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Read Bar Graph
| Let's Graph - an online activity explaining bar graphs |
| Autumn Graphs - from Georgia Learning Connections; involves making bar graphs by observing autumn leaves. |
| Best Sellers - from Georgia Learning Connections; purchase various toppings for frosted cupcakes and work with a group to represent the data in a graph. |
| Favorite Christmas Carols - from Georgia Learning Connections; survey friends' and family members' favorite Christmas carols in this graphing activity, then take the data and create a bar graph that represents their results. |
| Mini Kinds of Graphs - create different types of graphs using M&Ms. |
Use data to solve problems
| Information, Please! - from Georgia Learning Connections; deals with using appropriate information to solve problems; includes downloadable worksheet. |
| Archaeo Cookie Dig - learn about the job of an archaeologist through an attached booklet. They will participate in their own dig after making Rice Krispie treats filled with "artifacts." Each student will be given an assigned piece of the grid and they will excavate their area and record what they found on a graph; from Georgia Learning Connections. |
| Washington, D.C. - lesson using online links concerning traveling in Washington, D.C. |
| Have It Your Way! - from Georgia Learning Connections; choose burger toppings from a bag and determine the frequency of each topping after recording tally marks on a table. They will predict how many of each topping are in the bag using the data that they have collected. |
Compare Data
| Comparing School Bus Stats - from Georgia Learning Connections; use information gathered from the Internet to compare the number of school buses in various states with the number of children who ride those buses throughout the year. |
Select Data Display
Probability
| M&M Graphing & Probability (lesson plan) - provide students with a hands-on and cooperative learning experience in the process of collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data, and to improve decision making skills through the use of probability. |
| What are Your Chances? - from Georgia Learning Connections; give students an in depth look at probability. |
| 4 Great Math Games - directions for playing four games used to teach probablity. These games are hands-on activities and require dice or cuisenaire rods. |
| Color Spin - students use a spinner to make a simple prediction regarding probability, record the results using a tally chart, make a comparison, create a graph that shows the results, and write a verbal explanation. |
| Different Types of Taxes - work with the teacher in small groups to discuss different types of taxation in an on-line simulation game. They will take notes and determine which tax they think is fair. Students will then take home a parent survey sheet and ask their parents to vote for the type of tax they think is fair and create a class graph of the results the next day. They will then use the information that they've learned to propose their own tax and present it before "Congress"; from Georgia Learning Connections. |
| Do You Feel Lucky? - discover probability with easy to find materials. Your students will not want to stop; from Georgia Learning Connections. |
| Probability Outcomes - from Georgia Learning Connections; determine probability through possible outcomes on a spinner. |
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