I bet you had a ton of eggs in your Easter basket! They are all different colors and can be a great tool to learn about data and create a chart! How about you sort all the eggs you collected during your local Easter egg hunt by color. See how many eggs you have fromContinue reading “Use Easter Eggs from the Easter Egg Hunt to Build a Bar Chart”
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Bar Charts: A Fun Way to Show Popular After School Activities
Bar charts are a great way to show data and compare different items. In this lesson, we will learn how to create a bar chart to show the most popular after-school activities among kids. Let’s get started! Step 1: Gather the Data First, we need to gather the data we want to show in ourContinue reading “Bar Charts: A Fun Way to Show Popular After School Activities”
Bar Chart Exercise – Ice Cream Sales
Let’s practice making a bar chart. Your family owns an ice cream truck business. After the first week of opening your business again for the summer you want to understand how many ice creams you are selling each day of the week. This will help you understand how people buy ice cream at the beginngContinue reading “Bar Chart Exercise – Ice Cream Sales”
Animal Charts – Fastest Birds – a Bar Chart
With the ability to fly at the amazing speed of 242 miles per hour the Peregrine Falcon is the fastest bird on the planet. A few facts about the peregrine falcon: The bird lives in across all continetns except Antarctica It prefers to live and fly in open spaces and is often found near coastsContinue reading “Animal Charts – Fastest Birds – a Bar Chart”
Animal Data – Most Teeth – a Bar Graph
Imagine having more than 25,000 teeth to take care of! It would take a long time to brush your teeth every morning and every night! Adult humans have 32 teeth in their mouth. But there are animals that have much more than that. A fun fact about animals and teeth is that one of theContinue reading “Animal Data – Most Teeth – a Bar Graph”
Animal Data – Fastest Runners – a Bar Graph
Animals are really fast runners. In this excercise we learn which animals run the fastest and what are the top 10 animals that are the fastest runners in the world. The Cheetah is the fastest animal in the world being able to run at the impressive 75 miles per hour. Download the Google Sheet withContinue reading “Animal Data – Fastest Runners – a Bar Graph”
World Graphs – Top Countries in the World by Area Size – a Bar Chart
If you can look at the world map you will see all the different countries spread across 7 continents. They are all unique and amazing and have their own identities and traditions. What you can also see on the map is the different area size each country has. Some are big and span across moreContinue reading “World Graphs – Top Countries in the World by Area Size – a Bar Chart”
World Graphs – Continents of the World by Size and Population – a Dual Bar Chart
This excercise teaches you and other kids about the continents in our world. There are seven continents and they are all different in shape, size and people. Some continents are bigger than others and some have more people living in them than others. In this excercise we are going to build a dual bar chart!Continue reading “World Graphs – Continents of the World by Size and Population – a Dual Bar Chart”
Animal Data – Most Populous Animals in the World
There are over 8 million animal species on our planet. In this excercise we will create a bar chart to see which are the top ten most populous animals in the world. Our data table lists the top ten most populous animals with the largest number at the top. Based on this data we willContinue reading “Animal Data – Most Populous Animals in the World”
World Graphs – Top Countries in the World by Population – a Bar Chart
There are 129 different countries around the world. Looking at a world map you will see they all have different size, shape and form. Countries around the world are very different from each other. Each has its own language, customs and traditions. But countries are also different in other ways. Some countries look big onContinue reading “World Graphs – Top Countries in the World by Population – a Bar Chart”
Data Visualization for Kids 