Using Graphs to Measure 2
Let’s watch a video about making bar graphs.
Goal:
Goal:

Learn!
Goal: Do you understand the data?
A student is learning how to use her data to make a bar graph. Can you help her make tally marks? Click the video below.
S: Look, Teacher! I asked all of my friends about their favorite kinds of smoothies.
T: How interesting! I know how we can look at this information in a different way.
S: Cool! Will you show me?
T: Of course! You’ve collected data from your friends. Data is information you get by asking questions. We can use tally marks to see which kinds of smoothies your friends like.
S: What are tally marks?
T: Tally marks look like little lines. Every fifth tally mark goes across the others like this to make a bundle.
S: Oh, yeah! I’ve seen those before.
T: Can you draw tally marks in this chart?
S: Sure! 5 of my friends like orange smoothies, so I’ll draw 5 tally marks next to the orange smoothie.
T: Nice work! How many of your friends like chocolate smoothies?
S: Oh, so many! Let’s see…11 of my friends like chocolate smoothies.
T: You did it! Now what about the strawberry smoothies?
S: Only 4 of my friends like strawberry smoothies, so I’ll draw 4 tally marks here.
T: Okay, the tally chart is done! Now we know that 5 friends like orange smoothies, 11 friends like chocolate smoothies, and 4 friends like strawberry smoothies. Are you ready to put this data into a bar graph?
S: Um, what’s a bar graph?
T: A bar graph is a graph that uses bars to show numbers so we can easily understand them. Let’s try it!
S: Okay!
T: This is a bar graph. Here is the title, and here are the labels.
S: And I see that the smoothie flavors are labeled too. See? Orange, chocolate, and strawberry.
T: Well done! Our job is to color the squares to show how many of your friends like each flavor.
S: Okay! I’ll look at my tally chart to remember. It says that 5 friends like orange smoothies.
T: Let’s color 5 squares above the word orange. See how our last square lines up with the number 5?
S: Yes! That’s so cool! My chart also says that 11 of my friends like chocolate smoothies.
T: Okay, how many squares should we color above chocolate?
S: 11!
T: Great! How about strawberry?
S: 4 of my friends like strawberry smoothies.
T: That looks great! You did a great job collecting and organizing this data. The bar graph really helps us see how many friends like each flavor of smoothie.
How many students like the color blue?

Correct! 12 students like blue because the bar lines up with the number 12.
12 students like blue because the bar lines up with the number 12.