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Cumulative Frequency
In these word frequency worksheets, students choose a page from a newspaper and count the number of letters in each word and complete their results in a table. Students then calculate the mean number of letters. Students then collect...
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Speed Cameras
Do speed cameras help reduce accidents? Scholars investigate this question using a series of spreadsheet activities. Along the way, they learn about randomness, probability, and statistical analysis.
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Graphing Fun In Third Grade
Third graders display information in a graph, table, and chart. In this data lesson plan, 3rd graders look at graphs, tables, and charts, discuss their importance, and make their own.
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Benford's Law
In this Benford's Law learning exercise, high schoolers read about the first digit frequency of numbers. High schoolers solve 3 problems about sunspot numbers, solar wind magnetism and the depth of the latest earthquakes by using on line...
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Make a Tally
In this tally chart learning exercise, students read the word problems and use the information within the problem to make a tally chart. Students use the tally charts to help them finish and solve the word problem.
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Integrated Algebra Practice: Histograms
In this histogram worksheet, students solve 6 multiple choice and short answer problems. Students read histograms and determine the frequency of a particular item.
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Tony's Spelling Troubles
Students are introduced to the given problem and describe in their own words the situation represented in a bar chart and tally chart. They then use a bar chart and tally chart to make sensible predictions.
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Estimating Probabilities by Collecting Data
Take a spin to determine experimental probability. Small groups spin a spinner and keep track of the sums of the spins and calculate the resulting probabilities. Pupils use simulated frequencies to practice finding other probabilities to...
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Organizing and Interpreting Data
In this organizing and interpreting data worksheet, students solve and complete 10 different problems related to reading various data tables. First, they complete the 3 charts shown with the correct tally amount, frequency amount, and...
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Probability at Play
For this probability worksheet, students read data regarding a ring toss game and respond to 4 short answer questions pertaining to probability.
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All in the Family
Students use data to make a tally chart and a line plot. They find the maximum, minimum, range, median, and mode of the data. Following the video portion of the lesson, students will visit a Web site to test their data collection skills...
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Data Analysis and Probability
Students make their own puzzle grid that illustrates the number of sit-ups students in a gym class did in one minute, then they make a histogram for this same data. Then they title their graph and label the scales and axes and graph the...
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What's Your Favorite Planet?
Fourth graders, after listing the nine planets and their differences, choose one planet as their favorite. From the information acquired on each students favorite planet, they make a graph illustrating their favorites and then transform...
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Probabilities for Number Cubes
Middle schoolers explore the concept of probability. In this probability lesson, students roll a six-sided number cube and record the frequency of each outcome. Middle schoolers graph their data using a frequency chart and keep tally...
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Survey and Tally
Second graders view a model of a survey and tally. In this survey and tally lesson, 2nd graders decide on questions for a survey. Students conduct the survey and tally their results. Students create a tally chart. Students view a...
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Mr. Cobbler's Shoe Dilemma
Students employ statistics to solve real-world problems. They collect, organize and describe data. They make inferences based on data analysis. They construct, read, and interpret tables, charts and graphs.
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Reading Graphs
Learners read graphs and charts to interpret results. In this algebra activity, students interpret bar, line and pictographs. They draw conclusions and make predicitons based on these charts.
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Graphs Review
Seventh graders review different types of graphs such as bar graphs, line graphs, box & whisker plots. As a class, they read a story and construct graphs to solve the data in the story. Students play "Graph Jeopardy" which requires...
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Analyze and Interpret Statistical Information
In this probability and statistics activity, 9th graders analyze and interpret histograms as they identify trends in the data. The two page activity contains four problems. Answers are provided.
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Collecting Data
In this data collection instructional activity, learners read about how data is collected and organized. They also learn about a hypothesis. Students read through examples of different charts and then answer 23 questions pertaining to...
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Understanding Symbols
For this symbols worksheet, learners read about how different symbols are used to represent variables or constants in equations. Then students complete 3 problems.
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Graphing Data
Second graders examine how to make and read bar graphs. In this bar graph lesson plan, 2nd graders compare bar graphs to pictographs by looking at hair color survey data. They practice making a bar graph and finding the range of the data.
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Measuring the Speed of a Wave
Young scholars create an experiment in which they measure the speed of a wave and record the data in a graph. They work in small groups to write the procedure for the experiment and share it with another group for cross checking of the...
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Stratified Sampling
Young mathematicians learn how to solve problems involving stratified sampling. They review concepts of sampling and proportionality by watching a video and then they complete a activity of questions on this topic.