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Lesson 5 - Making Bar Graphs

Use this interactive activity to encourage your child to have fun on the Web while learning about making bar graphs. Students can try this activity on their own or in pairs.

Goals

Construct and label bar graphs.

Interpret data shown on bar graphs.

Instructions for Use

Grapher is an interactive activity that lets your child choose a scale that is appropriate for the data.

To use Grapher, click on the arrows to create the columns. Click on the numbers to change the scale. Click on the words to change the titles.