{"id":202,"date":"2023-02-16T11:35:02","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T11:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/sspsmathsguide\/?page_id=202"},"modified":"2023-02-16T11:42:11","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16T11:42:11","slug":"bar-chart","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/sspsmathsguide\/bar-chart\/","title":{"rendered":"Bar Chart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A <strong>Bar Chart<\/strong> is a type of graph that uses <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">blocks of different heights to represent different values<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For example:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-203\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/public\/sspsmathsguide\/uploads\/sites\/6436\/2023\/02\/16113254\/Screenshot-2023-02-16-113235-300x241.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/public\/sspsmathsguide\/uploads\/sites\/6436\/2023\/02\/16113254\/Screenshot-2023-02-16-113235-300x241.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/public\/sspsmathsguide\/uploads\/sites\/6436\/2023\/02\/16113254\/Screenshot-2023-02-16-113235.jpg 486w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This Bar Chart shows the favourite colour of a group of children.<\/p>\n<p>We can read from the chart that 8 children chose red as their favourite colour, 5 children chose green and 6 children chose pink.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Just before Bar Charts are introduced, children may have used to Block Graphs which are a simpler version of Bar Charts. These are drawn on squared paper and each square or block represents 1.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-207\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/public\/sspsmathsguide\/uploads\/sites\/6436\/2023\/02\/16113817\/Screenshot-2023-02-16-113802-300x260.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/public\/sspsmathsguide\/uploads\/sites\/6436\/2023\/02\/16113817\/Screenshot-2023-02-16-113802-300x260.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/public\/sspsmathsguide\/uploads\/sites\/6436\/2023\/02\/16113817\/Screenshot-2023-02-16-113802.jpg 435w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>CURRICULUM LINK:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I have explored a variety<br \/>\nof ways in which data is<br \/>\npresented and can ask<br \/>\nand answer questions<br \/>\nabout the information<br \/>\nit contains.<br \/>\nMNU 1-20a<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-34\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/public\/sspsmathsguide\/uploads\/sites\/6436\/2023\/02\/11174824\/First-107x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"34\" height=\"95\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/public\/sspsmathsguide\/uploads\/sites\/6436\/2023\/02\/11174824\/First-107x300.jpg 107w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/public\/sspsmathsguide\/uploads\/sites\/6436\/2023\/02\/11174824\/First.jpg 113w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34px) 100vw, 34px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You may wish to find out more about<\/p>\n<p>Line Graphs, Scatter Graphs, Pictographs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Bar Chart is a type of graph that uses blocks of different heights to represent different values. &nbsp; For example: This Bar Chart shows the favourite colour of a group of children. We can read from the chart that 8 children chose red as their favourite colour, 5 children chose green and 6 children &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/sspsmathsguide\/bar-chart\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Bar Chart<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3794,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-202","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/sspsmathsguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/sspsmathsguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/sspsmathsguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/sspsmathsguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/sspsmathsguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/sspsmathsguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":208,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/sspsmathsguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/202\/revisions\/208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/sspsmathsguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}