1. Write the steps for creating a data table.
Sept Pg. 12
Focus: Scientific Inquiry Skill: Graphs
Objective: Scientists gather and organize data
Homework: data table, parent signature
Warm Up: Answer
Write the steps for creating a data table.
What is a graph? How is it different from a data table?

2. How am I doing?
4 columns
Date Assessment Title Grade Signature

3. Table of Contents
4 columns
Page Number Date Focus Objective #

4. Draw the Axes

5. Identify the Axes
Y- Axis
X- Axis

6. Identify the Axes Y- Axis X- Axis Dependent Variable
(what is responding and measured)
X- Axis
Independent Variable
(what is manipulated by the scientist)

7. DRY MIX
One way to remember which data goes on which axis is the acronym DRY MIX.
D.R.Y M.I.X.
D- Dependent M- Manipulated (change)
R- Responding I- Independent
Y- Y-axis X- X-axis

8. Title Write an appropriate title for the graph at the top.
The title should contain both the independent and dependent variables.

9. Scale Decide on an appropriate scale for each axis.
The scale refers to the min and max numbers used on each axis. They may or may not begin at zero.
The min and max numbers used for the scale should be a little lower than the lowest value and a little higher than the highest value.
This allows you to have a smaller range which emphasizes the comparisons/trends in the data.

10. Scale The Y-axis scale is from 0-100.
The largest value though is only 35.

11. Scale The Y-axis scale is now from 0-40.
This does a better job emphasizing the comparisons between coins.

12. Intervals
Look at your minimum and maximum values you set up for both the Y and X-axis. (For most bar graphs, the X-axis will not have numerical values.)
Decide on an appropriate interval for the scale you have chosen. The interval is the amount between one value and the next.
It is highly recommended to use a common number for an interval such as 2, 5, 10, 25, 100, etc.

13. Intervals The interval for the Y-axis is 20.
The X-axis does not have numerical data and does not need an interval.

14. Labels
Both axes need to be labeled so the reader knows exactly what the independent and dependent variables are.
The dependent variable must be specific and include the units used to measure the data (such as “number of drops”).

15. Labels
DV label
IV label

16. TAILS T.A.I.L.S. Title Axis Scale
Another handy acronym to help you remember everything you need to create your graphs…..
T.A.I.L.S.
Title
Axis
Interval
Labels
Scale

17. TAILS Title: Includes both variables
Axis: IV on X-axis and DV on Y-axis
Interval: The interval (4) is appropriate for this scale.
Label: Both axes are labeled.
Scale: Min and max values are appropriate.

18. Graphing Rules Notes
Purpose of a Graph: to show data visually
Bar graphs: used for data that is not connected, such as types of vegetables

19. Title Y axis label X axis label Bars Independent Variables 100 9080 70 60 50 40 30 20 10
Dependent Variables
Y axis label
Bars
Independent Variables
X axis label

20. Title Vegetable Choices of Guinea Pigs
100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10
Dependent Variables
Y axis label
Percentage of Food Choice
Discontinuous Data: Bar Graph
Independent Variables Carrots Broccoli Lettuce
X axis label Food Choices

21. How to Make a Bar Graph 1. Dependent Variable: y-axis
2. Independent Variable: x-axis
3. Number the y-axis
4. Label the x and y-axis
5. Draw a bar for each data value
6. Label each bar
7. Give your graph a title

22. Graphing Rules Notes Purpose of a Graph: to show data visually
Line graphs: used for data that is connected, such as over a period of time. Lines consist of connected dots.

23. Line Graph A line graph is a graph used to show change over time!!
What can time be measured in???
Seconds - Minutes - Hours – Days - Weeks - Months – Years - Decades - Centuries - etc.

24. Would we use a line graph in the following situations:
When to use a line graph?
Would we use a line graph in the following situations:
To show how many people like pizza in this class? NO
To show how much it rained each month this year?
YES- because months and years deal with time.
To show how many people live in East Meadow? NO

25. How do we make a line graph?
A line graph ALWAYS has a title!
A line graph has two different axis’s
An axis is either the horizontal line (called x) or the vertical line (called y) that form the base lines of a graph. Y X
                     

26. Title Y axis label X axis label Points Independent Variables 100 9080 70 60 50 40 30 20 10
Dependent Variables
Y axis label
Points
Independent Variables
X axis label

27. Plotting a Line graph
When we are plotting a line graph, it is important to read what information is on each axis.
There must be a label on each axis that describes the information.
Much like a bar graph, we look at the x-axis first in order to plot our points.
Time in minutes

28. Number of Cases of Lead Exposure
Year
Number of Cases of Lead Exposure
1987
1044
1988
789
1989
884
1990
653
1991
690
1992
807
1993
1900
1994
1995
1718
1996
1382
1997
1156

29. Is this an acceptable graph?
Time
Car Trip

30. Bar Graphs vs Line Graphs

31. Bar Graphs Bar graphs are descriptive.
They compare groups of data such as amounts and categories.
They help us make generalizations and see differences in the data.

32. Example

33. Another example

34. Line Graphs
Line graphs show a relationship between the two variables. They show how/if the IV affects the DV.
Many times, the IV plotted on the X-axis is time.
They are useful for showing trends in data and for making predictions.

35. Example

36. Another example