ed-Tech Ninja » graphing http://www.edtechninja.com Connecting Teachers to Technology Sat, 12 Jun 2010 17:21:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Graphing: Pictographs and Bar Graphs http://www.edtechninja.com/2007/12/graphing-pictographs-and-bar-graph/ http://www.edtechninja.com/2007/12/graphing-pictographs-and-bar-graph/#comments Sat, 29 Dec 2007 05:27:28 +0000 Tech Ninja http://edtechninja.com/math/graphing-pictographs-and-bar-graph Creating, using, and interpreting graphs is a major part of the math curriculum. Here we have an introductory Smartboard Notebook lesson for pictographs and bar graphs. I would probably do this Notebook lesson over two math periods.

First, students are introduced to what graphing is. Then students take a closer look at pictographs and the different parts of pictographs. There are some interactive elements to allow students to answer questions about the pictographs and the parts of a pictograph. Finally, there are attached PDFs that will allow students to collect their own data and then graph it on a pictograph. The same sequence is used for bar graphs.

Pictographs and Bar Graphs

Discovery Education StreamingA note about this lesson (also detailed in the Lesson Notes page): The original version of this file had videos from Discovery Education Steaming (http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/) that are have copyright. If you have access to DES you can easily download and add those video clips.

Here is how you do it:

  • Once logged in, search for Math All around Us: Graph Attack
  • Click the Video Segments Tab.
  • Download the following segments by clicking the small disk icon : What Is a Graph?, Bar Graphs: Comparing Three or More Things, and Pictographs: Using Symbols & Keys.
  • Link each segment to the correct picture. What is a Graph to the doggy door, Pictographs to the picture of the prairie dog on page 2 and Bar graphs to the pic of the elephant on page 6.

Worksheets for student use are attached on pages 3 and 7. Print out before lesson.

Graphing activity

Technical Information: This file was created in Smart Notebook 9.7.46. Notebook versions older than 9.5 may not be able to
open this file correctly. To prevent download issues, I have zip compressed the file. To view the file on Windows, right
click on the compressed file and choose "Extract All..." Double click the resulting file to view.

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Let me know of any suggestions or corrections.

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The site also includes a downloads page in which you can get letter to send home to parents informing them of the project and worksheets that guide students through the data gathering and to graphing their own data.

Download recent data to get a larger picture on the downloads pages as well.

This project normally starts in November and ends in March.

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