statistically, waste may become a problem in the future if people do not take action. Using their knowledge of statistics and data representation, pupils take a look at the idea of waste generation. The four-part unit has class members...
California Academy of Science
California's Climate
The United States is a large country with many different climates. Graph and analyze temperature and rainfall data for Sacramento and Washington DC as you teach your class about the characteristics of Mediterranean climates. Discuss the...
Scholastic
Study Jams! Line Plots
Data analysts are guided through the arrangement of whole-number data onto a line plot by listening and viewing a high-quality, animated, and narrated set of slides.
Illustrative Mathematics
Who Has the Best Job?
Making money is important to teenagers. It is up to your apprentices to determine how much two wage earners make with their after school jobs. Participants work with a table, an equation, and a graph and compare the two workers to see...
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Spaghetti Graphs
Students work in pairs to test the strength of spaghetti strands. They collect and graph data to determine a line of best fit. Students create a linear equation to interpret their data. Based on the data collected, students predict...
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Organizing Data
In this organizing data worksheet, 7th graders solve seven different types of problems related to data. They first identify the type of data as categorical, discrete or continuous from the information given. Then, students use Excel to...
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Graphing Race Results
Fifth graders graph bike mileage results. In this graphing information lesson, 5th graders get into groups, and organize the information they read. Students share how they organized the information with the rest of the class. Students...
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RCX Car Line Graph
Students develop a line graph based on distances that an RCX car drives in specified amounts of time. They then are given a specific amount of time for the car to drive and be asked to extrapolate the car's distance from the graph.
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Line and Double Line Graphs: Reteach
In this graphing worksheet, students review the five steps for making a double line graph to display data. Students then use the graph they made following the shapes to answer the three questions.
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Line Graphs and Commercial Costs
Learners investigate line graphs. In this middle school mathematics instructional activity, students compare and contrast different types of graphs and create line graphs based on the data provided.
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Bar Graphs With Intervals
Give your math class a comprehensive understanding of bar graphs with this series of lessons. The resource is divided into three parts, and all of the accompanying worksheets are included. The class will study different bar graphs,...
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Introduction to Graphs: Bar Graphs, Line Graphs, Circle Graphs
For this graphing data worksheet, middle schoolers answer 5 short answer questions about graphs. Students determine which type of graph best represents various data sets.
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Line and Double Line Graphs: Practice
In this graphing data worksheet, students use the double line graph to answer the five questions about high and low temperatures. Students then complete two test prep questions.