Pop up/3D Graphs

Resources:
Paper/Glue/Scissors/Colours
What to do:
Why not give pop up bar graphs a go in your lessons.
(Doesn’t just have to be a Maths lesson!)
Turn a bar graph into an interactive, physical tool for your students to evaluate and discuss.
Give it a go?
Variations:
Paper/Glue/Scissors/Colours
What to do:
Why not give pop up bar graphs a go in your lessons.
(Doesn’t just have to be a Maths lesson!)
Turn a bar graph into an interactive, physical tool for your students to evaluate and discuss.
Give it a go?
3d Bar Graphs from Mr A Ali
Instructions above written by Simon Killen.Variations:
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Picture by Simon Killen- linking maths and PE together- original idea inspiration from here |
1 Comment
This would make an interesting discussion point during a lesson on bar graphs, but I would advise not to take it further. This type of graph is misleading as a greater emphasis is placed on the area formed by the pop-out bars, rather than the heights alone.
The media (amongst others) use misleading graphs and we teach students to analyse them so that they can try and see the true message. It would be wrong therefore to teach students to create misleading graphs.