STATION 1- BAR GRAPHS

TASK: a) Survey 20 students (10 boys and 10 girls) in the classroom to discover their favourite day of the week. b) Record your data in the form of a bar graph. Each of the seven days of the week should be represented by a bar.

STATION 2 – DOUBLE BAR GRAPHS

TASK: Using your data from Station 1:a) Analyse your data according to male and female. b) Graph your findings on a double bar graph.c) You will have two bars for each day of the week – one for females and one for males.

Purpose: Used to compare two sets of data.

Double Bar Graph

STATION 3 - PICTOGRAPHS

TASK: a) Survey 10 classmates about the number of pets they have. b) Draw a pictograph that represents how many students have 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or more pets in their home. * You will have to decide how many people each drawing would represent.

STATION 4 – LINE GRAPHS

TASK: a) Find the mean monthly temperatures in Ottawa over the course of the year. b) Graph your findings on a line graph for the 12 months.

*Use The Weather Network to find your data. http://goo.gl/kVav97

STATION 5 – STEM & LEAF PLOTSTASK: Mr. Skinsak’s class wrote a math test. Below are their scores. Create a Stem and Leaf plot to demonstrate the results.

Student % Score

Ireland 52

Atticus 97

Coco 66

Apple 75

Finley 72

Indiana 79

Isadora 84

Vance 91

Cruz 63

Nash 71

STATION 6 – SCATTER PLOTS

TASK:

a) Measure the heights of 10 students. b) Also measure the arm span of each of the 10 students.c) Demonstrate your findings on a scatter plot. d) Answer the following question: Based on your findings, what can you determine as the relationship or the correlation between height and arm span?

Purpose: Used to show trends and relationships among a large number of data.

STATION 7 – CIRCLE GRAPHS

TASK: a) Think about your typical 24 hour day. b) Using a minimum of 5 activities, record what percentage of time you spend on each activity.ie. Sleep 40% c) Use a circle graph to illustrate your day.