World Wildlife Fund
Bar Charts & Pie Charts
Learn about life in the Arctic while practicing how to graph and interpret data with this interdisciplinary lesson. Starting with a whole group data-gathering exercise, students are then given a worksheet on which they analyze and create...
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The Economienda System
Explore the Economienda System common in Latin America during the 1700s. The class will read the included text, answer 3 critical-thinking questions, and fill out a pie chart showing the demographics of the time. They will learn about...
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Graphing: the Scientific Way of Representing Your Work
Young scholars identify the use and structure of three different types of graphs by graphing the data from three short activities. They take a survey on their favorite cereals for a bar graph, separate colors of M&M's for a pie graph...
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Funerals and Burial Rites
Ninth graders research burial practices that originated in West Africa and then migrated to the South Carolina and Ohio. They compare and contrast burial practices in both places. As students collect information and data, they organize...
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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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Pizza Possibilities
Students create and interpret line plots, bar graphs, and circle graphs. The instructional activity assumes mastery of conversions from fraction to decimal to percent, construction of angles, and at least an introduction to graphs...
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Usage and Interpretation of Graphs
Cooperative groups are formed for this graphing activity. Each group must construct a graph that represents how many eyelets (the holes for laces in shoes), are present in their group. A whole-class bar graph is eventually constructed...
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Favorite Food
Students are given three choices of food. They then decide on their favorite and predict what the class's favorite food will be. After the teacher enters the data into the computer, students gather around the computer to view the...
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Problem-Solving Application: Make a Circle Graph
For this circle graphs worksheet, learners analyze a data table about the activities in a day. Students then use this data to make a circle graph. Learners answer 6 questions about the graph.
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Problem Solving Application: Using Circle Graphs
In graphing worksheet, 4th graders use the information from a circle graph about carnation sales to complete the steps of problem solving. They determine what they know, and how they can use the graph. They find how many more pink...
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Organizing Data
In this organizing data worksheet, 7th graders solve seven different types of problems related to data. They first identify the type of data as categorical, discrete or continuous from the information given. Then, students use Excel to...
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I want a credit card--or do I?
Students 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.
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The Circle Graph
In this circle graph instructional activity, students complete problems involving many circle graphs including a compass rose, degrees, and more. Students complete 7 activities.
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My Science Box
Students investigate snails and their physical and behavioral characteristics. In this investigative activity students create a pie chart to show the results of their findings.
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Types of Graphs
Fifth graders construct graphs. In this graphing lesson, 5th graders learn about various types of graphs such as bar, line, circle, picture and stem and leaf plot. Students work in groups to create examples of each graph.
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John's Trucking- Counting the Miles
In this graphs learning exercise, students analyze a pie graph showing miles driven by three truck drivers in a week. Students fill out a chart in which they calculate total miles driven.
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The Bread Shop
In this pie chart worksheet, students use the pie chart graph to count the money Adam made in the Bread Shop. Students complete 10 questions.
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Problem-Solving Application: Use Circle Graphs
In this problem-solving worksheet, 5th graders problem-solve 2 mathematical equations involving 4 key steps and 2 circle graphs.
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Problem-Solving Application: Use a Circle Graph
In this graphing worksheet, 4th graders use a circle graph with information about orchestra instrument to answer 5 questions. They examine the graph to find the information needed to problem solve each answer.
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Problem-Solving Application: Use Circle Graphs
In this problem solving worksheet, students analyze the information in a circle graph about recess activities. Students use this graph to solve 2 application problems.
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Chapter 3 Review
In this review worksheet, students read circle graphs and line graphs. They identify quadrants in a coordinate plane and match graphs to their appropriate linear equation. Students find the slope of a line and identify the y-intercept....
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Review For Test 3
In this test learning exercise, students interpret circle graphs, bar graphs, and line graphs. They match graphs to their appropriate linear equation. Students determine the slope of a line. There are 20 problems on this six page...
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Diversity of Languages
Students interpret graphs and statistics to recognise and understand the cultural and linguistic diversity of Australia. They create a profile of the linguistic diversity of the class or school. Students discuss Australia's cultural...
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Australian Settlers
Students interpret graphs and research events to identify links between events in the world and the arrival and plight of immigrant groups. They discuss the myths about immigration.