Graphing Exercise:

Yolanda F. Smith               Douglass Math and Science Academy
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                               Chicago IL 60644
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Objectives:

*This lesson is designed for grade levels 3-5.

Students will be able to understand how to graph information.  
 
Students will be able to graph a running exercise.

Students will be able to identify the horizontal axis and vertical axis.   

Students will be able to compile information to make a graph.

Materials Needed:

Poster Boards                  Markers

Stop Watches                   Jogging Wear 

Gym Shoes

Strategy:

This lesson is designed for 2 or more groups. Students will go outside or in the 
hallway.  Students will list activities in three categories: running, walking, 
and jogging.  Students will use stop watches to time each other.  After children 
have recorded data, have them graph each time on poster boards.     

-Have children measure a distance of 100ft.

-Pick a data recorder out of the group.
 
-Pick a time keeper out of the group. 
       
*Optional:  (Have prize for the winner in each category.)
              
Performance Assessment:
  
Teacher observation and completion of the graph on the poster board.  Each group
should be able to read and understand another group's graph.