Graphing

**Graphing**
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**Sites for Interactive Whiteboard**
Pictogram - How I Get to School Collect data on ways of traveling to school and ask students to input the information into a pictogram. Which was the most/least common method? (SOL 2.17, SOL 2.19) []

Interactive Grapher - Set your own choices and use this tool for a variety of surveys. Why is a bar graph a good way of showing your results? What does the tallest column of blocks mean? How did the bar graph help you to answer the question? (SOL 2.17, SOL 2.19) []

Insect Survey - Zoom in on different parts of the picture to count the minibeasts. Use the three sets of data to prompt a range of comparison questions. Investigate which minibeasts are in the scene - where are they found? This could be used as a preliminary activity before carrying out a survey in the school grounds and plotting the results. (SOL 2.17, SOL 2.19) []

Alien Snail Racing - Start the race and see who's the fastest. Read the scale on the graph to record the results. What are the unmarked intervals on the scale? After letting the snails race, ask pupils to read off their times. Use the results to prompt a range of questions comparing the scores. After modeling a few question types, ask pupils to come up with similar questions. (SOL 2.17, SOL 2.19) []

I Am Special - Interactive lesson/story (SOL 2.17) []

Sites for Review and Practice
Social Studies Graph - multiple choice questions about graphs (SOL 2.19) []

Sites for Interactive Whiteboard
Virtual Spinner (SOL 2.18,, SOL 2.19) []