Scale up your lessons with a performance task. Young data analysts work through an assessment task on scaled bar graphs. They answer questions about a given scaled bar graph on favorite colors, analyze a bar graph to see if it matches the original data, and create bar graphs given data on eye colors.

Concepts

data collection, data analysis, bar graphs

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Have the class conduct a survey to collect data
  

Classroom Considerations

• Learners should have experience with scaled bar graphs
• Answers to Part 1 show up in the Part 2 questions; be sure to administer the assessments in order
• Second in a nine-part series
  

Pros

• Provides a scoring guide with sample responses for each part
• Includes printable worksheets
  

Cons

• None

Common Core

3.OA.D.8 3.NBT.A.2 3.MD.B.3