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Title:
| Math: Misleading Graphs |
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Description:
| Learn how graphs can misrepresent information. Learn how to avoid common errors and how to design good charts. These sites include illustrations, tips, activities, worksheets, and quizzes. |
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Grade Level:
| 5, 6, 7, 8 |
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Resource Links:
| Graphing Unit
Select links to different types of graphs to learn about their use and misuse. Includes descriptions and examples of line graphs, bar graphs, scatter plots, and pie charts.
Data Handling: Misleading Graphs
Learn how statistics can be used to prove a point and misrepresent collected data. Includes illustrated examples. NOTE: The "Talk" link at the top of the page leads to message boards
PBS: Game: Bugs in the System
Play this fun game while students practice their graph-building skills.
Excel Activity
This activity can help kids to practice to identify misrepresented data.
Lesson Plan: Misleading Graphs
This is a lesson plan for third-fifth grade students and based on NCTM Standards. Kids are asked here to construct water balloon catcher, collect data, build graphs, and advertise created products.
Danger! Shark Attack!
View two maps based on shark attack statistics and answer questions to determine whether presented information is misleading or not.
PBS: Lessons and Activities for Parent and Teacher
This lesson plan requires kids to draw graphs and explain why they look different and how it can be used for persuasion.
The Math Forum: Math Library: Graphing of Data
This site has examples of bad and good graphing. Learn ACCENT principles of correct visual presentation of data. Scroll down the page and follow links to learn more about graphs. NOTE: The reading level may be more suited for middle school students.
Misleading Graphs: Cellular Phones and Car Sales Charts
Compare charts in this one-page PDF file to see how information can be misrepresented.
Graphical Design
On this web site, find hints on how to create good graphs and learn about common graphing errors. Scroll down the page and follow links to read about incorrect and misleading graphs. NOTE: The reading level may be more suited for middle school students.
Recognizing Bias Graphs
Print out this four-page PDF worksheet for student exercises in recognizing and correcting misleading graphs.
Quiz: Glencoe Mathematics: Online Study Tools
Take a quiz to test your knowledge on how to identify misleading graphs.
Quiz: Glencoe Mathematics: Online Study Tools
Take a quiz to test your knowledge how to identify misleading graphs.
eThemes Resource: Math: Circle Graphs/Pie Charts
These sites include interactive games, activities, and simulations of circle graphs/pie charts. Also includes some basic data that can be analyzed and some scoring rubrics.
eThemes Resource: Math: Bar and Line Graphs
These sites include examples of different types of graphs such as bar, line, and pictographs. Many of the sites are interactive and demonstrate how graphing works. Also includes several hands-on activities. There are links to eThemes Resources on circle graphs and statistics to graph.
eThemes Resource: Math: Statistics for Graphing
These sites have statistics and information that students can use to create graphs. The sites include sports statistics, lengths of rivers, temperatures, and more. There are links to eThemes Resources on different types of graphs.
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Education Standards:
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MO Standards:
1.4, 3, 4, 6
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