Blog Four

Today I am going to teach about the components of a bar graph and why they are useful to use in our everyday lives.
First, I would like everyone to copy the information I have up on the board and take out a piece of graphing paper.
*On Board*
Song                        # of Students who like the Song
"Drunk in Love"                         7
"Energy"                                    13
"Blurred Lines"                          4

Once this table has been copied, I want every to draw a large "L" on their graph paper. The horizontal line will be labeled our "X" and our vertical line will be labeled "Y". The "X" axis is considered our constant value within our data. The constant in this case would be which song each person likes. Our "Y" axis will be our independent variables. In this case, the number of people who like each song.
Now because we know our axis' we are going to label the "X" axis with the names of the three songs and title it "Song".
Next, we're going to label our "Y" axis every other line up to 15 with the proper title.
Our final step is to fill in the graph.  Use about two boxes worth to make your bar graph thick enough to tell.  You will follow "Drunk in Love" up to the line 7 is labeled. And so fourth with the other two. Once complete, title your graph so the whole chart is complete and the data is clear!