Lesson Plans

Lesson 2 - Bar Graphs

Subject: Mathematics - Grade Level: 3,4

Objective

Student will use data from Administrative Organization of the Battleship North Carolina to construct a bar graph that displays visually the number of men from each of the 7 Departments that is responsible for the operation of the ship.

Materials

• Organization Profile Sheet of the Battleship North Carolina that lists the Administration and the 7 different departments.
• Graph paper

Information

Executive-20
Gunnery-1,182
Engineeering-448
Communication-119
Hull-179
Medical-31
Navigation-27
Supply-120

Activities/Procedures

Student will take the number of men represented in each Department of the ship and construct a bar graph to visually represent this number on graph paper to show each department’s role in the overall operation of the ship.

Assessment

Teacher evaluation of accuracy of bar graph representation.