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Alphabet soup

Using pasta letters, students count the number of letters in their names and determine whether any value occurs more times than all others. Students also construct and use box-and-whisker plots to identify the mean, mode, median, and range of the data set.... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Mathematics)

Provided by: Illuminations

Can you picture it?

In this lesson, the second of an eight-part unit from Illuminations titled “Eat Your Veggies,” students collect data about favorite vegetables, record the data in a pictograph, and then interpret this representation. They also create and use... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Mathematics)

Provided by: Illuminations

Glyphs for all reasons

Students learn a powerful way to display data, the glyph. Representation, communication, and problem solving are important parts of this lesson. Glyphs are an interesting way to show several pieces of data at once. They can be created in two dimensions... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Mathematics)

Provided by: Illuminations

Healthy eating

In this lesson, the third of an eight-part unit from Illuminations titled “Eat Your Veggies,” students collect data about the food knowledge of class members. They will create bar graphs, pose and answer questions about the data by looking at... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Mathematics)

Provided by: Illuminations

Let's compare

Students collect numerical data, generate graphs, and compare two data sets and find the mean, mode, median, and range of the data sets. Students communicate with each other and the teacher and practice their problem-solving skills. With the help of another... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Mathematics)

Provided by: Illuminations

Making glyphs

In this lesson, one of a six-part unit from Illuminations titled “Look at Me,” students learn a powerful way to display data-using a glyph. They collect data and create pictures using the data. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K Mathematics)

Provided by: Illuminations

Super Bowl scavenger hunt

In many homes, the Super Bowl is an event of some significance. This activity is designed to have students examine some enjoyable (and, sometimes, obscure) questions using mathematics during the game. The questions on the activity sheet require that the... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Mathematics)

Provided by: Illuminations

Tally time

In this lesson, the first of an eight-part unit from Illuminations titled “Eat Your Veggies,” students tally data about food preferences and learn the convention of displaying a set of five tallies. Then they answer questions about the data.... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Mathematics)

Provided by: Illuminations

What is the best chip?

In this investigation, students use data analysis to seek answers to the types of questions often posed by consumer agencies and people who work in sales and marketing. Illuminations provides an activity sheet, links to web resources that contain nutrition... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Healthful Living and 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

What's the weather?

This lesson, one of a three-part unit from Illuminations titled “Information Represented Graphically,” students analyze information represented graphically. Students discuss, describe, read, and write about the graphs and the information they... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K Mathematics)

Provided by: Illuminations