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| Subject: | RE: Shodor lessons |
| Author: | R Rands |
| Date: | Feb 5 2006 |
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I've read thru the thread - interesting points. You might also like to try the
Excel Graph Wizard, which is dead easy once you get the hang of it. (I've shown
it to grades 5 and 6 for graphing experimental data )
Enter your x-y data set, highlight the lot, click on graph wizard, Use the
X-Y scattergraph option, then follow the instructions.
Once you have a graph of points in a line, you can right click on one of the
data points you have graphed and add a trendline. If your data is strictly from
a linear function, you can get the equation of the set by choosing "add
trendline, clicking the options tab checking "display equation on chart"
The thing I like about this routine is it takes data gathered in the classroom,
can give a best fit, it works without the internet, it is extendable to
nonlinear functions and it's generally available.
On Jan 13 2006, lil wrote:
> Has anyone tried any lessons using using the Shodor program? If so,
> how did it go? Any tips? I am still trying to come up with an
> effective lesson for 8th grade Algebra students.
I'm not likely to post again here predictably. If you like the possibilities, I
suggest you follow your interest in Excel graph wizard by playing with it and
maybe trying it on your students. I have found it especially useful for science
data.
The hardest hurdle to jump involves students who are convinced that only bar
graphs have meaning as data graphs.
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