Summary
A Cyberchase segment in which Harry and Bianca, working a movie-theater concession stand, compete and report their sales using bar graphs. A real-world reason to read and build bar graphs.
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Teaching resources
Discussion questions
Discussion
- How did the bar graphs show who sold more?
- What can a graph tell you faster than a list of numbers?
- What would you track with a bar graph at a school sale?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: bar graph, compare, sales.
Try it: Given Monday 5, Tuesday 8, Wednesday 3, draw the bars and say which day was highest.