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Drawing Graphs

Drawing graphs

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Drawing graphs

Starter
Task:
Extension:
How to draw a bar graph
Task:
Extension:

Everything drawn
DV always on the y Bars the same
with a ruler
axis width
Number of cars

Graph fills the


Axis labels page
and units

IV always on the x
Evenly spaced
axis
scales
Axis labels
and units
Independent work
Task: using the data draw your own bar graph
Extension:

Amount of water Number of seeds


(cm3) germinating
0 0
10 8
20 7
30 10
How to draw a line graph
Task:
Extension: Line of best fit
DV always on the y ignoring the
axis Everything drawn anomalous result
with a ruler
Time (min)

Axis labels Graph fills


and units the page

Temperature ⁰C

IV always on the x
Evenly spaced Axis labels axis
scales and units
Independent work
Task: using the data draw your own line graph
Extension:

Concentration of Volume of hydrogen


sulphuric acid released when sulphuric
3
(mol/dm ) acid is added to 1 g of
magnesium filings in 1
minute
0.5 2.0
1.0 4.0
2.0 6.0
1.5 5.5
2.5 6.5
Bar or line?
Task: for each decide if you would draw a bar or line graph
Extension: justify your answer and Write what you would put on the X and Y axis for each –
you need to know which variable goes on which axis

An investigation:

1. into how the temperature of water affects the time a potato


take to cook
2. to find how current size affects a bulbs brightness
3. to show how the number of bulbs in a circuits affects the
current size
4. to find out how the height a ball bounces is affected by how
far it drops
5. to see if plastic, metal or wooden cups keep drinks warm
longest
6. to show heart rate is affected by the number of steps up
you do
7. to see if a car’s colour makes it go faster
8. to see if light brightness makes plants grow quicker
9. to find if iron rust faster in different concentrations of salty
water
Sketch your own graphs
Task: read the statements and sketch the graphs
Extension:
A. B.
Colin puts a tea bag in a beaker and then Some frozen peas are added to a saucepan
adds 50 cm3 of warm water. He then slowly containing boiling water. Sketch a graph of
stirs the liquid. Every 15 seconds he takes out the temperature of the water (dependent
2 cm3 of liquid and measures how dark it is. variable) against the time after the frozen
(he puts the sample back in the beaker) peas were added to the boiling water
Sketch a graph showing the darkness of the (independent variable)
liquid (dependent variable) plotted against
time in seconds after the tea bag was added
(independent variable).
C. E.
Some pupils put some hot water in a beaker. A person starts eating a “Mars bar”, they bite
They record its temperature every two a small piece off, then chew it and then
minutes as it cools down. The temperature of swallow it. They then bite another piece off
the classroom is 20oC. Sketch a graph and repeat this process until the bar is
showing the temperature of the water finished. Sketch a graph of the length of the
(dependent variable) plotted against time in “Mars bar” (dependent variable) against time
minutes (independent variable). after starting to eat the “Mars bar”
(independent variable).
C. F.
Some pupils wanted to find out how much Think about the way that you eat a “Mars
sugar dissolves in different volumes of water. bar”, sketch a graph of the length of the
They went on adding sugar until no more “Mars bar” (dependent variable) against time
dissolved. For each volume of water they after starting to eat the “Mars bar”
counted how many spoonfuls of sugar (independent variable). Show your graph to
dissolved. Sketch a graph showing the your partner and explain its shape.
number of spoons of sugar (dependent
How you get your ISA marks
Task:
Extension:

Marks Bar graph Line graph


1 X axis scale, X axis scale,
units and label units and label
2 Y axis scale, Y axis scale,
units and label units and label
3 Bars plotted Points plotted
correctly correctly
4 Line of best fit
Plenary
Task:
Extension:

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