Learning Activities

Math: Have students come up with something that they are interested in investigating and have students develop surveys centered around that subject. Use results from surveys that students created to study statistics and present their findings.

Science: This is a great tool for gathering data about what students think prior to an experiment and helping them to develop a functional hypothesis from their reasoning.  Polldaddy can also be great for science fairs.  Students requiring data from large groups of people can develop a poll and distribute it to their friends and family, and then collect and interpret their results which they will present at the fair.  You could also ask your community to help in doing a population survey of certain species to study in ecology.  Have students develop a survey and distribute it to students, parents, and teachers asking them to record how many blue jays, for example, they saw in the past week and where they saw them.

English/Language Arts: Conduct a poll about your students’ favorite character, share the results with the class and discuss what character traits made them more attractive or likable.  Show a short clip of a longer video and have students vote on what is going to happen next.  Discuss what information they used in the information provided made them think that was going to happen.  Or, have them vote on what should happen next and use it to develop their storytelling skills.

History: Make history concepts come alive! Instead of just reading about globalization, conduct a poll developed by the students and take a look at the results.  You could also study the demographics of your class, school, community…who knows.  This will make history more interesting and relatable to your students and probably do the same for you!