A graphing activity which allows students to work independently of the teacher and the textbook is described. The activity involves providing data in order to develop the skills necessary for interpreting the collected information. (JT)

Reasons for having students make graphs are noted. Then specific graphing topics and materials appropriate for young learners are presented, including life-sized, floor, clothespin, felt-face, block, and magnetic graphs, and polls of pupils. (MNS)

The position of Droopy on a rectangular grid was used to motivate learning of coordinates. (MM)

Part I reviews the mathematical definition of function, and then presents some practical uses of functions in such areas as substitution in a formula, equation solving, and curve fitting. Part II gives examples of functions that can be used to describe some real life situations. (RP)

Graphs are used to help students keep records of their scores as they learn the basic facts. (MNS)

Four activities providing experience in building bar graphs, reading and building circle graphs, and graphing in a coordinate plane are described. (JT)

Three examples of graphing-and-predicting activities that can be used with elementary school children are described. (DT)

Students use a spinner device to generate numbers, which they then insert into given open sentences and search for true statements. (MM)

Several activities are described which give children experience with body measuring and estimating. Ratio and proportion and graphing are also involved. Samples of individual worksheets are provided as is a poster. (LS)