Line Graph Tutorial

 

Constructing Line Graphs
  • One of the best ways to see what is happening with the data you collect in an experiment is to represent it visually as in a graph.
  • There are many types of graphs used in science, line graphs being just one.
  • For this lesson we'll be using some time and temperature data and construct a line graph using that data.
  • Since most of the graphs you'll construct in science this year are time / temperature graphs it's a good choice.
  • Two students have done an experiment comparing how the temperature of white and black metal cans left out in the sunshine change over a period of time.
  • Their data is shown below: