Graphing in a Google Spreadsheet

The students have been working on Graphing skills, so I had them log into their Henrico Google accounts and create a new spreadsheet. As they were opening a new spreadsheet, I passed out some data for them to graph. Here is an example of the data I used: DATA FOR GRAPHING

The students typed the information into the cells and then went to Insert > Chart > Bar Chart. Once the graph was on the page, we talked about what information was still missing from our graph. The students then went through and added the title and labels for the x-axis and y-axis.

Once their graphs were complete, the student learned how to copy their graph (ctrl+C) and paste it into a new Google Document (ctrl+V). Underneath of their graph, they pretended like they were the teacher and typed analysis questions for their classmates to answer. During math rotations, the students opened the doc that was shared with them and selected another color font (something other than black) to type their answers in on their peers document. They really enjoyed creating their own questions for their graph and having a classmate hop on their doc and answer.

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