Students investigate which brand of chocolate chip cookies contains the most chocolate. They analyze and compare data using Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel. They communicate the results with Microsoft PowerPoint.

Fifth graders interpret data and create graphs. Given Fruit Loops, they sort and classify according to color. Using spreadsheet technology, 5th graders record their data and create bar and circle graphs. Students analyze data and...

First graders measure the length of pipe cleaners to form worms using rulers to focus on inches. They record their results and graph the measurement of each pipe cleaner. They measure their pipe cleaner "worms" in various colors and...

Students select appropriate tools and technology to perform tests, collect data, and display data. They construct appropriate graphs from data and develop qualitative statements about the relationships between variables.

Students read news reports and first-person accounts of a blackout in a large city and keep weblogs or journals. They take on different roles of people who live in the city or commute there to work and then use their journal accounts to...

Fifth graders examine the importance of electricity to their everyday lives, practice plotting and interpreting data on a bar graph, and reflect in their journals about how their lives would change without electricity.

Learners pretend to borrow $1000.00 on a credit card. They pretend to make the minimum payments for a year. When they're done, they make a pie chart showing how much of their payments reduced their debt, and how much was interest.

In this math word problems-reading bar graphs worksheet, students analyze the bar graph and answer six questions about the data in the graph.

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...

Students analyze data on debt and write an equation. In this statistics lesson, students are given data from different time periods, and are asked to graph and analyze the data. They work in groups, and are assigned different parts of...

Fourth graders read "The Far Away Drawer" by Harriet Diller and discuss the story as a class. After discussion, 4th graders create a t-shirt GLYPH about their hopes and dreams,share their information with the class and create spreadsheets.

Increase communication skills, especially among your ESL population, with this activity. Get children up and out of their seats asking clarifying questions about their hypothetical friend "Jack." A chart categorizes questions into "last...

Eleventh graders role play a scenario where they have to make a decision. In this english lesson, 11th graders interpret graphs. They research about the life of different historical figures.

Students create a survey online. In this math instructional activity, students graph survey data using flisti.com. They share and analyze their classmates' histogram.

In this data table learning exercise, 4th graders complete problems based on the data table about years and numbers of students. Students complete 10 problems.

For this data table worksheet, 4th graders complete problems based on the data table about a branch and number of birds. Students complete 10 problems.

Students explore insulators. In this science lesson, students conduct an experiment in which they determine materials that insulate. Students graph their results using a line graph.

In this mean, median, and mode worksheet, learners solve 10 short answer problems. Students find the mean, median, and mode of various data sets. Learners make frequency tables from the data sets.

Students read the story Smack Dab in the Middle and complete activities such as charting, writing, illustrating, graphing, and more. For this Smack Dab in the Middle lesson plan, students also discuss the book and retell the story.

Students look at data in graphs with missing labels and use what they know about graphs to label the topics, titles, and axes of the graph. For this graph lesson plan, students pretend they are news reporters and have to fix their stories!

In this histogram instructional activity, learners solve 6 multiple choice and short answer problems. Students read histograms and determine the frequency of a particular item.

In this box and whisker plot instructional activity, students solve 5 short answer problems. Students use box and whisker plots to describe data and determine what percentile a piece of data belongs.

In this bar graph worksheet, students fill in the bar graph based on the information about Easter candy that each child got. Students complete 6 spaces in the bar graph and find the total number of candies.

In this bar graph instructional activity, learners complete a bar graph based on the information of Easter candy they are given for each color. Students complete 6 spaces in the bar graph and find the total.