Kenan Fellows
Saving Those Who Save Us: Exploring the Use of Sensors with Data Visualization
Sensor technology is amazingly accurate and useful. Combining the sensor technology and mathematical knowledge, scholars design experiments to answer a question they have developed. Questions may focus on light sensing, temperature...
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Heart Smart in a Heart Beat
As an introductory activity, young statisticians measure their heart rate at rest and after exercise and compute the mean and median, and create a box & whisker plot. This is followed by watching a video (that no longer seems...
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Drug Sales Soar: Bar Graph
In this graphs worksheet, students analyze a bar graph that shows retail prescription drug sales in the U.S. Students complete five problem solving questions about the data on the graph.
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Holy Mole
Students discover Mexican culture by reading and cooking. In this Central American History lesson, students read the book Holy Mole, and analyze the story by answering questions about plot, characters and even sound effects they...
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Pyrethroid Panic?
Future public health officials read about the exposure to pyrethroid pesticides and analyze box plots of pesticide use, diet, and children's ages. They discuss whether or not there are any relationships in the data. If you feel this...
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How Do You Like To Eat Your Apples?-- Class Bar Graph
In this math worksheet, learners collaborate as a group to plot data pertaining to their favorite ways to eat apples: sliced, pie, whole, sauce, caramel or muffin. Students record their class data on the bar graph.
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Tally Time
Students create a tally chart. In this math and health lesson, students discuss healthy foods and create a tally chart showing the number of students who like to eat healthy foods.
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What Do You Like on Top of Your Pizza Most? --class Bar Graph
In this math worksheet, students participate in completing a bar graph as a class. Students survey classmates as to their favorite pizza toppings and plot the results on this bar graph.
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What Do You Like on Your Popcorn?-- Class Bar Graph
In this math worksheet, students participate in a class bar graph activity. Students survey classmates as to their popcorn preferences: nothing, butter or salt. Results are plotted on the graph.
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How Do You Like Your Sandwich? --class Bar Graph
In this math worksheet, students participate in a group bar graph activity. Students survey their classmates on favorite sandwich choices: peanut butter and jelly, grilled cheese or meat. Results are plotted on a bar graph.
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Visual Representation of Reduced Fat
Middle schoolers demonstrate their understanding of the Five-Number Summary and Box-Plots by analyzing different nutrition labels from regular and reduced fat items using graphing calculators.
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Stats on Reduced-Fat
Young scholars demonstrate an understanding of the Five-Number Summary and Box-Plots after analyzing data from nutrition labels, forming a hypothesis and supporting it. They decide if there is a significant difference between reduced fat...
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Which Vegetable Do You Like To Eat the Most?-- Class Bar Graph
In this math activity, students participate in a group graphing activity. Students are surveyed on favorite vegetables and the results are plotted on a bar graph.
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Do You Like Hamburgers Or Hot Dogs Better?-- Class Bar Graph
In this math worksheet, students collaborate to complete a bar graph. Students are surveyed as to their preference for hot dogs or hamburgers. Results are plotted on a bar graph.
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Food Pyramid Power: Looking Back and Moving Forward
Students show their knowledge of properties of objects as it pertains to sorting and creating patterns. In this food pyramid power lesson, students show their ability to use whole numbers in different representations by appling...
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Measurement
Students choose appropriate units of measure and predict length using the metric system. In this measurement lesson, students participate in activities in which they predict, measure, and record linear measurements such as arm span vs....
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Spark Activity: Counting Laps
Students move around a makeshift "track" set up by the teacher, moving around it as many times as they can before the stop signal. Students begin by power walking and slow-jogging, then build up speed as they proceed. Students call out...
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Foods and Languages of the World
Students study world cultures with an emphasis on languages and cultures. In this world cultures lesson, students study the countries of Spain, China, Italy, and the United States. Students read the story Everybody Cooks Rice and move...