In this lesson, students use their own bodies to create bar graphs and do problems involving addition, subtraction, and more or less amounts. They then create their own graphs, incorporating the features of graphs that they have discussed.

This video lesson introduces and defines bar graphs, discussing their uses and construction. Includes several multiple-choice questions to check your understanding. [3:13]

Students use data to create a tally chart and make a bar graph. This lesson includes a detailed plan, videos of students engaged in the lesson, and printable worksheets.

Students love graphing data that they "own". In this plan, the class will select a type of graph and create it using a class survey frequency table. Included in this lesson are videos of the class engaged in the lesson and samples of graphs that students created.

Students use their timed test scores to create a bar graph that compares their progress in learning math facts.

Students build towards making their own bar graph by using data to make a tally chart.

The students will be working in centers to review for their test. The centers will consist of a computer rotation, versa-tiles, and a teacher center. All centers will reinforce concepts learned throughout this unit to prepare them for their assessment.

In this lesson, students continue to build their graphing skills. This lesson also reinforces important mathematical skills like counting and comparing.

Demonstrates how to make bar and picture graphs and then read them. [4:57]

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Investigate how to graph with Curious George as he sorts library books in this video. [2:03]

Students analyze contextual situations, focusing on single variable data and bivariate data, and are introduced to the concept of using data to make predictions and judgments about a situation.

Try this real world challenge that focuses on data collection, data analysis, and problem solving with information from the U.S. Census Bureau. Discover how these skills are applied in real life situations in this one page activity from the NCTM Math Challenges for Families series.

Students gather simple data, represent it on a bar graph, and answer simple, complex, and open-ended questions about the data.

Students visit second- and fourth-grade classes to measure the heights of older students using large building blocks as a non-standard unit of measure. They also measure adults in the school community. Results are displayed in age-appropriate bar graphs (paper cut-outs of miniature building blocks glued on paper to form bar graphs) enabling a comparison of the heights of different age groups. The activities that comprise this activity help students develop the concepts and vocabulary to describe, in a non-ambiguous way, how heights change as children age. This introduction to graphing provides an important foundation for creating and interpreting graphs in future years.

The CyberSquad creates a bar graph representing the amount of bugs that are infecting the Cybrary in this video from Cyberchase.

Students plant sunflower seeds in plastic cups, and once germinated, expose them to varying light or soil moisture conditions. They measure growth of the seedlings every few days using non-standard measurement (inch cubes). After a few weeks, they compare the growth of plants exposed to the different conditions and make bar comparative graphs, which they analyze to draw conclusions about the needs of plants.

A computer applet that will draw any bar graph with student's data input.

In this lesson on picture graphs and bar graphs, students learn key vocabulary, draw the graphs, and compare the graphs.

Usefulness and types of graphs.

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