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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How do we get data?
To understand data, we need to understand what happens to data before it becomes facts and information in a table. Here is a short video we made during Halloween and trick o treating to show the process of obtaining facts and information. As we discuss in our video What is Data, data is collected byContinue reading “How do we get data?”
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”
Data for Kids – The Pie Chart
Let’s learn about pie chart Pie charts look like… pies…. or pizzas. They are circles and show data (our facts and numbers) as part of this circle. The different size of each part is equal to the value of our facts and numbers. Pie charts are very popular and are used often in presentations. We have severalContinue reading “Data for Kids – The Pie Chart”
Weather Graphs – Temperature Changes Throughout the Year – a Line Chart
In one year the weather changes with the seasons. During fall and winter we expect colder temperatures while during spring and summer weather is expected to be warm even very hot on certain days. In this exercise we will build a line chart. Line charts are good to show us changes over a certain periodContinue reading “Weather Graphs – Temperature Changes Throughout the Year – a Line 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”
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”
USA Graphs – Top 10 US Cities by Population – A Bar Chart
The USA is the fourth biggest country in the world by size and the third biggest country in the world by population. There are many people living in the United States across its 50 states. With this worksheet we are going to learn which are the ten biggest cities in the USA. Where do mostContinue reading “USA Graphs – Top 10 US Cities by Population – A Bar Chart”
Data Visualization for Kids 