{"id":85,"date":"2026-01-14T06:51:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T06:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bispcomputingtest.ddns.net\/wordpress\/?page_id=85"},"modified":"2026-01-22T07:25:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T07:25:15","slug":"skill-5-visualizing-data","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bisp-digital-literacy.com\/?page_id=85","title":{"rendered":"Skill 5 &#8211; Creating Charts &amp; Graphs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udfaf The Goal<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-background\">I can turn a table of data into a Bar Chart and a Pie Chart to make the information easier to understand at a glance.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\udcd6 The Walkthrough: Why Use Charts?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Numbers tell a story, but charts show the picture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Bar Charts:<\/strong> Best for comparing different categories (e.g., Which House has the most points?).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Pie Charts:<\/strong> Best for showing parts of a whole (e.g., What percentage of the total points does each House own?).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Secret Rule:<\/strong> You must <strong>Highlight<\/strong> your data <em>before<\/em> you click the Chart button! If you don&#8217;t highlight the names and the numbers together, the computer won&#8217;t know what to draw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\udce5 The Starter File<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Download the <strong>&#8220;Olympic Medal Tracker&#8221;<\/strong> below. It has the medal counts for five different countries, but it\u2019s currently just a boring list of numbers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1uDw4jvpk6E4p9F2Bz0Rwz2MzkqLwPEw_P2Rl-YIfH6k\/copy?gid=787541077#gid=787541077\">Download Olympic Medal Tracker<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2705 The Checklist: Your Task<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Open the medal tracker and follow these steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Create a Bar Chart:<\/strong> Highlight the Country names and the Total Medals. Go to <strong>Insert &gt; Chart<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Customize:<\/strong> Use the &#8220;Chart Editor&#8221; on the right to change the color of the bars.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Add a Title:<\/strong> Make sure your chart has a clear title like <em>&#8220;Total Medals by Country&#8221;<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Create a Pie Chart:<\/strong> Highlight the same data again, but this time change the &#8220;Chart Type&#8221; in the editor to a <strong>Pie Chart<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Move &amp; Resize:<\/strong> Drag your charts so they aren&#8217;t covering your data table.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udfc6 Level Up! (Extension)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>3D Mode:<\/strong> Can you find the setting in the Chart Editor to make your Pie Chart <strong>3D<\/strong>?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Switching Data:<\/strong> Can you create a chart that only shows &#8220;Gold Medals&#8221; instead of the &#8220;Total&#8221;?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\udce4 Test Your Knowledge<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you have completed the tasks click the button below to take the quiz for this skill.<strong>Remember to select Skill 5 in the first question !<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-align-center wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/o6zeXt9zpYXtUBvv9\">Skills Quiz<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udfc1 Navigation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><td><strong>\u21e0 Previous: Skill 4<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Next Lesson: Skill 6 \u2013 The Final Challenge \u2794<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/thead><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83c\udfaf The Goal I can turn a table of data into a Bar Chart and a Pie Chart to make the information easier to understand at a glance. \ud83d\udcd6 The&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":75,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-85","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bisp-digital-literacy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/85","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bisp-digital-literacy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bisp-digital-literacy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bisp-digital-literacy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bisp-digital-literacy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=85"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/bisp-digital-literacy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/85\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":161,"href":"https:\/\/bisp-digital-literacy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/85\/revisions\/161"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bisp-digital-literacy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/75"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bisp-digital-literacy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=85"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}