Bar Graphs and Pie Charts

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...

Students research sea life using laptop computers. In this sea life activity, students participate in a field trip to the beach and enter observations into their laptop computers. Students classify shells and sea life.

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...

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

Students classify minerals.  In this rocks and graphing lesson, students observe 5 types of rock with a magnifying glass and record their characteristics. Students add the observed traits to a data chart, then research the rocks using...

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 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 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.

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