Primary Resources
Primary Resources: Tally and Bar Charts
Lots of good materials for teaching about tally marks and bar graphs.
Texas A&M University
Wtamu Virtual Math Lab: Beginning Algebra: Reading Graphs
A good introduction to reading bar, line, and double line graphs, and drawing and reading Venn diagrams. Contains definitions and examples of these types of charts and graphs as well as practice exercises that ask you to answer questions...
SMART Technologies
Smart: Bar Graphs
This smart note book explains reading bar graphs, the parts of a bar graph, the steps to produce a bar graph and allows classes to input data a produce some bar graphs.
University of Texas at Austin
Mathematics Teks Toolkit: And We Go Around
Collect and display data using a bar and circle graph to explore fractions and percents.
Beacon Learning Center
Beacon Learning Center: Kinds of Graphs
An interactive web lesson introduces five types of graphs to students and allows them to practice matching the names to examples.
Beacon Learning Center
Beacon Learning Center: Kids Have Pets
The activity investigates bar graphs. Students complete a lesson using graphs to examine pets.
Beacon Learning Center
Beacon Learning Center: All the Parts
The activity investigates bar graphs. Students learn about all the parts of a graph.
Beacon Learning Center
Beacon Learning Center: How It All Stacks Up
The resource examines how to use bar graphs to organize and display data.
The Math League
The Math League: Ratio and Proportion
This tutorial provides definitions and examples of ratios and proportions and features comparing ratios and converting rates.
Beacon Learning Center
Beacon Learning Center: All That Data 2
Students describe graphs and explore range, measures of central tendency, and distribution in this interactive web lesson.
Beacon Learning Center
Beacon Learning Center: All That Data
Students analyze data by finding the mean, median, mode, and range of a set of numbers. Line plots, bar graphs, and circle graphs are also included in this lesson.
Math Is Fun
Math Is Fun: Histograms
Explains, with examples, what a histogram is, how it differs from a bar graph, and how to interpret one. Includes a set of practice questions.
PBS
Pbs: Mathline Creature Feature Lesson Plan [Pdf]
An interdisciplinary math, science, and language arts lesson that engages learners in an exploration of statistics. Through a study of various forest climates, students utilize data collection and analysis, classification, and graphing....
PBS
Pbs Lesson Plan: Chances Are Talking Probability (Pdf) [Pdf]
An introductory lesson in probability for students in grades three to five. The concepts presented in this lesson are interwoven, over time, into a current unit of study. Kids examine closely the "language" of probability as used in...
PBS
Pbs Mathline: Sand Babies (Pdf) [Pdf]
In this engaging lesson plan, students use a variety of measurement strategies in creating their own Sand Babies. Students explore standard and non-standard measurements, area, data collection and analysis, and graphing. Adaptations are...
The Franklin Institute
Frankin Institute Online: Group Graphing
This site from The Franklin Institute explores how to make a simple graph using a spreadsheet to portray survey data. It also gives a set of interesting sports-related web sites so that students can get statistical inforamtion.
ABCya
Ab Cya: Fuzz Bugs Graphing
Students drag the fuzz bugs into the correct container to create a bar graph that is used to compare data.
Other
Tulpehocken Area School District: Graphing and Analyzing Scientific Data
Student worksheet with explanation of pie, bar, and line graphs, the parts of a graph, and the definition of mean, median, and mode. This summary is followed by an exercise for each type of graph within a scientific context.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Study Jams! Math: Data Analysis: Bar Graphs
Watch a short animated video explaining how to set up a bar graph to graph information. Then test yourself to check for understanding.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Graphing
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Given a set of data, students will understand how to correctly draw a line or bar graph, interpret its patterns, and find the slope in the case of a line graph.
Mangahigh
Mangahigh: Data: Using Bar Charts
This site provides students practice with the concept of bar charts. Students can learn about the topic by completing an interactive tutorial. Students can then take a ten question timed test to practice the skill.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Statistics: Bar Graphs Grade 6
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Create a bar graph to display given data.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Statistics: Bar Graphs Grade 7
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Make a bar graph to display given data.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Statistics: Bar Graphs Grade 8
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students will interpret data to understand given bar graphs.