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Birds of a feather: Collecting and analyzing bird feeder data
In this lesson, students prepare frequency tables and construct a circle graph of the species of birds observed at bird feeders.
Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 Mathematics)
By Vicky Smathers.
M&M madness
Students will explore fractions, decimals, percents, and circle graphs with M&M's.
Format: lesson plan (grade 5–6 Mathematics)
By Donna Reble.
Pizza anyone?
Students survey their class and analyze data about favorite pizza toppings. This activity is meant to be fun and engaging, with the class participating and making decisions as a whole.
Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 Mathematics)
By Jack Hunter.
Savor the rainbow
Use skittles to help the students practice the concepts of sorting data, recording data, writing the data collected in fraction form (part/whole), changing the fractions into decimals and percents, and taking the data collected and making a spreadsheet, bar graph, and circle graph of the data.
Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Mathematics)
By Beverly Revis.

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History of populations
The activities at this level focus on studying a series of circle graphs that report the population of the United States and of selected states–Massachusetts, New York, and Pennsylvania–in fifty-year intervals from 1800 to 1950. The students are asked... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 5 and 7–8 Mathematics)
Provided by: Illuminations
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Students create bar graphs and circle graphs and find the range and mode of two data sets. Illuminations provides grid paper, a link to the circle grapher tool, and detailed instructions for completing the lesson. Students will: Create... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Mathematics)
Provided by: Illuminations
What is your favorite?
In this lesson, the fourth of an eight-part unit from Illuminations titled “Eat Your Veggies,” students make human line plots and circle graphs, then draw them on paper and use a website to generate them. Posing and answering questions using... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Mathematics)
Provided by: Illuminations