Tips for Creating Graphs - Bar Graphs

1. Draw lines for x- and y- axis.

2. Label x- and y- axis with appropriate titles. # OF JUMPING JACKS PER MINUTE STUDENT

3. Number y- axis and label group names for the x- axis. # OF JUMPING JACKS PER MINUTE STUDENT

4. Draw bars that are the same width for each value. # OF JUMPING JACKS PER MINUTE STUDENT

5. Make sure that each bar is evenly spaced from one another. # OF JUMPING JACKS PER MINUTE Same distance between each bar STUDENT

6. Create a title for the graph (it must describe the graph’s information). # of Jumping Jacks Per Minute for Students in Room 176 # OF JUMPING JACKS PER MINUTE Title STUDENT

Your graph should take up more than half of the GRAPH PAPER.

Example of a Graph that takes up more than half of the paper…

Example of a Graph that DOES NOT take up more than half of the paper…

Example of a Graph that DOES NOT take up more than half of the paper…

CORRECT OR INCORRECT GRAPH? WHY? NO – bars are not the same width

CORRECT OR INCORRECT GRAPH? WHY? No – spaces between bars are not even

CORRECT OR INCORRECT GRAPH? WHY? Number of each color of M&M in a bag 14 10 5 # OF M&Ms Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Brown Colors of M & Ms