GRAPHING

WHAT ARE GRAPHS?

GRAPHS ARE VISUAL DISPLAYS OF DATA

THEY SHOW CONNECTIONS

WHY ARE GRAPHS IMPORTANT?

THEY HELP TAKE INFORMATION AND PRESENT IT CLEARLY

THEY ORGANIZE DATA

THEY BRING OUT OBVIOUS CONNECTIONS

MAKE PATTERNS EASY TO RECOGNIZE

CHECK POINT!!!!

WHY WOULD YOU USE A GRAPH?

WHAT IS A GRAPH?

WHAT ARE THE PARTS OF A GRAPH?

TITLEAXISINTERVALLABELSSCALE!!!!

GRAPH PARTS

LABEL,LABEL, LABEL!

CLEARLY NAME YOUR GRAPH

LABEL X AND Y AXIS-INCLUDING UNITS!!!

(X IS HORIZONTAL AND Y IS VERTICAL)

LABEL YOUR KEY

USE A CONSISTENT SCALE!!!

QUALITY COUNTS!

WRITE NEATLY

ALWAYS USE A PENCIL!

COLOR NEATLY ACCORDING TO THE KEY

CHECK POINT!!!!

WHAT IS MISSING?

WHAT ARE THE MAIN TYPES OF GRAPHS?

BAR GRAPH

LINE GRAPH

PIE GRAPH

CHECK POINT!!!!WHAT DOES THIS GRAPH TELL YOU?

LETS USE WHAT WE LEARNED!

WHAT TYPE OF GRAPH WOULD YOU USE TO SHOW…..

THE MAKE UP OF AIR IN PERCENTS? 78% NITROGEN, 21% OXYGEN, 1% OTHER GASES

CHECK POINT!!

WHAT TYPE OF GRAPH WOULD YOU USE TO SHOW RAINFALL OVER THE COURSE OF A YEAR?

CHECK POINT

What type of graph would you use to show the number of pets and types that live on your street?

Before you create a graph

ASK YOURSELF 3 QUESTIONS

1. WHAT DO I NEED TO SHARE?

2. WHAT TYPE OF GRAPH SHOULD I USE?

3. WHAT NEEDS TO BE LABELED?

Let’s CreateCREATE A GRAPH THAT SHOWS THE NUMBER OF

STUDENTS IN EACH OF MRS. MONROE’S SCIENCE CLASSES. MAKE SURE TO LABEL AND COLOR YOUR GRAPH!

PERIOD 1 HAS 25 KIDS PERIOD 2 HAS 22 KIDS

PERIOD 3 HAS 31 KIDS PERIOD 4 HAS 39 KIDS

PERIOD 5 HAS 27 KIDS PERIOD 6 HAS 19 KIDS

PERIOD 7 HAS 34 KIDS PERIOD 8 HAS 29 KIDS