Now lets practice making Graphs:

Equipment: Ice, Stop watch, 2 Thermometers, 2 meter stick, Microwave, Scale, 1 to 2 rulers, Paperclips,
Baskets, Backboard

1. Each Group performs their experiment and collects the data.

2. Write the data on a table in word. Make sure you label you table. One per group. Your
teacher will place on a Public share for all to use.
3. Graph YOUR data by yourself on a piece of graph paper.
4. Graph all of the data from the other groups in excel by yourself.
5. Complete the chart at the end of this handout.
Group 1: Measure all of the shoe sizes in the room in cm.
Group 2: Take the average of study time for 10 students.
Group 3: The birthdays (Month) and age of everyone in the class.
Group 4: Measure the hand span of all of the students in the room on a ruler from pinky
to thumb and see where they fall on the following intervals?
Below 7
7.1-7.5
7.6 8
8.1
8.6
0ver 9
inches
inches
inches
8.5inches
9inches
inches
12.6
0.4
0.3
0.6
2.7
8.5
Group 5: Check the reaction rate of at least 10 students in the room. 5 boys and 5 girls.
See demonstration
Group 6: Take the temperature of a volume of water. Add an equal volume of ice. Take
the temperature every thirty seconds for 5 minutes.
Group 7: The time needed for each student to make five baskets using paper clips and
little black baskets. Test 7 students.
Table for your data
5 min
7 min
8 min
4 min
6 min
9 min
3 min
1 min

Fill In the Chart below:

Experiment
Dependent
Name
Variable
(y-axis)
1 shoe sizes in
11.5
the room in cm. 11
10.5
10
9.5
9
8.5
8
10.5
10
2. Study time
10 min
9 min
8 min
4 min
7 min
6 min
5 min
8 min
9 min
10 min
3. birthdays
(Month) and
age

4. hand span

5. reaction rate

January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
12.6
0.4
0.3
0.6
2.7
8.5

Independent
Variable
(x-axis)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Type of
Graph

13
14
15
13
15
16
17
14
15
16
1
2
3
4
5
6

Bar graph

Bar graph

Bar graph

Bar graph

Picture of graph

6. temperature
of water

56 c
70 c
50 c
63 c
46 c
67 c
65 c
68 c
69 c
71 c

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Bar graph

7. make five
baskets

5 min
7 min
8 min
4 min
6 min
9 min
3 min
1 min

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

Bar graph