Raising the Bar While Hogging the Ham (Radio, That Is)

Everything you need for a mini-unit on bar graphs is included in this lesson plan! It outlines three lessons and includes worksheets. Learners taste pretzels, shoot baskets (switching off hands), and grab candy, graphing results...

What are these bar graphs depicting? Novice data analyzers examine two basic bar graphs and answer three comprehension questions about each. The first graph shows tickets sold per date and the next is distances run per member of a cross...

This template is just begging for your young mathematicians to fill it in with colorful bar graphs! With horizontal and vertical axes in place and grid lines for added support, this is a great resource for teaching children how to...

Your learners have seen basic bar graphs, but do they have experience reading double bar graphs? This learning exercise details how to draw a double bar graph and provides an example with six accompanying questions. The final question...

Mia teaches Sam how to create a bar graph, including forming a title, creating and labeling the axes, choosing a scale, and entering data. After viewing, data analysts can test themselves with seven follow-up questions and review...

Elementary schoolers make and use bar graphs to picture information. They learn how choosing the right scale for a bar graph can help make a persuasive argument. This is a terrific lesson on graphing which should excite your kids. There...

Learn the ins and outs of creating graphical displays. A video lesson demonstrates the process of creating a bar graph from a frequency table. The instructor models each step including labeling axes, determining intervals, and creating...

What happens when you have too much data to fit neatly on a bar graph? Watch this video to see an example of a set of data that is too big to fit all the intervals and how we interpret this type of graph. [4:29]

A double bar graph is a good tool for visualizing a set of data. Watch this video for an explanation along with examples. [4:09]

Sixth graders compare and contrast bar and line graphs. Using a weather forecast of the area, 6th graders record the high and low temperatures in a table. Students determine and justify the most appropriate graph to display a given set...