According to WhatIs.com, data visualization is a general term that describes any effort to help people understand the significance of data by placing it in a visual context.

Spark your math thinking!

1. Set up your math mini spark recording page: #2: Graph the Story

2. Watch this introduction video.  On your recording page draw a sketch of the graph from the video. Add in these 4 labels on the 4 lines she drew-steep slope, slope, horizontal line, negative slope. 

2. Download and print this sheet. If you would prefer to do the graph digitally you can use this resource.

3.  Start this video and then pause it to get your graph set up to look like the graph in the video.

4. Restart the video and decide where you will need to plot the points.

5. Pause the video and complete the graph.

6. When you have completed the graph, resume the video to see how you did. If you need to make adjustments to your graph do so. If you are doing the activity online, add a picture of your graph to your recording sheet.

7.  Choose 3 more videos to watch, graph, and check. You can make them on paper or use the digital graph maker.

Video choices

Height of waist off ground 1-The task is to graph the height of the person’s waist off the ground against time.

Air Pressure– The challenge is to graph air pressure against time.

Elevation-The task is to draw a graph of their elevation against time. The graph contains increasing, decreasing, and constant sections.

Distance from home plate-The task is to draw a graph of the player’s distance from the home plate against time. The graph shows linear piecewise sections.

Weight of cups-The task is to graph the weight on the scales against time.

8.  When you’re finished graphing at least 3 more, share your math mini spark recording page and your graphs with your teacher/EY coordinator.