- Bar graphs
and picture graphs- The children will be able to demonstrate how
to collect and record data on a graph.
- C is
for Cookie-A MEAN-ingful Graphing Activity- Students work in groups
to dissect a variety of brands of chocolate chip cookies and calculate
the mean for each brand. Students create their own bar graphs, pictographs,
and line graphs to represent information.
- Candy
Fractions- Candy Fractions is quite the treat for Fraction Fridays.
Families donate bags of seasonal treats that the class estimates, counts,
sorts on tree diagrams, names, and then graphs. Oh yeah, then they get
to eat the treats!
- Classifying
and Grouping our Class- Students will be able to identify different
ways of grouping the class. They will also learn to interpret graphs
of the groups, particularly in terms of which has most and which has
the least.
- Collecting
Data and Graphing- To collect, organize, and arrange information
in a pictograph.
- Common
Sense Cookie Shop- Children count and add money to shop for cookies.
The lesson involves role-play, graphing results and cooperative learning.
- Coordinate
Graphing- In this lesson, students will have the opportunity to
learn the basics of coordinate graphing and practice plotting points
on the coordinate axis.
- Creepy
Class Creatures- Children will have fun finding out which creepy
crawlies are class favorites.
- Data
Management and Analysis- Elementary Level Ideas by Lillian Forsythe,
Grade One Teacher.
- Data
With Candies- Students will be able to gather and interpret data.
- Doctor,
Doctor, Give Me the News, I've Got a Bad Case of Loving Math- Tired
of hearing, When are we ever going to use this again? Students will
use their knowledge of graphing inequalities to solve this real world
problem.
- Drawing
Bugs Game- Students explore probability by predicting the likelihood
of rolling any one number on a fair die, graphing data, and analyzing
the results of playing a drawing game.
- Easy
Estimating-Easy Estimating introduces children to the fun of estimating
and graphing while incorporating the concepts of less, more, and equal.
- Flavorful
Graphing- This activity is a fun extension to collecting, graphing,
and analyzing data. Students work for a fictional advertising company
and are looking to find what customers will like in new products.
- Fun
with Graphs- Students will create a hands-on graph, then complement
this by making a computerized version of the same graph using Graph
Club.
- Game
Day Graphing- Students produce data tables and bar graphs from given
sets of information and then analyze and explain the data displays.
- Graph
It- Students use real life experiences (school Open House) to learn
graphing skills and use technology for creating tables and graphs.
- Graphs
Use Art and Math Lesson Plan- To develop and promote an awareness
of the uses of art materials and concepts in the creation of visual
information charts and graphs.
- Graphing
Data- ALFY's Survey provides children with
the opportunity to express their opinions by participating in an online
vote. Their vote is then tabulated with others and children can click
to review the results. In this way, young kids begin to read and interpret
bar graphs. They are also exposed to the concept of percent. If they
want, children can vote repeatedly to see how the results are affected.
- Graph
Paper Maker- Platinum Sample
- Graphing
Assorted Colored Jelly Beans- The students will each get their own
cup full of jelly beans. They will then sort the jelly beans by color.
On a piece of graph paper, students will graph how many of each color
they have.
- Graphing
Rhythms- Students will write the rhythm of their names (syllables)
using quarter and eighth notes. Students will display their results
on a graph.
- Graphing
Temperatures- The aim of this lesson is to teach students about
temperatures in Celsius and Fahrenheit by graphing the high and low
temperatures.
- Graphing Valentine
Candies- The student will learn to organize and display information
in bar graph form using appropriate labels.
- Graphing
With Candy- The purpose of this lesson is to gather information
and interpret the results using a tally chart, a table, and a bar graph.
- Graphing
with Gingerbread Men- Students will learn how to create a bar graph
by using gingerbread man cookies.
- Graphing
With Lucky Charms- Complete with a tally sheet.
- Graphing
Worksheet Maker- Platinum Sample
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- Happy
Birthday Class- Birthdays are important events in children's lives.
This lesson integrates graphing and the use of calendars with their
special days. This lesson plan may be used individually or with the
unit All About Me. This is lesson plan five of eight included in the
unit.
- How
Much Water Can We Save While Brushing Our Teeth?- Students will
learn how much water they waste by leaving the water running when brushing
their teeth in a day. They will also use the data that they collected
to create a number of graphs. Activities can be extended to focus on
water conservation and ecology, or on healthful dental habits.
- Let's
Graph It!- Students calculate the conversion factor between cm and
inches by graphing the height of each student in cm and inches and finding
the slope of the line.
- M&M
Graphing and Probability- To 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.
- M
& M Graphs- I used this as an introductory lesson on creating
spreadsheets and graphs with 4th graders as a collaborative project
with the classroom teachers for a math unit.
- Make
a Living Graph- Children learn to translate a concrete activity
into a graphic representation, in this case, a bar graph.
- Math Graphing
Workbook
- Monster
Graph Activity- Monsters are considered scary creatures, but this
lesson will take the fear out of graphing. Student creates and draws
conclusions from data found in a Monster graph.
- Now
that's using your head!- A fun basic graphing lab, that examines
if your head size is related to how high you can jump.
- Number
Sentences, Estimation, and Graphing- This is a lesson plan to teach
first graders about: addition facts, estimation, and graphing.
- Pizza
Probability- Pizza Probability allows students to use graphing software
in displaying the results of their gathered statistical data to make
predictable decisions in suggesting the varieties of pizza to sell at
a community fundraiser.
- Pirate
Joe's Treasure Hunt- Students will be able to identify the (x,y)
coordinates of specific points on a graph.
- Plotting
Ordered Pairs 1- This lesson serves as an introduction to graphing.
Students identify the origin and use the x- and y-axes to plot positive
ordered pairs in the coordinate system.
- Positives
and Negatives on the Number Line- Different kinds of numbers are
used to stand for different things. There are positive numbers and there
are negative numbers. Positive numbers are more than zero and negative
numbers are less than zero.
- Sloping
and Intersecting a Linear Function- This lesson discusses graphing,
slope, x-intercept and y-intercept.
- Snack
Time- In this activity, children will color the correct number of
boxes in a graph to show their choices and then show their understanding
of the graph's meaning through teacher-led class discussion.
- Solving
Systems of Equations Graphically- Students solve a system of equations
by graphing.
- Usage
and Interpretation of Graphs- Through this lesson the students will
receive a review on graphs. This lesson also involves problem solving
and will require the student to use his/her processing skills. The lesson
will also demonstrate to the student how useful graphs are, and that
graphs can summarize.
- Using
Charts and Graphs to Present Information- To use the newspaper to
study charts and graphs.
- Valentine
Candy Count- This activity provides a fun and exciting method through
which children can explore and internalize graphing skills. Specifically,
the students will discover what color Valentine Candy is found more
often than any other in a standard bag of "Valentine Conversation Hearts."
The lesson takes approximately sixty minutes and is most effectively
used in connection with Valentine's Day. Objective(s):
- Weather
Data- To compare and contrast bar graph results to determine seasonal
changes in the weather.
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