Notice and Wonder Graphs

Adapted from Fairfax County Public Schools, 2021

Ideas to consider

• Sense-making over answer-getting
• Data as storytelling.
• Data as a way to investigate the world.
• Data as a tool for action

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Connection to Enduring Understandings

• The data that needs to be collected, how to collect it, and how to organize it depends upon the question to be answered.
• Data can be represented visually, and the type of data determines the best choice of visual representation.
• Interpretations of data are influenced by the way the data are displayed.

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Possible Questions to Ask During Routine:

• What do you notice?
• What do you wonder?
• What do you think this graph could represent?
• What new information was added? How does it change your thinking?
• Considering the title, what do you think the x-axis labels might be?
• Considering the x-axis/y-axis, what do you think the title of this graph might be?
• Considering everything we know so far, what do you think this graph might be about?
• What questions might you ask about this graph?

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Bar Graph

Source: American Academy of Sleep Medicine

Source: American Academy of Sleep Medicine

Source: American Academy of Sleep Medicine

Pictograph

M&Ms

M&Ms

Key - 1 = 1 candy

M&Ms

Key - 1 = 1 candy

Kinds of Candy Louisa Collected on Halloween

M&Ms

Key - 1 = 1 candy

Kinds of Candy Louisa Collected on Halloween