Jungle Animals and Math

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Jungle Animals and Math!

• Eileen Laramie
• EDU 553
• Dr. Stoloff
• November 1, 2004

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Objectives

• To be introduced to graph and data representation
• To be able to analyze graphs and interpret data

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Graphs - A new way to look at data

• Types of Graphs
• Parts of Graphs
• Bar Graphs/Line Graphs
• Activities
• Favorite Sites to Visit
• Questions?

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Types of Graphs

• Bar Graph
• Double-Bar Graph
• Line Graph
• Circle Graph
• Stem and Leaf Plot

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Parts of Graphs

• Title - All Graphs must have a title
• Labels
• Left Side or Right Side
• Bottom of Graph
• Scale

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Bar Graphs

• Shows and compares data in a nice picture
• Which animal has the greatest life span?
• Which animal has the smallest life span?
• How do you know?

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Line Graphs

• What is this graph telling us?
• What is the scale?
• What year was the cheetah population below
  20,000?
• Can you predict what will happen in 2020?

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Activities

• Four of the 5 fastest animals live in Africa
• cheetah
• wildebeest
• lion
• Thomsons Gazelle
• Find their speed from the website
  www.africaguide.com. Make a graph of their speed

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Talk about it

• Show and Tell some of your graphs
• Compare and Contrast them
• How can we use the computer to look at data
• Internet to research data
• Excel spreadsheets

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Favorite Links to Visit

• www.AfricaGuide.com
• www.kidsplanet.org
• www.harcourtschool.com/elab2002
• www.AAAMath.com

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Questions

• Now is the time
• Can you do this on your own?