Bar Graphs and Pie Charts

The 11 lessons in this educators' guide focus on using newspapers to develop critical reading skills in the content areas.

After a grand conversation about immigration to the United States, scholars interview a family member to learn about their journey to America. They then take their new-found knowledge and apply their findings to tracking their family...

Newspaper in Education (NIE) Week honors the contributions of the newspaper and is celebrated in the resource within a civics, mathematics, and fine arts setting. The resource represents every grade from 3rd to 12th with questions and...

Fourth graders name colors of M&Ms and record answers. They estimate number of M&Ms of each color found in a typical package of M&Ms on piece of paper.They record information on sheet of paper and create a spreadsheet. paper.

Students review graphing terminology and how to plot data points, how to input data into a spreadsheet, and how to make a chart using a computer.

Students classify M & M's by color and create a graph.  In this graphing lesson, students input data into Excel and create a bar graph.   Students use data to access information from different formats. 

Students create a bar graph by using the Microsoft Excel program. In this technology lesson, students enter existing data to create a simple chart. Students practice labeling the chart and typing in the number values.

Students gather information and interpret the results using a tally chart, a table, and a bar graph.

Scholars create colorful bar, line, or pie graphs. They decide on a survey question to ask or a type of data to gather. From there, they collect information and data. They display this data in bar, line, or pie graphs that they create...

Young scholars gather data about the weather in Nome, Alaska. In this Nome Temperature activity, students create an excel graph to explore the weather trends in Nome.  Young scholars will find the average weather and add a trend line to...