- Title?
- Clearly labeled x and y axis?
- Proper scale?
- Key?
- Non-messy bars?
If you teach physical science this is pretty critical, since students will be graphing often.
Here is a round-up of resources you can use to practice graphing with students:
4. Smart Graphs: This digital activity has students read through a scenario and decide which is the best type of graph to represent events in the story.
5. ACS: Here are a series of graphing activities from American Chemical Society.
7. Graphing Analysis: Here is another graphing freebie on TpT, this time from Amy Brown Science.
8. What’s going on in this graph? In this series from the New York Times, students check out graphs that are published weekly. Ask your students- What do you notice? What do you wonder? What’s going on?
10. How to Spot a Misleading Graph: This Ted-Ed video shows students how graphs can be misleading to viewers. Brings up great discussion points!
Rock on,