Interpret economic issues as expressed in maps, tables, diagrams, and charts (i.e., automobile sales, unemployment rates, or airplane production). 5.2.4

Links verified 9/17/2014

1. Interpret Data
   1. Data Picking - Students collect data, enter tally marks or numbers and then select which graph is appropriate.
   2. The Random Ball-Picking Machine - experiment with a random generator at a BBC site to collect data to make decisions about probability.
      1. After you finish working through the ball-picking activity, take a ten-question probability quiz
   3. Interpreting Data - multiple-choice quiz from Glencoe math [5 questions]
   4. Reading Charts and Graphs - In this lesson you will: read bar graphs, pie charts, and grid charts, review percentages in pie charts and, compare types of information shown in different kinds of charts
   5. Overview of a Bar Graph by Nicole Carroll followed by a practice quiz [designed for grade 4]
   6. Overview of a Line Graph by Nicole Carroll followed by a practice quiz [designed for grade 4]
   7. Play Ball - collect data to put on a picture graph
2. Supply and Demand - read a graph and answer questions - see what happens when the price of a product causes the demand to decrease (site often has technical difficulties)

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