Subject: Math Title: Goals and Assists Point to Success! Grade Level: 5 Purpose: Students compare the Team Canada player standings for the 2014 and 2015 World Junior Tournaments in a double bar graph. Curricular Collect, display and analyze data to solve problems. Connections: Construct and interpret double bar graphs to draw conclusions. Materials: Access to the Internet. “Goals and Assists Point to Success” handout Graphing sheet Activity: Review a basic bar graph, how the information is organized, and how to properly label it. Explain how double bar graphs build on this concept by adding an extra bar to each label on the graph. Have students brainstorm what double bar graphs might be used for. Students look at the top 5 Team Canada players from the 2014 World Junior Tournament and compare them with the top 5 players from this year by creating a double bar graph. Students answer questions related to the data they have collected. Distribute the “Goals and Assists Point to Success” handout. Read through handout. Check for understanding. Students use various colours and labeling to correctly display data. For example, they may want to do 2014
Subject: Math Title: Goals and Assists Point to Success! Grade Level: 5 Purpose: Students compare the Team Canada player standings for the 2014 and 2015 World Junior Tournaments in a double bar graph. Curricular Connections: Collect, display and analyze data to solve problems. Construct and interpret double bar graphs to draw conclusions. Materials: Access to the Internet. “Goals and Assists Point to Success” handout Graphing sheet Activity: Review a basic bar graph, how the information is organized, and how to properly label it. Explain how double bar graphs build on this concept by adding an extra bar to each label on the graph. Have students brainstorm what double bar graphs might be used for. Students look at the top 5 Team Canada players from the 2014 World Junior Tournament and compare them with the top 5 players from this year by creating a double bar graph. Students answer questions related to the data they have collected. Distribute the “Goals and Assists Point to Success” handout. Read through handout. Check for understanding. Students use various colours and labeling to correctly display data. For example, they may want to do 2014
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