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Mathematics: Grades 6 to 8: Lessons

  1. Key resources
  2. Lessons
  3. Data

Lessons are listed according to the Statistics Canada resource they use: Census at School, Census of Canada, E-STAT or Other.

Data management

Graphing

Data management

Data analysis

Census at School logoCensus at School

  • Are you a "modal" student? (view)
  • Canada recycles! Do you? (view)
  • Circle and bar graphs (view)
  • How tall will you be? (view)
  • How weird is our class? (view)
  • Survey says? Who says? (view)
  • The Vitruvian theory-does it apply to you? (view)
  • What a Zoo! (view)

Census of Canada logo Census of Canada

  • Age and Sex (view)
  • Important Decisions Don't Just Happen! Using Data to Plan Your Services (view)

E-STAT logo E-STAT

  • Analysing economic data and seasonality using line graphs and a scatter graph (view)
  • Analysing provincial forestry practices using bar graphs and scatter graphs (view)
  • Calculating population growth for a region (view)
  • Canadians Your Age: Analysis of the 10-to-14 age group (view)
  • Creating a demographic profile for an urban school neighbourhood using census tract data (view)
  • How does your province stack up? (view)
  • Tracking immigration trends (view)

Logo Others (books and apple) Other

  • Canada at a Glance – Graphing and analysis (view)
  • Catches and landed value of fish (view)
  • Counting Canadians (Canada Year Book) (view)
  • Creating Circles (view)
  • The Perfect Principal (view)
  • Snack attack (view)

Data collection

Census at School logo Census at School

  • Class survey project (view)

Logo Others (books and apple)

  • Counting Canadians (Canada Year Book) (view)

Data manipulation

Census at School logo Census at School

  • Canada recycles! Do you? (view)
  • Circle and bar graphs (view)
  • Just how old are you? (view)
  • The Vitruvian theory-does it apply to you? (view)

E-STAT logo E-STAT

  • Analysing economic data and seasonality using line graphs and a scatter graph (view)
  • Tracking immigration trends (view)

Logo Others (books and apple) Other

  • Creating Circles (view)
  • The Perfect Principal (view)
  • Snack attack (view)

Measures of central tendency and spread

Census at School logo Census at School

  • Are you a "modal" student? (view)
  • How many people live in a Canadian household? (view)
  • Travel to school (view)

E-STAT logo E-STAT

  • Canadians Your Age: Analysis of the 10-to-14 age group (view)

Logo Others (books and apple) Other

  • The Perfect Principal (view)

Graphing

Bar graphs

Census at School logo Census at School

  • Canada recycles! Do you? (view)
  • Circle and bar graphs (view)
  • What a Zoo! (view)
  • You are what you eat! (view)

Census of Canada logo Census of Canada

E-STAT logo E-STAT

  • Analysing provincial forestry practices using bar graphs and scatter graphs (view)
  • Canadians Your Age: Analysis of the 10-to-14 age group (view)
  • Creating a demographic profile for an urban school neighbourhood using census tract data (view)
  • How does your province stack up? (view)

Logo Others (books and apple) Other

  • Graphing in the information age (view)
  • The Perfect Principal (view)
  • Snack attack (view)

Circle graphs/pie charts

Census at School logo Census at School

  • Circle and bar graphs (view)
  • Travel to school (view)

E-STAT logo E-STAT

  • Creating a demographic profile for an urban school neighbourhood using census tract data (view)

Logo Others (books and apple) Other

  • Creating Circles (view)
  • Graphing in the information age (view)
  • The Perfect Principal (view)
  • Snack attack (view)

Histograms

E-STAT logo E-STAT

  • Canadians Your Age: Analysis of the 10-to-14 age group (view)

Line graphs

E-STAT logo E-STAT

  • Analysing economic data and seasonality using line graphs and a scatter graph (view)
  • Tracking immigration trends (view)

Logo Others (books and apple) Other

  • Graphing in the information age (view)

Pictographs

Logo Others (books and apple) Other

  • The Perfect Principal (view)
  • Snack attack (view)

Scatter graphs

E-STAT logo E-STAT

  • Analysing economic data and seasonality using line graphs and a scatter graph (view)
  • Analysing provincial forestry practices using bar graphs and scatter graphs (view)
  • Canadians Your Age: Analysis of the 10-to-14 age group (view)

Multiple graph types

Census at School logo Census at School

  • The Vitruvian theory-does it apply to you? (view)
  • You are the researcher! (view)

Logo Others (books and apple) Other

  • Canada at a Glance – Graphing and analysis (view)