Lesson 40: Understanding the Bar Graph Read the parts of a bar graph (e.g.

. title, legend, labels) Interpret bar graphs Engagement Most of us throw away our junks at home because they are no longer useful to us. Alon and Luna are collecting some scraps which they can sell in the junkshops. (illustrate alon and luna in the junkshop weighing some recyclable materials. Illustrate some papers, glass bottles, plastics scraps, and steel. ) (illustrate this table below the picture) Scraps/recyclable materials Number of Kilos (kg) Paper 6 Glass Plastic 12 Steel 10 The table below shows weights of scraps collected by Alon and Luna. Which of the scraps can you see at your house? How will you do with these junks? Exploration Organize the data below and make a pictograph. Title:_________________________________ Scraps Number of kilograms Paper Glass Plastic Steel (illustrate a weighing scale) = 2 kilograms Scraps/recyclable materials Paper Glass Plastic Steel Number of Kilos (kg) 8 6 12 10

What are the important parts of a pictograph? How are graphs useful in organizing the data? Do you of any graphs other than pictographs? Explanation Another graph that we can use to organize data is the bar graph. The graph below shows the scraps collected by Alon and Luna. (illustrate a bar graph as shown below)

Number of kil ograms

paper

gl ass Scraps

pl asti c

steel

(illustrate luna beside the graph. Put this in her callout: A stands for 2 kilograms.) Using the graph, we can easily see and compare the weights of the scraps. Professor Genius uses another way to show the weights of scraps gathered by Alon and Luna. The weight of each scrap is shown can be read from the graph. (illustrate the bar graph as shown below) Weight of Scraps Weight of Scraps
14 12 10 8
Scraps gl ass paper

Number of kil ograms 6 4 2

pl asti c

steel

paper

gl ass Scraps

pl asti c gl ass

steel
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 Number of Kil ograms

Vertical Bar Graph

Horizontal Bar Graph

Bar graph can have vertical and horizontal bars. (illustrate prof. genius. Put this in his callout: The bar graph shows a great way of comparing amounts of different objects.) It is has also important parts such as title, labels, categories, bars and grid lines. Alon records the vehicles that pass by their school every day. He puts the data in a bar graph. (illustrate a vertical bar graph using the information on the table below. The title is Vehicles Passing our School, the scale is by 5, the category is vehicles, write the labels of the graph as shown below. Label the different parts of the graph: Title, labels, bars, categories, grid lines.)

50 45 40 35 30 Number of Vehi cle s 25 20 15 10 5 0 j eepneys bus truck Vehi cle s car motorcycle

Parts of the Bar Graph The title tells us what the graph is about. The labels tell us the kinds of data that are listed. The bars show the amount or number of each object or category. The grid lines are used to create scale. A scale is the numbers that show the units on the graph. Using the bar graph, we can get a lot of details. Which of the vehicles has the most number of occurrences? Which has the least? What is the total number of jeepneys and buses that pass by the school? How many more trucks are there than cars? We can answer these questions by merely looking at the bar graph. Lets us have another graph. Some people in San Pedro, Laguna use plastic bottles filled with distilled-water as their light bulb to save electricity. The graph below shows the number of family in each barrio that uses this simple but amazing invention.
Is ang Li trong Liwanag Pro ject - B enefi ted Fam i ly

80 70 60 50 Num ber of Fami ly

40 30 20 10 0 Barri o 1 Barri o 2 Barri o 3 Barri o 4 Barri o 5

(illustrate on the right some light bulbs out of Coke bottles) From the graph also we can infer the following information. Barrio 2 has the most number of benefited families. Barrio 3 has the most number of benefited families. The project benefited the same number of families in Barrio 1 and Barrio 4. Barrio 5 has 15 families fewer than that of the Barrio 4. There are more than 30 families in Barrio 1 than in Barrio 3. (illustrate prof genius who is drawing a bar graph. There are a lot of information we can get from a bar graph by simply comparing the quantity that each bar stands for.) Summary A bar graph is used to organize data for easy comparison. A bar graph has a title, labels, bars and grid lines. Elaboration In groups, have a class census. Have a class survey of the topic below. a. Activities after class. b. Breakfast in the morning. c. Favorite subject Organize your data in a bar graph. Have other groups interpret your graph. Ask question for further discussion of the graph. Evaluation Easy: Answer the crossword puzzle below about bar graphs. (make a crossword puzzle using the words below.) a. Organize Graphs _____ data. b. Label It tells the kinds of data that are shown. c. Scale The numbers that show the units on the graph. d. Bars It stand for the amount of each category. e. Title It is what the graph is all about. f. Horizontal There are two bar graphs: vertical and _______ graphs. g. Compare Bar graphs are use to _______ data. Average: Read the information in the bar graph below. Then answer the questions about the bar graph. 1. There are simple ways in which we can help our community. The graph shows how the grade IV pupil plans to help their community.

(illustrate a bar graph using the data on the chart below. The title of the graph is Helping our community, the scale is 1 bar = 5 pupils) Ways to Help Number of Pupils Cleaning the 50 community Planting trees 25 Recycling junks 30 Assisting the people 60 Teaching the 25 siblings a. b. c. d. e. How many pupils are going to plant trees? On which category are there 50 pupils? Which activity has the least number of pupils? How many pupils are going to help their community altogether? On which group are there twice as many pupils as on Recycling junks?

2. The grade IV pupils recycled their used papers. The graph shows some of the ways to make the trash useful. Used papers can be made into baskets, mats, cardboards, origami, and paper Mache. Types of Object Number of Objects Basket 120 Mats 145 Cardboards 70 Origami 95 Paper Mache 70 a. b. c. d. e. How many origami did the grade IV pupils make? On which object did the grade IV pupils make the most? Which category has the same number of objects made? How many more mats are there than baskets? Which type of object has 50 objects fewer than the number of mats?

Difficult: Look at the graphs carefully. There are some missing parts on it. Try to complete the given graphs. 1. There are common and productive activities that can be done during summer vacation. A certain school had a survey on this: (illustrate a graph out of the data that is shown below. There is no title on it, no bars on the category going out of town and helping at home, no label on the category. The scale of the graph is 1 bar equals 20 pupils) Number of Pupils Going out of Town 110

Studying at Learning centers Helping at home 2.

150 80 270

Self Check: 1. Why is it better to place data in a graph than in a tally chart? 2. In which situations can I use my knowledge about bar graphs? 3. Which part/s of the lesson I am having difficulty with? What will I do about this?