tutorials for kids – Data Visualization for Kids

Use Easter Eggs from the Easter Egg Hunt to Build a Bar Chart

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”

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”

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”

Data for Kids – The Line Chart

Let’s learn about the line chart A line chart or a line graph shows data, (our facts and numbers), with a line. Line charts are most often used to show trends. Trend data shows us how certain numbers have changed over time. For example during a day, within a week, a month, a year. We canContinue reading “Data for Kids – The Line Chart”

Data for Kids – The Bar Chart

Let’s learn about the bar chart A bar chart or a bar graph shows data (our facts and numbers) with rectangular bars. Bars heights or lengths are equal to the facts and numbers that they show. Bar charts can be designed vertically or horizontally. A vertical bar chart is sometimes called a column chart. CheckContinue reading “Data for Kids – The Bar Chart”

Data for Kids – What is Data and Data Visualization

Let’s learn about data Data is facts or information. These facts are collected by observing, asking questions, or taking measurements. Facts often describe different persons, objects or categories. Data is often organized in a table. These tables include facts, numbers or measurements. Data helps us learn about our world, our communities and ourselves. What isContinue reading “Data for Kids – What is Data and Data Visualization”

Weather Charts – Let’s draw data – What is the weather like

In this excercise we will create two charts about the weather without using a computer. We will use a graphing paper, pencils and markers. Graphing paper is great for drawing data. It is devided by horizontal and vertical lines to create little squares across the pages. You can use these squares to measure your labelsContinue reading “Weather Charts – Let’s draw data – What is the weather like”

Moon Phases Diagram

Meet Moon! She’s more than just a rock―she’s Earth’s rock, her best friend she can always count on. Moon never turns her back on her friend (literally: she’s always facing Earth with the same side!). These two will stick together forever. Moon! Earth’s Best Friend In this excercise we will create a diagram to learnContinue reading “Moon Phases Diagram”

What is the weather like?

In this very simple data viz excercise we will build a bar chart to visualize the weather during a year. How many days in a year are sunny, rainy, windy, cloudy or snowy. Download the Google Sheet with the data. Here is what our bar chart looks like: Notice how we use different colors onContinue reading “What is the weather like?”