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Race the Track! Jump the Gap
Students record data of using a track system with variables and how those variables affect a ball used in the track. In this track lesson plan, students design their own track in groups, test the ball's rates of speed, and record their...
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Computing with Mathematical Formulas
Young scholars solve problems using formulas. In this algebra lesson, students evaluate numbers using substitution. They graph their answers using a TI and discuss the outcome.
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Let the Rain Come Down!
Second graders construct a bar graph comparing local precipitation to that of the Yucatan. In this graphing instructional activity, 2nd graders will use conversions and problem solving strategies.
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Shopping the Sunday Circular
Pupils demonstrate an understanding of price-per-unit mathematics. In this computation lesson, learners accurately figure the unit price of grocery items. They create a chart and record the item, the price, the size and the cost per item.
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Calculate Percentages
Sixth and seventh graders study the concept of finding the percent of a number. They calculate the percent of any given number. Pupils describe ways to use calculating percents in their daily life, and change percents into decimals,...
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Organizing and Understanding Data - Independent Practice
Provide your first graders with an opportunity for independent practice organizing and understanding data. The ten story prompts on this three-page worksheet asks learners to solve problems involving concepts of the total number of...
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Soil Excavation
Students comprehend how percent of change and multipliers are used to determine volume for removal and replacement of soils. They calculate soil volume percent changes using data tables. They apply formulas to solve a variety of...
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Interpreting and Displaying Sets of Data
Learners explore the concept of interpreting data. In this interpreting data lesson, students make a line plot of themselves according to the number of cubes they can hold in their hand. Learners create their own data to graph and...
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Box Plots
Young statisticians are introduced to box plots and quartiles. They use an activity and discussion with supplemental exercises to help them explore how data can be graphically represented.
Georgia Department of Education
The Basketball Star
Have learners use math to prove they are sports stars! Assess a pupil's ability to create and analyze data using a variety of graphs. The class will be motivated by the association of math and basketball data.
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Statistics
Seventh and eighth graders solve and complete three various types of problems. First, they find the median rate using the box-and-whisker plot shown. Then, learners describe the inter-quartile range. In addition, they determine whether...
National Research Center for Career and Technical Education
Break-Even Point
How do companies determine the prices of their products? Marketing maestros discover the concepts of cost and break-even point through discussion, independent practice, and a collaborative assessment. The career and technology-oriented...
Teach Engineering
The Challenge Question
A research position becomes a modeling job. The introductory lesson in a series of nine presents the challenge of analyzing a set of bivariate data. The class brainstorms what the data may represent. Pupils must decide what is needed to...
Statistics Education Web
The Egg Roulette Game
Hard boiled or raw? Which egg will you get? A hands-on activity has scholars explore the impact of conditional probability. Based on a skit from the Tonight Show, pupils model the selection of the two types of eggs using beads. They...
US Department of Commerce
Over the Hill - Aging on a Normal Curve
Nobody is too old to learn something new. Young statisticians analyze census data on the percentage of the population older than 65 years old in US counties. They fit a normal distribution to the data, determine the mean and standard...
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Math Made Easy
Students evaluate word problems. In this problem solving lesson, students are presented with word problems requiring graphing skills and students work independently to solve.
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Three for the Money: The Degree/Diameter Problem
Learners explore the concept of vertex-edge graphs. In this vertex-edge graphs lesson plan, students try to construct a graph with a given diameter, number of vertices, size, and planarity. Learners construct various...
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Fly Away With Averages
Students discover the process of finding the mean, median, and mode. Through guided practice and problem solving activities, they use a computer program to input data and create a graph. Graph data is used to calculate the mean,...
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A Thanksgiving Survey
Students conduct a survey. In this math lesson, students design and conduct a survey about Thanksgiving foods. Students display the collected data in a graph and use the graph to determine what food to serve for a Thanksgiving meal.
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Creating Line Graphs
High schoolers draw line graphs. In this math lesson, students interpret minimum wage data and graph the data in a line graph. High schoolers predict the next minimum wage and figure the earnings for a 40 hour work week for someone...
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The football and Braking Distance; Model Data with Quadratic Functions
Students use the quadratic formula to solve application problems. The first problem relates to the path of a football thrown from the top of the bleachers. Students compute the time it will take the football to reach certain heights. In...
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A Thanksgiving Survey
Young scholars take a survey then use the information gained from the survey to help plan a typical Thanksgiving dinner for our last day of class. They create a graph which corresponds the the data gathered during interviews.
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Model Data with Quadratic Functions
Students model data using quadratic equations. In this algebra lesson, students simplify and factor quadratic equations. They graph the function using collected data and analyze the parabola.
Alabama Learning Exchange
What's Your Favorite Chocolate Bar?
Students complete a math survey. In this math graphs lesson, students complete a survey about their favorite candy bars. Students create different kinds of graphs using Microsoft Excel to show their results.