Site: |
Graphs and Charts Webquest |
Address / Date of Site: |
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Author: |
Michelle Gomez |
Description: |
Reading, interpreting, and creating computerized charts and graphs |
Grade Levels |
9 - 12 |
Subject Areas |
Computer Literacy and Understanding Employment |
Standards Supported |
Mathematics, Internet Research |
Features and Components: |
Creating, and interpretation of graphs and charts and understanding the meaning of 'A picture is worth a thousand words." |
What Makes it Good? |
• Facilitation - Topic is introduced, and discussed, the students explore the topic online • Relevance - Seeing how the graphs on the internet convey information effectively • ^Thinking Skills - Interpreting charts and graphs and choosing the appropriate one for their purposes. • Active Participation - Students investigate, test themselves on the information, then create thier own products. • Real World - Investigation of the real graphs and charts - internet. • Subject Knowledge - Students gain specific knowledge of graphing. |
Specific Applications: |
Business Math, Consumer Math, Computer Applications |