Grade 3
CCSS Math Standard: 3.MD.3
Represent and interpret data. Draw a scaled picture graph and a scaled bar graph to represent a data set with several categories. Solve one- and two-step “how many more” and “how many less” problems using information presented in scaled bar graphs. For example, draw a bar graph in which each square in the bar graph might represent 5 pets.
How have the ages of three countries' populations changed from 1950 to 2020? And what problems might that create?
Do big countries always have the most medals? Which smaller countries rank surprisingly high in the Olympics?
Which country has a great balance between their summer and winter Olympic medals?
In this cross-curricular investigation, students will look into an intriguing question: do donuts or salads have more sugar? They'll grapple with misleading information, bias, and use their math skills to create a visual representation of sugar in popular foods.
Let's make some intentionally bad graphs to learn how to spot poorly made graphs.