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The Graph Club

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The Graph Club
:
(Grades 1-3 • 60 minutes) In this program, students will use an engaging and educational computer program to collect, organize, and display data as they construct colorful graphs. A simple click of their mouse will transform their graphs from one type to another – showing how the same information can be shown in several ways. Students will also learn how to analyze and interpret graphs to make predictions and solve problems. Depending on the grades of the students, data tables, picture graphs, line graphs, bar graphs and circle graphs may be explored.

Traveling Science Kits that support or extend this lesson
Related Children’s Literature List
Pre & Post Visit Activities

This lesson supports the following mathematics standards:

South Carolina Schools

Georgia Schools

Grade 1: SCMS 6.1, 6.2, 6.3
Grade 2: SCMS 6.1, 6.2, 6.3
Grade 3: SCMS 6.2, 6.3, 6.5

Grade 1 Mathematics
Data Analysis and Probability
Standard 1-6:
The student will demonstrate through the mathematical processes a sense of collecting, organizing, and interpreting data and of making predictions on the basis of data.

Indicators:
6.1
Use survey questions to collect data.
6.2 Organize data in picture graphs, object graphs, bar graphs, and tables.
6.3 Interpret data in picture graphs, object graphs, bar graphs, and tables by using the comparative terms more, less, greater, fewer, greater than, and less than.

Grade 2 Mathematics
Data Analysis and Probability
Standard 2-6:
The student will demonstrate through the mathematical processes an understanding of creating questions to collect data, organizing data, describing trends of a data set, and making predictions based on data.

Indicators:
6.1
Create survey questions to collect data.
6.2 Organize data in charts, pictographs, and tables.
6.3 Infer trends in a data set as increasing, decreasing, or random.

Grade 3 Mathematics
Data Analysis and Probability
Standard 3-6:
The student will demonstrate through the mathematical processes an understanding of organizing, interpreting, analyzing and making predictions about data, the benefits of multiple representations of a data set, and the basic concepts of probability.

Indicators:
6.2
Organize data in tables, bar graphs, and dot plots.
6.3 Interpret data in tables, bar graphs, pictographs, and dot plots.
6.5 Compare the benefits of using tables, bar graphs, and dot plots as representations of a given data set.

Grade 1: M1D1 a, b
Grade 2: M2D1 a, b
Grade 3: M3D1 a, b

Grade 1 Mathematics
M1D1:
Students will create simple tables and graphs, and interpret them.

Indicators:
a.
Interpret tally marks, picture graphs, and bar graphs.
b.
Organize and record data using objects, pictures, tally marks, and picture graphs.

Grade 2 Mathematics
M2D1:
Students will create simple tables and graphs and interpret their meaning.

Indicators:
a.
Organize and display data using picture graphs, Venn diagrams, bar graphs, and simple charts/tables to record results.
b.
Know how to interpret picture graphs, Venn diagrams, and bar graphs.

Grade 3 Mathematics
M3D1:
Students will create and interpret simple tables and graphs..

Indicators:
a.
Solve problems by organizing and displaying data in bar graphs and tables.
b.
Construct and interpret bar graphs using scale increments of 1, 2, 5, and 10.

Please direct inquiries to:
Ruth Patrick Science Education Center
c/o Student Programs
USC Aiken, Box 3, 471 University Parkway, Aiken, SC 29801
(803) 641-3313 from Augusta 278-1967 Ext. 3313

RPSEC@usca.edu


Copyright © 2008 by the Board of Trustees of the University of South Carolina.

Ruth Patrick Science Education Center
Center of Excellence in Educational Technology
University of South Carolina Aiken
471 University Parkway
Aiken, SC 29801
803-641-3313

URL: http://rpsec.usca.edu/student/Programs/GraphClub/GraphClub.html (April 2008)