Analyzing & Interpreting Data

(1) Matching Stories to Graphs

Task:  Graphs are a way of telling stories.  Open the Matching Stories to Graphs form and match the graphs with the appropriate stories.


(2) Creating graphs from stories

TaskDraw graphs of each of the following stories.  Analyze the story, select the appropriate x-axis (independent variable) and y-axis (dependent variable), and plot a rough graph on the  corresponding slide.

(1) Dribbling a basketball.

(2) Traveling up the lift hill and down the first drop of a roller coaster.

(3) Money is placed in the bank at a constant rate of interest.

(4) A thermostatically controlled air conditioner is turned on in a warm room.

(5) The movement of bridesmaids in a wedding march.

(6) The height of grass of a well-maintained lawn during growing season.

(7) The radioactive decay of the unstable isotope, uranium-238.

(8) A trumpet player practicing his or her scales from middle C to high C and back twice.

(9) The speed of an orbiting spacecraft.

(10) The population growth of mice introduced to a very small island.  The population is ultimately limited by the food supply.

(3) Create a Graph from Data Points - The Keeling Curve

In 1958 C. David Keeling of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography started recording the atmospheric carbon dioxide levels at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii. His work was later adopted by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration  (NOAA), which continuously plots carbon dioxide data year-around. 

Task:  Create the Keeling Curve of atmospheric carbon dioxide as a function of time from this data: Carbon Dioxide Data.

(4) Graphing Stories with Desmos

Desmos is an advanced graphing calculator that can be used to represent real world phenomena. 

TaskComplete  Graphing Stories (Graph phenomena using Desmos)

(5) Scatter & Line Graphs

TaskRecreate and modify all graphsSurface Area to Volume RatioVarious Graphs 

(6) Column & Bar Charts

TaskRecreate and modify all graphs - Column & Bar Charts

(7) Pie & Area Charts

Recreate and modify all graphs

TaskRecreate and modify all graphs - Pie & Areas Charts

(8) Combination Plots

TaskRecreate and modify all graphs - Climographs

(9) Statistics

TaskRecreate and modify all graphs - Statistics 

Task Complete the  Gizmos - simulations with statistics [7LJPX8].  Manipulate the variables and answer the questions.

(10) Collaborative Investigations 

TaskGraph height vs. foot length

(11) Graphing Problems

Task:  Review Spurious correlations Determine the problem with each graph and correct it.- Graphing Problems