Unit 1

Standard 5: DATA ANALYSIS AND PROBABILITY: DEMONSTRATE AN UNDERSTANDING OF DATA COLLECTION, DISPLAY AND INTERPRETATION

• 5.1a Data Analysis: Examine data displays such as tallies, tables, charts and graphs and use the observations to pose and answer questions (e.g., choose a table in social studies of population data and write problems).

The Hand Squeeze

Lesson Plan with support

Analyzing Data

TV411 - Lesson with interactive questions

Movie on Graphs

Click on Lessons, then choose interpreting graphs and charts

Data Picking

BBC; good lesson on the basics of collecting data

Interpreting Data

BBC; good lesson on the basics of collecting and interpreting data

Analyze Cancer Data

Worksheet

Analyze Glaciers

Worksheet

• 5.1b Data Analysis: Collect, organize and record data in tables and graphs (e.g., bar, pictograph, line plots).

Parts of a Graph

Lesson and Quiz

Create a Bar Graph

Shodor

Create A Circle Graph

Shodor

Create Graphs

From the National Council of Educational Statistics

How It Stacks Up

Web Lesson with quiz

Bar Graphs

Lesson with Practice Exercises

Line Graph

Lesson with Practice Exercises

Pie Graph

Shodor - Manipulate a pie chart

National Library of Virtual Manipulatives

Various online graphs you can manipulate

• *5.2 Investigate and record probabilities by experimenting with devices that generate random outcomes (e.g., coins, number cubes, spinners).

Why Can’t I Win

Lesson with online practice

Chances

Dice Roll generator

Spinners

Online spinner; various configurations

Shodor Spinner

Records and displays results

Advanced Shodor Spinner

Records and displays results; you can easily manipulate the spinner

Dice Racing Game

Control number of plays and length of game