Data Displays
Big Ideas
Numerical quantities, calculations, and measurements can be estimated or analyzed by using appropriate strategies and tools.
Mathematical relations and functions can be modeled through multiple representations and analyzed to raise and answer questions.
Data can be modeled and used to make inferences.
Essential Questions
What does it mean to estimate or analyze numerical quantities?
When is it is appropriate to estimate versus calculate?
How can data be organized and represented to provide insight into the relationship between quantities?
How does the type of data influence the choice of display?
How can probability and data analysis be used to make predictions?
What makes a tool and/or strategy appropriate for a given task?
Tunstalls teaching tips.com is a great website that showcases an article with 20 ideas for teaching graphing. She has included some really fun hands-on activities to guide our students in understanding data and graphs. Hope you enjoy the link, click on the image and it will take you there!
A great resource of picture books for graphing. Click on the image and you'll be linked to the site!
Gummy Bears make everything better... click here for a fun graph activity!
Kids love candy...of course in moderation... click here for a fun graph activity that involves Skittles!
This is a great set of Graph Task Cards that assist with reading and interpreting line plots, bar graphs, and pictographs.
Click the image above to see a video that showcases 3 different types of graphs: Line graph, Bar graph and Pictograph
Students tend to have fun with tally charts and bar graphs. Here is a fun video that shows students how to take a vote with a tally chart and turn that data into a bar graph. Click on the image and enjoy the video!
Have your student go to a "junk drawer" in their home...with parent permission of course. Sort the items in the drawer out, creating a tally chart. Then use that data to create a graph of their choice to display the objects from the drawer. Happy Graphing!!
Click on the image and you'll be linked to a fun graphing activity that involves M & M's. This can be adapted to use other candies or objects. The data you collect can also be used to create other types of graphs.
This is a fun graphing activity that has students graphing pets. The original activity is to be done within a classroom, however, it would be fun to send this activity home and have students contact friends and family for the data on what kinds of pets they have. Then students can create a graph of their choice with that data. Click on the image above and you'll be linked to the activity!
Click on the image above and you'll be linked to Kids math games online.com which has some great games on graphing. It breaks down the steps, first filling out the tables of data and then creating the specific graphs. Enjoy!