Nces Kids Graphs

Here you will find four different graphs and charts for you to consider. Maybe it will help explain what you are trying to show. Use homework problems, things you have a special interest in, or use some of the numbers you find elsewhere on this site.

Have fun! Looking to do even more with graphs? Try the new Create A Graph! NCES Kids' Zone: Create a Graph Graphs and charts are great because they communicate information visually. For this reason, graphs are often used in newspapers, magazines and businesses around the world.

NCES constantly uses graphs and charts in our publications and on the web. Then go to the Create-A-Graph and use the information you recorded to make your own graph showing how many students are in each grade at your school. What is the best graph to use?

This Nces Kids' Zone: Create a Graph Interactive is suitable for 9th - 10th Grade. Resource from the National Center for Education Statistics allows you to create great bar graphs. Simply enter your information, choose appropriate colors, and voila!- you have a beautiful graph you can turn put into your report!.

It provides a quick way for students to create graphs that can be printed or shared with the rest of the class. Students have five types of graphs to choose from, and a tutorial is provided to help students select and create the correct graph for their data set. The NCES Kids' Zone provides information to help you learn about schools; decide on a college; find a public library; engage in several games, quizzes and skill building about math, probability, graphing, and mathematicians; and to learn many interesting facts about education.

Procedure Go to the "Create a Graph" web app on the NCES website. On the right side of the screen, select a graph type. Once you select the graph type, use the vertical tabs on the right edge of the menu to customize your graph.

The "design" tab allows you to customize the graph's direction, shape, and style. Note that these choices vary depending on the graph type. On the "data.

In this graph, the source tells us that we found our information from the NCES Common Core of Data. X-Axis Bar graphs have an x-axis and a y-axis. In most bar graphs, like the one above, the x-axis runs horizontally (flat).

Sometimes bar graphs are made so that the bars are sidewise like in the graph below. This Nces: Create a Graph: Kids Zone Interactive is suitable for 3rd - 8th Grade. Make your own pie, bar, line, area or XY graph with this interactive tool.

Look for examples of graphs already created from data collected by the National Center for Education Statistics.