Mastering Collecting, Graphing, and Interpretating Data

Mastering Collecting, Graphing, and Interpretating Data

By Mr. Castillo

Objective: Scholars will graph a data set by analyzing a weather system.

​We Are Going To Focus on Graphing The Weather!

​This Will be a Learning Assignment for This WEEK!

Watch the Video on the Next slide and Follow Along!

​You Will Need The Following Materials:

​- Pen/Pencil​

-Graphing Paper​

- The Website, weather.com OR https://www.bbc.com/weather/5308655

​Now, Go and Create the Weather Graph!​

Then, verify with someone so you can keep going!

​Here Are Some Weather Graph Exemplars!

• ​Clear and Understandable

• ​Title is Present

• ​​X and Y-axis are labeled

• ​Intervals and numbers are consistent

Open Ended

What Day Are You Doing Your Weather Graph On?

Open Ended

What is the Title of your Weather Graph?

Multiple Choice

What is your INDEPENDENT VARIABLE on your Weather Graph?

• TIME

• TEMPERATURE

• DATE

• SUNLIGHT

Multiple Choice

What is your DEPENDENT VARIABLE on your Weather Graph?

• TIME

• TEMPERATURE

• DATE

• SUNLIGHT

Open Ended

What was your HIGHEST TEMPERATURE and at WHAT TIME?

ex) The HIGHEST temperature was 100 C at 7 PM.

Open Ended

What was your LOWEST TEMPERATURE and at WHAT TIME?

ex) The LOWEST temperature was 0 C at 8 AM.

Watch the Video on the Next slide and Follow Along!

​You Will Need The Following Materials:

​- Pen/Pencil

- Your Weather Graph

- The Website, weather.com

​Now, Go and continue the Weather Graph!

​Then, verify with someone so you can keep going!

​Here Are Some Weather Graph Exemplars!

• ​Clear and Understandable

• ​Title is Present

• ​​X and Y-axis are labeled

• ​Intervals and numbers are consistent

• Key / Legend

• Bar Chart and Line Graphs Present​

Open Ended

What Day Are You Doing Your Weather Graph On?

Open Ended

What is the Title of your Weather Graph?

Multiple Choice

What is your INDEPENDENT VARIABLE on your Weather Graph?

• TIME

• TEMPERATURE

• DATE

• SUNLIGHT

Multiple Select

What is your DEPENDENT VARIABLE on your Weather Graph?

HINT: There are 3 ANSWERS to this question.

• TIME

• TEMPERATURE

• HUMIDITY

• PRECIPITATION

Open Ended

What was your HIGHEST HUMIDITY and at WHAT TIME?

ex) The HIGHEST Humidity was 50% at 7 PM.

Open Ended

What was your HIGHEST PRECIPITATION and at WHAT TIME?

ex) The HIGHEST Precipitation was 0% at 7 PM.

Open Ended

What was your LOWEST Humidity and at WHAT TIME?

ex) The LOWEST Humidity was 20% at 8 AM.

Open Ended

What was your LOWEST PRECIPITATION and at WHAT TIME?

ex) The LOWEST Precipitation was 5% at 8 AM.

​Once You Have completed the Weather Graph Picture, verify with Mr. Castillo so you can keep going! ​

Objective: Scholars will compare between direct and indirect relationships by analyzing the variables in a weather graph.

Examples

​Once You Have completed the RELATIONSHIPS level, verify with Mr. Castillo so you can keep going! ​

Objective: Scholars will analyze trends of data by predicting the weather.

Examples

​Once You Have completed the PREDICTIONS level, verify with Mr. Castillo so you can keep going! ​

Objective: Scholars will organize a data set by creating data figures.

Multiple Choice

A student is graphing the number of classmates and their favorite colors, which value will go on the horizontal axis?

• Favorite Colors

• Number of Students

• Total Number of Students

Multiple Choice

A student is graphing the number of classmates and their favorite colors, which value will go on the vertical axis?

• Favorite Colors

• Number of Students

• Total Number of Students

Multiple Choice

If a student is comparing the height of students to their age, do these variables need units?

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

A student is graphing the number of number of students and their birth months. Do these variables need units?

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

What's the relationship between these variables?

• Direct

• Inverse

• No Relationship

Multiple Choice

What's the relationship between these variables?

• Direct

• Inverse

• No Relationship

Multiple Choice

What's the relationship between these variables?

• Direct

• Inverse

• No Relationship

Multiple Choice

If you were graphing what percent of your classmates prefer chocolate ice cream, what graph would you use?

• Line Graph

• Bar Graph

• Pie Chart

Multiple Choice

If you were graphing student height vs shoe size, what graph would you use?

• Line Graph

• Bar Graph

• Pie Chart

Organizing Data

Before we begin today's lesson, we will have a little review.

Multiple Choice

Which is an observation where you describe using only your senses? Examples, red, big, smelly, rough

• Qualitative Observation

• Quantitative observation

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of quantitative observation?

• 5 kg

• blue

• soft

• huge

Multiple Select

Check all those that are qualitative observations.

• 10 liters

• spiky

• hard

• blue

• 5 km

Multiple Choice

Using our senses to learn about or describe an object or event.

• Observation

• Measurement

• Tools

• Scientific Method

Organizing Data

When we are working in Science, we will often have lots of information or data that we need to organize.

Open Ended

What ways do you know of to organize data?

Concept Maps

These can help us organize ideas or concepts, Organize information in a visual way, this can help us to study and understand information.

Circle Graphs

• Also known as Pie graphs

• Shows a complete set of data divided into parts

• All data must add to 100%

• For example, we could show how much of your time is distributed in different activiites.

Line Graphs

• Shows information by connecting dots plotted on a graph.

• Used to show changes that occur over tiem

• For example how temperature changes during the day

Bar Graphs

• Data is shown in graphs

• We can compare data easily

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Multiple Choice

Which would you use to show how much your plants have grown over time?

• Bar graph

• line graph

• circle graph

• concept map

• table

Multiple Choice

Which would you use to show Which countries people in your class have visited?

• Bar graph

• line graph

• circle graph

• concept map

• table

Multiple Choice

Which would you use to show how you spend your money?

• Bar graph

• line graph

• circle graph

• concept map

• table

Multiple Choice

Which would you use to organize concepts and information from your research?

• Bar graph

• line graph

• circle graph

• concept map

• table

Multiple Choice

Which would you use to show how much your plants have grown over time?

• Bar graph

• line graph

• circle graph

• concept map

• table

A Table with the INDEPENDENT and DEPENDENT variables.

​​TABLE

A bar graph to COMPARE data easily.

​​BAR GRAPH

A concept map to organize ideas.

​​CONCEPT MAP

a Circle Graph (or PIE CHART) that shows percentages.

​​CIRCLE GRAPH

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​Final Objective: Create TWO more data figures and add it to your overall project.

​TIME	TEMP​	​HUM% PREC%
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PERCENTAGE​

• Weather Graph with TEMPERATURE (1 point)

• ​Weather Graph with HUMIDITY and PRECIPITATION (2 points)

• Weather Graph with TITLES and KEY (2 points)

• Weather Graph with RELATIONSHIPS (1 point)

• Weather Graph with PREDICTIONS (1 point)​

• ​TWO Data Figures (3 points)

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TOTAL: 10 points = MASTERY ASSIGNMENT​

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Final Project must include:

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