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Create a Graph
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Data analysis (Math 6) |
JavaScript |
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From the NCES Students' Classroom: fill in the data, and this tool will create a graph (bar, line, area, pie, or xy). Includes sample data.
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Furbles
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Data analysis (Math 6) |
Flash |
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Furbles are fun and engaging creatures for use on interactive whiteboards with students of all ages. They were originally designed for statistics, probability and logic to teach students about char...
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Stem-and-Leaf Plotter
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Stem-and-leaf plots (Math 6) |
Java Applet |
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This activity generates a stem and leaf plot from data that the user enters.
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Pie Chart
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Circle graphs (Math 6) |
Java Applet |
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This applet allows the user to make pie charts.
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Ordered Simple Plot
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Scatter plots (Math 6) |
Java Applet |
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This applet allows the user to input a series of (x,y) ordered pairs and plot them in the order the pairs are input either connected or as unconnected data points.
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Directable Fire!!
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Data analysis (Math 6) |
Java Applet |
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Students run a simulation of how a fire will spread through a stand of trees, learning about probability and chaos.
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Fish Farm, Part II Teacher Sup...
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Data collection (Math 6) |
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Links to Standards, activities, lessons, student resources, and other resources.
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Scatterplot
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Scatter plots (Math 6) |
Java Applet |
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A scatterplot can be used to visually represent the relationship between two variables.
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Fire!!
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Data analysis (Math 6) |
Java Applet |
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Students run a simulation of how a fire will spread through a stand of trees, learning about probability and chaos.
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Million Dollar Mission
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Line graphs (Math 6) |
Spreadsheet |
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This is the famous "doubling pennies" problem. Students will study exponential growth. The activity is designed for students to work independently, or in groups with guidance from the teacher.
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Histogram
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Histograms, freq. dist (Math 6) |
Java Applet |
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This activity allows the user to view and make their own histograms.
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Box Plot Lesson and Virtual Ma...
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Box-and-whisker plots (Math 6) |
Flash |
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The Box and Whisker Plot lesson includes visuals and audio narration. A virtual manipulative lets users enter and modify a data set and see the box plot update in real time. A question set can be us...
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A Million Penny Project
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Data analysis (Math 6) |
Spreadsheet |
Technology PoW |
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Students use a spreadsheet to show when they will have collected their million pennies.
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Exploring Histograms
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Histograms, freq. dist (Math 6) |
Java Applet |
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The user will create their own set of data and then see how changes can occur in the mean, median, and mode and the shape of the histogram when changes are made in the data set in this activity.
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Collecting and Numerically Ana...
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Data collection (Math 6) |
Excel |
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In this investigation, students collect, organize, and analyze color data from individual sized bags of plain M&Ms (1.69 oz.). This activity is designed to be an introduction to the calculation capabi...
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Analyzing Temperature Trends f...
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Bar graphs (Math 6)+ |
Excel |
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Students will collect temperature data from the data archive of the National Climatic Data Center website. They will choose three cities with similar latitude or longitude and compare the average tem...
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Box Plots
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Box-and-whisker plots (Math 6) |
Java Applet |
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Introduces students to quartiles and box plots.
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Fish Farm, Part II
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Data collection (Math 6) |
Java Applet |
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Students collect data on randomly chosen fish from a pond. Using this data, they try to determine the ratio of male fish to female fish in the pond.
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Box Plot
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Box-and-whisker plots (Math 6) |
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This activity allows the user to explore maximum, minimum, median, upper quartile, lower quartile and outliers while learning how to draw box plots.
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Bar Charts
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Bar graphs (Math 6) |
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Create a bar chart showing quantities or percentages by labeling columns and clicking on values.
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Box Plot
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Box-and-whisker plots (Math 6) |
Java Applet |
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Box plots are used to summarize data graphically. To construct a box plot, first find the minimum data value, the lower quartile, the median, the upper quartile, and the maximum data value. These five...
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Bar Graph
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Bar graphs (Math 6) |
Java Applet |
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Enter data to create a bar graph, then manipulate the graph's maximum and minimum values.
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A Better Fire!
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Data analysis (Math 6) |
Java Applet |
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See the chaos theory played out in forest fire simulations.
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Graph of the US Income Distrib...
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Line graphs (Math 6)+ |
JavaScript |
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Interact with a graph displaying family income across the population using a football field as the context. The height of the curve at any point is the height of a stack of $100 bills equaling that in...
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The Next Billion
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Data analysis (Math 6) |
Computer |
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In 1999 the world population passed the 6 billion mark. In this lesson, students predict when it will reach 7 billion. To do so, they use an on-line counter (from the PBS site, "Six Billion and Bey...
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