• Comparing related data sets

M&M Graphing and Probability
Students will have 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.

Graphing for Real
Students collect data from classmates on a favorite color, animal, etc. They will use The Graph Club (Excel or other graphing software can be substituted) or a student-made graph to show the results.

M & M Mania
Students will determine the fairness of the color distribution of M & M candies through charts, graphs, and written comparisons. 

The Great Turkey Walk
Students will formulate questions that can be addressed with data and collect, organize, and display relevant data to answer them. They will create bar graphs and pie graphs.

Data Collection: Categorical Data; Numerical Data; Comparing Categorical & Numerical Data
In parts 1 and 2 of this lesson, students will formulate and refine questions that can be addressed with categorical and numerical data.  In part 3, students will compare and contrast categorical and numerical data using their work from parts 1 and 2. 

National & State Population Projections:  Accessing and Investigating Data Using the World Wide Web
In this activity, students will examine the United States Census Bureau Web site to investigate population projections from 1990-2100. Using the five provided pyramids, students will analyze the data to determine how the population is distributed over time, and explain what factors might contribute to these trends.  Students will analyze statistics from five states of their choice, develop research questions, and create graphs.

Probability
The students will conduct an experiment; collect data; predict, record, and discuss outcomes; and
analyze data for probability.

Probability with Number Cubes
The purpose of this lesson is for students to begin learning the basic principles of probability using number cubes and tally charts.

Eat Your Veggies
In this 8-lesson unit, students collect and display data in a variety of ways, beginning with tallies and pictographs. Later lessons focus on representing data using bar graphs, line plots, circle graphs, box-and-whisker plots, and glyphs. The students also compare graphs from two sets of data and find the range, median, mean, and mode of each set.

 

Analyze Weather Data Using the Computer 
Collecting, Representing, and Interpreting Weather Data Using Spreadsheets and Graphing Software.

A Maths Dictionary for Kids by Jenny Eather 
The Maths Dictionary is animated, interactive, and allows students to practice their math skills. Over 500 terms are explained in simple language. Click on "billion" and discover that you have 10 billion brain cells working for you right now. Roll your mouse over the world time zone chart and you instantly know the time for that part of the world. Every math teacher should bookmark this Web site.

National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
Virtual manipulatives related to NCTM standards in the areas of Number & Operations, Algebra, Geometry, Measurement,  and Data Analysis & Probability.  To access tools, click inside the grid on the cell that matches the grade level and standards area desired.

Figure This!
From NCTM:  Three to four math challenges using real world examples are posted here each month. For those who need help solving the challenge, there are hints and complete solutions, along with related problems.

John Venn and Venn Diagrams from Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning offers venn diagram activities and printouts of all types.  This site also includes a short amount of information on John Venn, the inventor of the venn diagram.

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