graphic methods

Introduces math and problem solving skills in response to challenges posed after a storm creates a mess at Hall School and students plan ways to clean up and work to improve their playground.

While trying to save enough money to buy a new ice scooter, Perry the Penguin learns about managing his money and about negative numbers.

Presents an examination of the history of the use of visual graphs in the presentation of information, from its eighteenth century origins in art, logic, to the graphic explosion of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, where communication shifted from words to pictures.

Introduces elementary statistical concepts along with simple activities and calculations.

Explores mathematical patterns in the natural world, showing how the plotting of data on graphs can bring out hidden relationships and improve one's ability to make estimates.

Learn about several kinds of diagrams and find out which ones are best for different situations.

Dan, Emma, and Ron want to compare how many apples they picked. Look at the picture graph to tell who picked the most.

Mr. Hall surveys his class to find out how many people walk, take the bus, or take a car to get to school. Watch as he makes a circle graph with his data.

Nan surveys her class to find out what types of pets they have. See how she creates a bar graph to share her results.

This book uses animals in a zoo to explore how using graphs can help readers organize and understand information.