1. Title of Center/ Activity:   Two Way Graph

2. Objective: Students will classify the same set of objects using two different criteria.

3. Materials required: Small objects, carefully chosen to match a set of criteria. Ready-made graph sheets.

4. Resources: original

5. Teacher Directions: Collect a variety of items with similar characteristics. Make two different graphs, already labelled.

6. Student Directions:

When you graph, you are classifying things.

One set of things can be graphed two different ways.

Graph the things in the box according to color.

THEN:

Graph the things in the box according to what they are made of. Use the ready-made graphs.

7. Patterns: Available as PDF, if you have Adobe Acrobat:

Graphs


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