OLYMPIC GRAPHING

 

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prove me right;
a single experiment can prove me wrong.

Albert Einstein

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Olympic Bar Graphs

Print the handout HERE.

Use this website to find the data: 

http://www.athens2004.com/

Click on Schedule - Results

Choose the event you wish to graph from the list.

Click on Results for your event.

Find your scores.

Example Data
Men's 10m Platform Diving
Medal Score
Gold (China) 748.06
Silver (Australia) 730.56
Bronze (China) 729.66
Women's Team Epee (Fencing)
Gold (Russia) 34
Silver (Germany) 28
Bronze (France) 45

Olympic Line Graphs

Print the handout HERE.

 

http://www.ex.ac.uk/cimt/data/olympics/olymindx.htm

http://www.hickoksports.com/history/olympix.shtml

http://abc.net.au/olympics_1996/sportspg.htm

http://www.factmonster.com/00olympics3.html

Use one of the links above to research your Olympic event.

Example Data
Men's 100m Track
Year Score
2000 9.87
1996 9.84
1992 9.96
1988 9.92
1984 9.99
1980 10.25
1976 10.06
1972 10.14
1968 9.95
1964 10.0
1960 10.2
1956 10.5
1852 10.4
1948 10.3
1944 Not held
1940 Not held
1936 10.3
1932 10.3
1928 10.8
1924 10.6
1920 10.8
1916 Not held
1912 10.8
1908 10.8
1904 11.0
1900 11.0
1896 12.0

 

Olympic Medal Count Using Excel

1. Launch the website for the Summer Games:
http://www.athens2004.com/

2. Select Medals   

3.  You will find total for gold, silver, and bronze medals for each country.

4. Open Excel.

5. Put the type of medal in cells A1, B1, C1, and D1:

6. Put the number of medals in cells A1, B2, C2, and D2.

7. Highlight the cells:

8. Click on the Chart Wizard in the toolbar:

9. Choose a Bar Graph (I know Microsoft calls it a column    graph), but we will use the term BAR GRAPH .

10.
Double check that your data will graph.

11.  Choose NEXT . Do NOT change anything in the Data Range .
Choose Next again.

12.  Give each axis an appropriate label and title the graph:

13.  Choose Finish , and print the graph.