Jackie Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 (edited) DD, age 7 and working with Beast Academy 4, has been playing with graphs and charts lately. Any fun supplement type stuff out there that she could use? Something that goes over some basics about data collection and different ways of presenting information would interest her. Edited September 13, 2017 by Jackie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom31257 Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 I think the most fun way would be to create the graphs yourself as well as collecting the data to use. Doing things like counting the number of each color of M&M's in a package and creating a bar graph would be fun. There are workbooks that could help you see the different kinds and give you ideas possibly. http://www.rainbowresource.com/proddtl.php?id=037515&subject=Mathematics/10&category=Charts%2C+Tables%2C+Graphs/2592 If you want to learn more than just her age level so that you can take her beyond in years to come, this might be good. http://www.prufrock.com/Chances-Are-Making-Probability-and-Statistics-Fun-to-Learn-and-Easy-to-Teach-P86.aspx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackie Posted September 13, 2017 Author Share Posted September 13, 2017 That Prufrock Press book looks like something she might get into. Thanks! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plagefille Posted September 14, 2017 Share Posted September 14, 2017 We like Great Graphs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackie Posted September 14, 2017 Author Share Posted September 14, 2017 We like Great Graphs Link? A google search for Great Graphs turns up many interesting graphs, but probably not what you're referring to. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoes+Ships+SealingWax Posted September 14, 2017 Share Posted September 14, 2017 DS has just started learning about graphing. We did the sample graphing exercise from RightStart, which was okay, but he really enjoyed making his own that tied into our Continents & Cultures study (we graphed the number of countries per continent). Aren't you doing Cultural Geography? You could pull lots of interesting ideas from that to graph! Exports, languages spoken, religions practiced... You could discuss different types (bar, line, pie, etc) which is best to use when, & why. Where to start & cap your values. How the scale chosen for each axis can make data seem more similar or different. What an "outlier" is... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plagefille Posted September 14, 2017 Share Posted September 14, 2017 https://smile.amazon.com/Great-Graphs-Sensational-Statistics-Activities/dp/0471210609/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1505397558&sr=8-4&keywords=Great+graphs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SanDiegoMom Posted September 14, 2017 Share Posted September 14, 2017 You can also make a cool infographic with easel.ly . They have a few templates with the free version. My son is playing with it right now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daijobu Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 Halloween is around the corner, and my kids enjoyed graphing the distribution of candies they received, making a pie chart, etc. (25% Snickers, 10% Tootsie Rolls, etc.) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoes+Ships+SealingWax Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 Halloween is around the corner, and my kids enjoyed graphing the distribution of candies they received, making a pie chart, etc. (25% Snickers, 10% Tootsie Rolls, etc.) Ooh, this sounds like fun! Stealing! 🬠1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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