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Skittles: Color Count Red 3 Green 4 Yellow 5 Orange 5 Purple 4

The document outlines an activity where students will sort and count Skittles by color, record the data in a chart, and create bar graphs and pie charts in Excel to represent the data. Students will then write a short statement about which graph type they prefer and why. The activity addresses analyzing and comparing multiple graph types used to represent a single data set.

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Skittles: Color Count Red 3 Green 4 Yellow 5 Orange 5 Purple 4

The document outlines an activity where students will sort and count Skittles by color, record the data in a chart, and create bar graphs and pie charts in Excel to represent the data. Students will then write a short statement about which graph type they prefer and why. The activity addresses analyzing and comparing multiple graph types used to represent a single data set.

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Color Count

Red 3
Green 4
Yellow 5
Orange 5
Purple 4
3
4
5
5
4
Skittles
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
Red Green Yellow Orange Purple
Skittles
Red
Green
Yellow
Orange
Purple
Purple
Red
Green
Yellow
Orange
Purple
Each student will be given a bag of Skittles. The students will create a chart
that shows the number of each color of Skittles in their bag. The students
will then use Microsoft Excel to create a bar graph and a pie chart that
shows the data they collected. Each student will write a brief statement
about which graph they prefer and why.

M5D1 Students will analyze graphs.
a. Analyze data presented in a graph.
b. Compare and contrast multiple graphic representations (circle graphs,
line graphs, line plot graphs, pictographs, Venn diagrams, and bar graphs) for
a single set of data and discuss the advantages/disadvantages of each.

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