Activity Overview
Students collect sample data and use the calculator to create pictographs, bar graphs, and pie graphs to demonstrate the favorite brand in the sample data.
Before the Activity
See the attached PDF file for detailed instructions for this activity
Print pages 79 - 84 from the attached PDF file for your class
During the Activity
Distribute the pages to the class.
Follow the Activity procedures:
Students taste three unlabeled brands of 3 different categories of soft drinks and vote for one brand in each category
Collect data and enter as lists
Plot a pictograph for data on each of the three categories
Find the brand in each category that was most popular and the class favorite
Plot a circle graph of brand versus total
Finally, create a triple bar graph displaying all 3 brands with the 3 drink flavors
After the Activity
Students will complete the Worksheet and analyze the results.
Review student results:
As a class, discuss questions that appeared to be more challenging
Re-teach concepts as necessary