Students use NASA satellite data of optical depth as a tool to determine volcanic activity on Reunion Island during 2000-2001. They access the data and utilize Excel to create a graph that has optical depth as a function of time for the...

Second graders complete a variety of bee-themed activities. They consider the importance of honeybees in food production, conduct Internet research, prepare foods using honey, complete puzzles and compile a portfolio of their work.

Students analyze cloud cover over Aruba. They compose and submit written conclusions which include data, analysis, errors in data collection, and references.

Students locate the many forests located in Oregon. In groups, they use the internet to research employment data on wood products made in the state. They discuss how looking at information presented in a different way can change their...

Students become familiar with teh selection, evaluation, and use of instructional software for 4-8 classroom. They download software demos from the web and discuss critiquing software. Students browse software evaluations on web sites.

Students are shown how to create their own database using different field types. They are taugt how to design their own layout-chaning font or size and color of text, adding background color and clipart. Students interrogate their...

This lesson focuses on specialized reading strategies such as online reading, reading in math, science, etc., and reading charts and graphs. It provides text, videos, charts and graphs, graphics, and a self-check.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The video describes how to read a schedule to determine specific information using the relationship of the rows and the columns. The video is followed by a series of...

Practice reading basic dot plots and frequency tables. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.

Practice reading and interpreting histograms. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.

In this exercise, students practice reading histograms. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to get hints and try questions repeatedly.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The video describes how to use a map to answer questions using the lengths provided in the diagram.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The video shows how to use a schedule to answer questions based on the schedule.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The video shows how to use a transportation schedule to answer questions based on the schedule. The video is followed by additional problems for students to practice...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The video shows how to use a data table to answer questions comparing length.

A good introduction to reading bar, line, and double line graphs, and drawing and reading Venn diagrams. Contains definitions and examples of these types of charts and graphs as well as practice exercises that ask you to answer questions...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] For this learning module, students are presented with a decimal number which they must put into a place value chart that goes to the thousandths place. Includes...

Here are a few resources to use with your students when teaching about line graphs or pie charts.

This introductory tutorial about statistical graphing with four examples of how pie charts (circle graphs) are constructed and read.

Students will demonstrate how to interpret information in a table.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] For this learning module, students are asked to state the decimals to the thousandths place for given locations on a number line. Includes video demonstrating a...

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...

Students 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...

My students have learned how to read and write time. Now I want them to see how important time is for us to organize our lives. I want them to use data charts for schedules and be able to analyze the information.