USA Today Snapshots Graphing Project - Technology Integration, and Creative Art

Check out the the thumbnails for a sample of the fun your students will have!

The USA Today newspaper features fun graphs called Snapshots. Visit their online site to view dozens for free.

With this multiple day project, your kids can view fun, artistic examples of a wide range of data displays. They can conduct a survey using their own questions or one from the list I have provided. Next, they can create graphs by hand using the handouts in this packet, and/or they can create them online using the simple steps I have typed out, complete with screen captured photos from the National Center for Education Statistics website.

Finally, your kids will have a blast altering their graphs into fun, original designs, like the USA Today Snapshots. I have included student examples. Your students can create these using technology or good old fashioned construction paper and copy paper.

This is a project you could try on your own, but for 2 bucks, you get typed directions, typed computer instructions, a key, and plenty of examples to share.

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