Thursday, September 23, 2010

Bar Graphs

Today was hilarious!  I created a bar graph with each of my classes so that they could understand how to create their own.  I made the same on period after period.  I had so many copies that I tried to share them with other teachers.  Oddly enough, no one wanted a bar graph.  Huh.  I don't get it.  I love bar graphs! :)

Each bar graph should have these key elements:
0. Before you start, its a good idea to put your information into a data table first
1. Title
2. Horizontal and Vertical Axes
3. Independent Variable on the Horizontal Axis,
     Dependent Variable on the Vertical Axis
4. Label the Axes
5. Use an appropriate scale
6. Draw the bars (each the same width)