1. Steve Harris & Mark Totten 2/24/2019
Rules of Graphing
Steve Harris & Mark Totten
2/24/2019

2. Mr. H’s & Mr. T’s 10 Commandments of Graphing
Thou Shall...Put name, date and hour on graph.
Thou Shall...Have a two part title.
Thou Shall... Leave space to write between X and Y axis and edge of paper.
Thou Shall... Make graph as big as possible
Thou Shall... Clearly use a two part label for the X and Y axis.

3. Thou Shall... Have a key when graphing more than one data series.
Thou Shall...Not have naked numbers.
Thou Shall... Use different colors and symbols when graphing more than one data series.
Thou Shall... Have a key when graphing more than one data series.
Thou Shall... Use a ruler when connecting data points.
Thou Shall... Turn your work in on time wrinkle free and with no stray marks!

4. Let’s Make a sample graph!!

5. Name
Date
Hour

6. Name
Date
Hour

7. Name
Date
Hour 5 4 3 2 1
Lisa
Jack
Mark
Wendy

8. Name
Date
Hour 5 4 3 2
Time 1
Lisa
Jack
Mark
Wendy
Students

9. Time in (minutes) Students by (names) Name Date Hour 5 4 3 2 1 Lisa
Jack
Mark
Wendy
Students by (names)

10. Time (minutes) Students (names) Name Date Hour 5 4 3 2 1 Lisa Jack
Mark
Wendy
Students (names)

11. Recovery Time from Oxygen Debt
Graph 1:
Recovery Time
from Oxygen Debt
Name
Date
Hour 5 4 3
Time (minutes) 2 1
Lisa
Jack
Mark
Wendy
Students (names)

12. Recovery Time from Oxygen Debt
Graph 1:
Recovery Time
from Oxygen Debt
Name
Date
Hour 5 4 3
Time (minutes) 2 1
Lisa
Jack
Mark
Wendy
Students (names)

13. Recovery Time from Oxygen Debt
Graph 1:
Recovery Time
from Oxygen Debt
Name
Date
Hour
Key 5 4 3
Time (minutes) 2 1
Lisa
Jack
Mark
Wendy
Students (names)

14. Recovery Time from Oxygen Debt
Graph 1:
Recovery Time
from Oxygen Debt
Name
Date
Hour
Key 5
Jack
Wendy 4
Lisa
Mark 3
Time (minutes) 2 1
Lisa
Jack
Mark
Wendy
Students (names)

15. A+ GREAT JOB! YOU’RE THE BEST!! Graph 1: Recovery Time Key
from Oxygen Debt
Name
Date
Hour
Key
5min
Jack
YOU’RE THE
BEST!!
Wendy
4min
Lisa
Mark
GREAT JOB!
3min
Time (minutes)
2min
1min A+
Lisa
Jack
Mark
Wendy
Students (names)

20. Assignment.
Following the rules of graphing construct a graph of the growth of your dinosaur data.