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Category Archives: Grades 4 to 8
Canada recycles! Do you?
Construct bar graphs then draw conclusions about how people are helping the environment, using data from your class and from a survey of Canadian households Continue reading
Posted in Grades 4 to 8, Learning Activities
Tagged bar-graphs, data
The Vitruvian theory-does it apply to you?
Verify the famous theory illustrated by Leonardo Da Vinci-that armspan is equal to height-for a sample of students from your class. Continue reading
Posted in Grades 4 to 8, Learning Activities
Tagged frm, hypothesis, scatter-plots
You are the researcher!
Decide on an interesting question to research using your class results. See examples of student work. Continue reading
Posted in Grades 4 to 8, Learning Activities
Tagged hypothesis
How tall will you be?
Predict your adult height using today’s height. Continue reading
Posted in Grades 4 to 8, Learning Activities
Tagged pef
Just how old are you?
Have fun discovering your age in different units of time: minutes, days, months. Continue reading
Posted in Grades 4 to 8, Learning Activities
Tagged age
Role models and heroes
These activities on the study of heroes can apply to thematic units, social studies or history, as well as the development of language and critical thinking skills. Continue reading
Posted in Grades 4 to 8, Learning Activities
How many people live in a Canadian household?
Investigate differences between mean median and mode. Continue reading
Posted in Grades 4 to 8, Learning Activities
Tagged mmm
How weird is our class?
Compare your class data to a sample of Canadian results and draw some conclusions. Continue reading
Posted in Grades 4 to 8, Learning Activities
Tagged data
Survey says? Who says?
Consider what information you can or cannot conclude from a survey. Continue reading
Posted in Grades 4 to 8, Learning Activities
Tagged conclusions
Circle and bar graphs
Construct circle and bar graphs and compare them. Which type is better to use? Continue reading
Posted in Grades 4 to 8, Learning Activities
Tagged bar-graphs, circle-graphs