Sample Posters for
Grades 4 - 6
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| How Many Times have Fourth Graders Moved? |
These three graphs present the same type of data, so the same type of graph should have been used.
The vertical bar chart and pictogram are both used correctly.
The pictogram is easier to read because it is larger.
The line graph is inappropriate and very confusing.
The title could state a conclusion.
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Question: What conclusion do you make? |
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Good Estimation Needs Practice! |
Enlarge the axes labels and
legends.
Students were allowed only 5
seconds to make their
estimates in the upper left
graph. Unlimited time was
allowed for estimation in
the upper right graph.
It was a good idea to use
the same type of chart for
all three graphs.
The title states a
conclusion. But it is not
clear how the data support
the conclusion.
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Question: What title would you use? |
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Hammer Hits |
Questions:
What title would you use?
What conclusion do you make?
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This poster is an excellent
example of an interesting,
simple experiment. Three
graphs show how many hammer
hits each individual needed
to drive in a 3-inch nail.
Fathers are shown at the
upper left in red, mothers
at the upper right in
yellow, and siblings at the
lower left in purple. It
also contains two summary
graphs- a vertical bar chart
in the center and a
pie-chart. |
Recommendations:
Enlarge the chart titles,
and the text and numeric
labels for the axes. They
should have been easily
visible in this photograph.
Make the father, mother, and
sibling charts consistent.
Make all three the same
style (with the number of
hammer hits on the vertical
axis). In addition, it is
crucial that these three
graphs have the same scale
for the vertical axis,
otherwise they are visually
misleading.
Eliminate the pie chart.
Emphasize the summary bar
chart. Make it larger than
the father, mother, and
sibling charts. Make the
colors in this chart
consistent with those in the
father, mother, and sibling
charts.
Add a scatter chart which
displays the number of
hammer hits on the vertical
axis and the age of the
sibling on the horizontal
axis. |
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How Many Girls and Boys Visit the Nurse and Why, in 5 Days? |
Question:
What conclusion do you make?
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This poster is interesting.
It engages the observer. |
Recommendations:
Add gridlines (so each
interval contains 20 or 25
students), labels, and a
title ("Total Number of
Visits to the Nurse") to the
pictograph.
Add separate lines for boys
and girls in the line graph.
Annotate the line graph with
the denominators- the total
boys and girls in the
school - by putting (n= xx
boys) and (n= xx girls) at
the right-hand ends of the
respective lines. Add a
title ("Percent of Students
Visiting the Nurse") to the
line graph.
Add gridlines to the
"reason" bar chart. |
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