Needing QUICK HELP about plotting and math

[Savoir Faire]

Okay...I'm needing super fast help. I teach a co-op class for science experiments each week. Besides the experiment, we also do a math or science graphing/charting/thinking activity this week.

Last week we sorted MNMs to figure out the % of colors in each bag.

We have completely and totally done a variety of charts and for the time being, I doubt the kids want to complete another bar graph.

I leave in an hour for class...and my husband suggested plotting. Such as plotting the age of the children and how far each of them can jump.

Only problem...I can't figure out for the life of me how to actually PUT THIS on a graph! (Husband is away from desk and Google isn't helping!)

ANyone care to explain to me how to do this? The youngest kids are 5 and the oldest are 8...so I always have to make it work with a variety of levels.

Thanks so much....otherwise we're just all going to be eating cookies today

[Daffodil]

Get some graph paper. Draw a horizontal line along the bottom - that's the X axis (but you don't need to teach the kids that's what it is.) Draw a vertical line along the left side - that's the Y axis. Make marks along the X axis representing years of age. Make marks along the Y axis representing feet jumped. To plot one point, pick a kid, go along the X axis until you get to the mark for that kid's age, then go up from that point until you're across from the mark on the Y axis representing the number of feet that kid jumped. Put a dot there. Repeat for the other kids.

Once you've plotted all your points, you can see what kind of relationship there is between age and feet jumped. Does the number of feet jumped go up as age goes up?

[Savoir Faire]

Oh, thank you. It actually makes SENSE!!! Yay!