Thursday 10/15/15:

You just conducted a study where you investigated how the temperature outside affects a zombies
affinity for eating brains. Now its time for you to graph your results!
1.
2.

Create a title for your graph.

Set up your graph using these parts:
You independent variable is: ____________________
Your dependent variable is: _____________________
3. Label each axis.
Put your independent variable along the X-axis.
Put your dependent variable along the Y-axis.
4. Answer the question:
How does the temperature outside affect the number of brains eaten? Explain how.
Outside Temperature
(degrees Celsius)

Number of Brains Eaten

18

19

22

30

18

Monday, Oct. 19, 2015:

Over the weekend, you surveyed friends and family to find out if certain ages of people are more
likely to believe the superstition that black cats are bad luck. Meow!
Now its time for you to create a BAR GRAPH to display your results!
1.
2.

Create a title for your graph.

Identify the variables in the study::
Your independent variable is: ____________________
Your dependent variable is: _____________________
3. Label each axis.
Put your independent variable along the X-axis.
Put your dependent variable along the Y-axis.
4. Create a bar graph from the following data table

x
Age Group Surveyed
(years)

y
Number who believe
black cats are bad luck

0-5

6-10

11-15

16-20

Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015:

You were curious to see if the same number of owls come back to your barn every day after a night
of hunting. You decided to count the number of owl pellets found on the barn floor for a week to
infer if the number of owls changes at all.
Now its time for you to create a LINE GRAPH to display your results!
1.
2.

Create a title for your graph.

Identify the variables in the study::
Your independent variable is: ____________________
Your dependent variable is: _____________________
3. Label each axis.
Put your independent variable along the X-axis.
Put your dependent variable along the Y-axis.
4. Create a line graph from the following data table

Day

Owl Pellets in Barn

Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015:

You work at Target and you want to track the number of Halloween candy bags sold in the weeks
leading up to Halloween so you can estimate how many to stock next year.
Now its time for you to create a LINE GRAPH to display your results!
1.
2.

Create a title for your graph.

Identify the variables in the study::
Your independent variable is: ____________________
Your dependent variable is: _____________________
3. Label each axis.
Put your independent variable along the X-axis.
Put your dependent variable along the Y-axis.
4. Create a line graph from the following data table

Week

Number of Halloween
candy bags sold

350

275

800

995

Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015:

Its Halloween and you are keeping a tally of all the different types of costumes that you see trick-ortreating because you are curious to see if scary costumes are really the most popular type.
Now its time for you to create a CIRCLE GRAPH/PIE CHART to display your results!
1.
2.

Create a title for your graph.

Identify the variables in the study::
Your independent variable is: ____________________
Your dependent variable is: _____________________
3. Estimate the approximate size of each slice of the pie and create a pie chart.
Label each slice or create a key off to the side.
Costume Type

Percentage of trick-ortreaters

Scary

55

Funny

30

Cute

10

Confusing

Friday, Oct. 23, 2015:

Last Halloween, you surveyed the number of boy trick-or-treaters and girl trick-or-treaters in
randomly selected cities on the island.
Now its time for you to create a LINE GRAPH to display your results!
1.
2.

Create a title for your graph.

Identify the variables in the study::
Your independent variable is: ____________________
Your dependent variable is: _____________________
3. Label each axis.
Put your independent variable along the X-axis.
Put your dependent variable along the Y-axis.
4. Create a line graph from the following data table.
City

Number of Boys

Number of Girls

Kailua

82

75

Kaneohe

80

90

Manoa

65

74

Ewa

70

63