Construct and analyze double bar and line graphs. 0506.5.1

Links verified on 1/5/2012

1. Bar Graph - Enter data to create a bar graph, then manipulate the graph's maximum and minimum values
2. Bugs in the System - drag colored cyber-bugs into the right column and then interpret the graphs you created
3. A Change of Art - When cybersites mysteriously start losing power, the kids use a line graph to track and discover the pattern that links the power loss with the arrival of strange Hacker statues.
4. Climb Time Challenge - Jackie, Inez, and Ledge use a graph to track their rock climbing progress.
5. Collecting and Analyzing Data - multiple-choice quiz [5 problems]
6. Data Interpretation Games - Numerous activities on using and interpreting data - Activities include bar, pie and line graphs, data collecting and much more
7. Data Picking - students collect data, enter tally marks or numbers and then select which graph is appropriate
8. A Day at the Spa - Our Heroes learn how lists, tables, and diagrams can help them manage the many different ways to combine things.
9. Double Bar Graph - Enter data to create a double bar graph, and then manipulate the graph's maximum and minimum values.
10. An Endless Cycle - Harry uses a line graph to predict that he can make the 20-mile trip on his unicycle to visit his grandmother before dark.
11. Exploring Double Bar Graphs - use this E-Lab activity to compare two sets of data - from Harcourt School
12. Fun and Sun Rent-a-Car - students use tables, graphs, linear functions to solve a real-world problem
13. Graphing Skills - What's the point? find the point on the grid
14. Harry the Hoser - Harry trains to be a firefighter using a line graph to track his progress.
15. Harry's Feet Compete - Harry trains himself to run a mile in ten minutes. Harry starts slowly and uses a graph to track his progress.
16. Hiding the Truth - The Squad figures out Hacker is the Vermin Vexer and learns the importance of reading the scale on bar graphs.
17. The Hot Tub - This is a fun activity where students tell the story behind a graph and relate slope to rate of change.
18. How to Read a Bar Graph and a Double Bar Graph - a lesson plan from Hot Chalk’s Lesson Plan page
19. Interpreting Column Graphs - students practice by answering ten questions about the graph
20. Interpreting Data - survey a small group by clicking on each of the children, turn the tally marks into two types of graphs and then go back and take a different survey
• Interpreting Data Quiz - after you finish the lesson above, take this quiz
21. Interpreting Data - multiple-choice quiz [5 problems]
22. Interpreting Line Graphs - explore line graphs.
23. Line Graph Review - explains the advantages and disadvantages of line graphs
24. Making a Double Bar Graph: Introducing the Concept - a lesson plan from Houghton Mifflin Math
25. Not Just Any Old Graph - The kids use a line graph to organize data so they can figure out why the reservoir in Sensible Flats has gone dry.
26. Overview of a Bar Graph by Nicole Carroll followed by a practice quiz
27. Overview of a Line Graph by Nicole Carroll
28. Power Central - The Cyber Squad examines graphs of Castleblanca's power usage.
29. Push Ups - collect data to put on a line graph
30. Raising the Bar - In a battle of bar graphs, the kids and Hacker try to prove to Ms. Fileshare whether she has a problem with cyberbugs in the cybrary.
31. Spy Guys Interactive - Understanding and Interpreting Graphs - [designed for grade 6] Lesson 10
32. Using Graphs to Understand Data - multiple-choice quiz [5 problems]
33. What Percentage of your Class is Right or Left Handed? - a data collection and analysis class experiment
34. When Harry Met Bianca - In their new jobs at a movie theatre, Harry and Bianca compete for "Employee of the Month" and discover that using different scales on bar graphs can be misleading.

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