CSERD Interactivate: Bar Graph Lesson

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edited by Robert Panoff
published by the Shodor Foundation
supported by the National Science Foundation

This simulation-based lesson for grades 5-9 provides hands-on practice in exploring bar graphs using authentic information. It features an interactive Java graphing applet to create and read bar graphs. Students can work within parameters provided in the applet or input their own data sets. This resource includes a complete lesson plan, teaching tips, and alignment to NCTM standards.

This resource is part of CSERD (Computational Science Education Reference Desk), a portal of the National Science Digital Library. The Interactivate collection contains more than 200 standards-based activities, many of which have been classroom tested.

Please note that this resource requires Java Applet Plug-in.

http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/lessons/BarGraphLesson/

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Education Practices - Active Learning - Technology = Computers Mathematical Tools - Probability Other Sciences - Mathematics	- Middle School - High School - Elementary School - Informal Education	- Instructional Material = Activity = Interactive Simulation = Lesson/Lesson Plan

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Access Rights:: Free access
Restriction:: © 2009 Shodor Education Foundation
Keywords:: bar graph simulation, data analysis, graph, graph simulation, graph simulator, graphing tool
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created March 1, 2011 by Caroline Hall
Record Updated:: January 11, 2012 by Caroline Hall
Other Collections:: The Physics Front

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AAAS Benchmark Alignments (2008 Version)

9. The Mathematical World

9B. Symbolic Relationships

6-8: 9B/M3. Graphs can show a variety of possible relationships between two variables. As one variable increases uniformly, the other may do one of the following: increase or decrease steadily, increase or decrease faster and faster, get closer and closer to some limiting value, reach some intermediate maximum or minimum, alternately increase and decrease, increase or decrease in steps, or do something different from any of these.
9-12: 9B/H4. Tables, graphs, and symbols are alternative ways of representing data and relationships that can be translated from one to another.

11. Common Themes

11B. Models

6-8: 11B/M2. Mathematical models can be displayed on a computer and then modified to see what happens.

12. Habits of Mind

12B. Computation and Estimation

3-5: 12B/E9. Use appropriate units when describing quantities.
6-8: 12B/M6. Insert instructions into computer spreadsheet cells to program arithmetic calculations.

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CSERD Interactivate: Bar Graph Lesson:

Is By The Same Author and Covers a Similar Topic As CSERD Interactivate: Plop It! Grapher

A similar simulation for exploring mean, median, and mode by interactively constructing a bar graph on an axis with a given range. The three central values are automatically generated each time a block is "plopped" into a column on the graph.

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