Lesson Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Bars, Lines, and Pies

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students will learn and reinforce skills for creating, applying and analyzing pie charts, bar graphs and line graphs.
Activity
Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Science Fair Central: Investigation Set Up and Collect Data

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief overview of how to gather both quantitative and qualitative data, complete with a sample data table.
Lesson Plan
University of Texas

Inside Mathematics: Parking Cars [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
This task challenges a student to use their understanding of scale to read and interpret data in a bar graph.
Lesson Plan
University of Texas

Inside Mathematics: Our Pets [Pdf]

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
This task challenges a student to demonstrate understanding of concepts involved in representing and interpreting data.
Interactive
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Data Flyer

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Enter a set of data points, then derive a function to fit those points. Manipulate the function on a coordinate plane using slider bars. Learn how each constant and coefficient affects the resulting graph.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Types of Data Representation: Graphic Displays of Data

For Students 11th - 12th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Here you will explore displays of data using bar charts, histograms, pie charts and boxplots, and learn about the differences and similarities between them and how...
Activity
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Bar Graph Sorter

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
An applet allows students to sort shapes into a bar graph by color and shape. The learning resource consists of the activity, instructions, instructor notes, and additional resources.
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: Favorite Ice Cream Flavor

For Teachers 1st - 2nd Standards
The purpose of this task is for learners to represent and interpret categorical data. As a class, students will answer a question with three possible answers and construct a bar graph with the responses. Multiple discussion questions and...
Lesson Plan
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Illuminations: State Names

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Students use multiple representations to display how many times the letters of the alphabet is used in a state name. Concepts explored: stem and leaf, box and whisker plots, histograms.