Student Worksheet — Session 5: Drawing a Bar Graph

Data Science for Young Minds · Grade 2 · Ages 7–8

Name

Date

Class Period

Part 1 — Vocabulary

Bar graph

Axis

Scale

Title / Label

Part 2 — Draw Your Bar Graph

Use your tally chart totals from Session 4. Follow the steps to draw your bar graph below.

My totals from Session 4 — fill these in first: Summer: Fall: Winter: Spring:

TITLE:

Number of Votes

Summer

Fall

Winter

Spring

Season

Use your ruler and colored pencils. Draw a bar for each season to match its total. Color each bar a different color!

Part 3 — Graph Checklist

Check off each part once you've added it to your graph:

Title written at the top

Scale numbers (0–8) along the y-axis

Season labels along the x-axis

All 4 bars drawn at the correct height

Each bar colored a different color

Y-axis labeled "Number of Votes"

X-axis labeled "Season"

Part 4 — Read Your Graph

Which season has the tallest bar?

Which season has the shortest bar?

What is something someone could learn by reading your bar graph?

Take-Home Challenge — Spot a Bar Graph!

Look for a bar graph this week — in a book, magazine, newspaper, or on a screen. Draw a simple sketch of it here:

Sketch the bar graph here

What was this graph about?