Graphing Real Data

There's lots of data floating around this world. No matter what you're teaching, you can dig up some information or statistics for the kids.

I was a stickler for representing it in graph form.

Basically, I love graphs.

But not all graphs are created equal. I like graphing real data, data that means something. Data that shows our students that their education ties into life outside the classroom window.

That kind of data.

Data that tells us where maple syrup comes from....

Or which countries excelled at the Winter Olympics...

Or how hot is Houston?

I'm pretty much head over heels for graphs.

If you are a graph fanatic like me and are looking for some to use with your students I have several available....

Graphing bundles available…

Let's Graph: Large Graph Bundle (15 Graphing Activities!)

Let's Graph: Bar Graph Bundle (5 Bar Graphs)
Let's Graph: Circle Graph Bundle (5 Circle Graphs)
Let's Graph: Line Graph Bundle (5 Line Graphs)

Bar  graphs available…
Let's Graph: Life Expectancy

Let's Graph: Car Accident Data

Let's Graph: Olympic Medal Counts

Let's Graph: Planet Diameters

Let's Graph: State Populations

Line graphs available…

Let's Graph: U.S. Cholera Cases

Let's Graph: Bald Eagle Pairs

Let's Graph: U.S. Dropout Rate

Let's Graph: High Temperatures

Let's Graph: Federal Minimum Wage

Circle graphs available…

Let's Graph: Continent Land Area

Let's Graph: U.S. Energy Sources

Let's Graph: Greenhouse Gas Sources

Let's Graph: Maple Syrup Production

Let's Graph: U.S. Population Ethnicity

Happy graphing!

Happy Birthday!

Kids love to talk about their birthday.  They just do.  Here at the start of a new school year, why not take a minute and recognize that special day for each of your kiddos.  

Here's an activity that can not only do that, but teaches them about pictographs at the same time.

There is a student version...

An anchor chart version...

And a bulletin board version...

All include a color set and a black & white set.

The color version is ready to print, laminate and cut.  

The black & white version can be used to get the whole class involved by giving each student their own balloon to decorate.  They can include their name and birthdate right on it.  Once decorated, you can build the pictograph with your kids by calling out each month and having the students with birthdays in that month come up and put their balloon on the graph.

It makes for a great classroom display that can stay up all year! 

You can find it here.