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Polling and Statistics

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students investigate polling. In this statistics lesson, students collect data-on polling and graph their data on a coordinate plane. They identify biased and non-biased polling.
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Taking Poll Information

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students investigate the election and poll surveys. In this statistics lesson, students take poll information and analyze the data. They graph their data and make predictions and conjectures.
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Students’ Response to 9/11—A Documentary Report

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Young historians research the devastating attacks of 9/11 and use that information to script their own documentaries. The follow-up activity includes recording the documentary and conducting classmate interviews, 
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Sampling Bias And the California Recall

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Using a 2002 California Gray David recall vote as an example, young statisticians  identify sources of bias in samples and find ways of reducing and eliminating sampling bias. They consider ways to select random samples from a...
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Compound Words

For Teachers 1st
First graders discuss what compound words are and what they look like as a whole group.  In this compound words instructional activity, learnerseach have a single word card and pair up with another student to create a compound word....
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Facebook Depression

For Students 5th - 8th
Students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion questions, write, and more about Facebook Depression....
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Voter Qualifications Among the States

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders research the voting qualifications for each state.  For this American Government lesson, 12th graders complete a worksheet on the main ideas they have researched.  
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Excel Lesson

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore data and Excel spreadsheets. They collect data about political candidates. Students enter the data into a chart on Excel. They create a graph using the data and Excel.
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Maps

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students investigate threee types of maps. In this algebra lesson, students idenitfy different maps and explore how they relate to the area keeping cllimate and topography in mind. They discuss maps used to navigate land. air and sea.
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Graphing Favorite Fruit

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders take poll and sort data, enter the data to create a spreadsheet and create bar and pie graphs.
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2B or not 2B a Functions

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Learners use their graphing calculators to view graphs of equations. They tell if each equations is or is not a function and are shown pre-set graphs on their graphing calculators. They use the Quick Poll feature to indicate if the graph...
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Spelling Takes a Hit!

For Teachers K - 5th
Students practice spelling and word recognition. In this spelling lesson plan, students play a game. . Students are given a word to spell and as they call out each letter, they swat the letter with a fly swatter allowing each student to...
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College Board

Civic Knowledge and Action in AP U.S. Government and Politics

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Vote, it's your civic duty! The high school lesson focuses on voter turnout and civic participation with a series of activities. Young scholars analyze data to discover voter turnout trends, complete worksheets, and participate in group...
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The Gingerbread Man - Cutting in Half

For Teachers K
Students use the gingerbread man that they made earlier in the day. They demonstrate how to cut the gingerbread man in half, leaving two fair shares or two pieces the same. The gingerbread man pattern is imbedded in an attached file in...
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Basic Operations with Decimals

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders practice skills adding and dividing decimals. They examine the help wanted ads and compute the hourly and weekly wages. They discuss the real life value of understanding the importance of decimals.
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Being an Educated Consumer of Statistics

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students examine kinds of data used to report statistics, and create their own statistical report based on any of the four sources of media information (Internet, newspaper, TV, magazine).
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Properties of Triangles

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students explore the relationship between how big a side of a triangle is and how big its opposite angle is by creating triangles using an interactive website.
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Explain Your Vote!

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Pupils improve their essay writing skills using the subject of voting as a topic. In this writing essays lesson, students write expository essays to increase the weight of their vote in the 'Cast Your Vote Poll' for the Trans-Amazon...
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Visual Communication of Quantative Data

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students collect and analyze data based on academic performance. In this statistics lesson plan, students create graphs and analyze the data they created. They use positive, negative and no correlation to analyze the data.
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Set Theory Review Using the TI Navigator

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars use technology tools and resources for managing and communicating personal/professional information. They select and apply technology tools for research, information analysis, problem solving, and decision making in...
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Let's Take a Chance!

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students investigate probability and the chance of an even happening. In this algebra lesson plan, students incorporate their knowledge of probability to solve problems and relate it to the real world. They learn to make decisions based...
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Graphing With Paper and Computers

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders construct bar graphs. In this graphing lesson, 4th graders create bar graphs in connection with the story, The Copycat Fish. After creating the initial graphs on paper, students use MS Excel to create graphs.
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Cell Phone Plans

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students relate the use of a cell phone to math. In this algebra lesson, students collect data on the usage of their phones and plot it. They analyze the graph and make predictions based on the rate per minute.
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JFK Assassination

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students write equations of a line. In this algebra lesson plan, students investigate the assassination of JFK through linear equations. They calculate the length of given line segments.