Constructing Graphs
 : Very Tall and Very Small
Approach: One to one
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Resources: Folding metre ruler, result sheet (shown), spoken instructions.

Questions / instructions:
The 1995 Guiness Book of Records tells us about world records.
The tallest man ever was Robert Wadlow. He was about 275 cm tall.
The shortest lady ever was Pauline Musters. She was about 60 cm tall.
We will measure your height and you can write it in the space on the results sheet.

Measure the student and give them the results sheet.

Show the height of Pauline Musters and yourself on this bar graph.
Robert's has been done for you.

When the graph has been completed:

Look at your graph. Try to tell me two things that the graph tells you.

  % responses
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bar format

87
Pauline Musters data
88
data on own height
43
2 appropriate comments
51


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