Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Mc Dougal Littell Middle School Math: Making Data Displays
Students will create data displays using a scatter plot and a line graph of the data and a circle graph of survey data.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Frequency Tables to Organize and Display Data Grade 7
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Make a frequency table to organize and display data.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Statistics: Circle Graphs to Display Data Grade 7
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Make circle graphs by using given data.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Statistics: Data Display Choices Grade 7
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Associate given conclusions about a set of data given different displays of data.
Other
Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School: The Scientific Method (Part 3) [Pdf]
Explains how to collect and organize data for an experiment. Describes how to make a table and graph the data, and when to use different types of graphs. Next, it discusses which variable should be on the x- or y-axis of a graph, and how...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Statistics: Data Display Choices Grades 6 7
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Create surveys and display data using different types of graphs.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Making Picture Graphs
Students learn to make picture graphs with symbols that represent more than one piece of data.
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, University of California Santa Barbara
Kids Do Ecology: Data and Science
Learn about conducting your own investigation with these tips on following the scientific method. Find out how to state hypothesis, make observations, collect and analyze data, and display data to share results and conclusions of your...
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Figure This: Does It Make a Difference Where You Shop?
A math investigation that uses scatter plots to compare prices of favorite soft drinks. Discover how valuable your skills in organizing and displaying data can be in real life scenarios.
Other
Math Stories: Make a Table
At this one page site you can work through step by step a sample problem that illustrates the problem solving strategy for "Make a table." The answer is right there to help you check your thinking.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Statistics: Line Graphs Grade 7
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Make a line graph to display data over time.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: Charting More Success
This activity follows on from Charting Success and encourages students to consider and analyse representations of data from the world of sport, to make sense of the stories they tell, and to analyse whether the right representation has...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Statistics: Bar Graphs Grade 7
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Make a bar graph to display given data.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Statistics: Multiple Line Graphs
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Make multiple line graphs to display and compare given data.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Figure This: Play Ball
Make a table to figure out if a baseball valued at $3000 in 1927 is worth more than a baseball valued at $3 million in 1999. Which is a better investment?
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: Ten Green Bottles
Sharpen your problem solving skills and find the solution to the challenge on this one page website. You might want to make a list. Once you have your solution you can check the website and see if it agrees with their solution.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: Creating Cubes
On this one page website use a table to help you organize the information so that you can solve this cube problem. When you are finished you can check your answer right at the website.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: Back to the Planet of Vuv
You will probably need to make a list to solve the challenge at this one page website.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: Sissa's Reward
On this one page website use a table to help you solve this problem about the chess board and grains of rice. The solution is available right on the website.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: Six Is the Sum
You will probably want to make a list to figure out the solution to this problem. There are teacher notes and the solution right at this one page website.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Figure This: Rose Bowl
A math challenge taken directly from the sports pages. Use your problem solving and data collection aptitude to find out how many different ways a Rose Bowl team could score 11 points. Try this one page activity from the NCTM Math...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Let's Play Ball With Box and Whisker Plots
This activity is designed to help students make decisions about what and how information could be displayed graphically. The data set deals with salaries of professional baseball players. It is designed for students to determine if the...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Statistics: Bar Graphs Grades 9 10
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Make a bar graph to display given data.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: How Long Will It Take?
In this lesson, students will participate in a group activity using a sponge ball and a growing human circle. The students will be added to a circle in groups of two and will pass the sponge ball from hand to hand until it returns to the...