Line graph webquest
Standards:
- Students should be able to describe the purpose and defining characteristics of a line graph.
- Students should be able to create a line graph.
- Students should be able to interpret a line graph.
Activity 1: What is a line graph
Watch the video below & answer the following questions.
Click here for your Google Document
Click here for your Google Document
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1. What is a line graph?
2. What do line graphs show? 3. What is another name for the x-axis? y-axis? 4. List two similarities and two differences between bar graphs and line graphs. |
Activity 2: Practice makes perfect
Click here this link to play "Interpret the Line Graph"
Call your teacher assistance (light or raised hand) when you have achieved a smart score of 100.
Your teacher will record your grade and you may move to the next activity.
Call your teacher assistance (light or raised hand) when you have achieved a smart score of 100.
Your teacher will record your grade and you may move to the next activity.
Activity 3: Putting it all together
How many of you guys take a family vacation each year? Do you drive there? How many of you drive in a car each day? Gasoline powers many vehicles each day. Rising gas prices effect how much people use their cars each year. Select 5 cities in Georgia and research the gas prices in each area at Atlanta Gas Prices.com. Create a line graph showing the gas prices in the 5 different cities from North Georgia to South Georgia. When you are done answer the questions on the back of the graph paper.
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Graph Questions
1. Which city has the cheapest gas? 2. Did the gas price increase or decrease the farther south you traveled? 3. Do you think the gas will increase or decrease if you to the next city farther south? Why? |