Once skill that is being practiced in fifth grade right now is creating pie charts. We have been talking about creating fractions, turning them into decimals, then into percents to create a pie chart using a template. We used Poll Everywhere, SMART Notebook and our LearnPads to create an authentic experience for creating our own pie charts. Poll Everywhere To begin the activity, I create a total of five polls to have my class complete. I grouped them within the Poll Everywhere dashboard and labeled it as Pie Charts. Students navigated to my custom URL to complete my polls. One of the five polls was displayed on the SMARTBoard while students completed the survey on their LearnPads. *Below is an image of what my students would see on their tablets. The students were able to see the results in real time as we took the poll. Once everyone in class had made a choice, I used the screen capture tool in my SMART Notebook software to snip the results and quickly put into a slide within SMART Notebook. SMART Notebook After using the snipping tool within SMART Notebook, I change the poll for students to continue completing all five of the polls. After each poll, I used the snipping tool to capture each result and put into the SMART Notebook software. After all the polls were added into the SMART Notebook software, there is an option to export it as a PDF. This would be very similar to exporting a PowerPoint or Google Slideshow as a PDF. LearnPAD Once the file was exported to a PDF, I logged into my LearnPad Portal online. Within the dashboard, where I can see all my students' tablets, I have the option to "Hand out" a file. I selected the "Pie Chart" PDF file and it was automatically sent to all the students' LearnPads. This allowed all of them to access the PDF results on their LearnPads. Pie Charts To wrap up the assignment, students used the data gathered from the Poll Everywhere Polls to create their own pie charts. They used the template above to correctly divide their pie charts. They had to create fractions of the data, convert to decimals and then finally into percents. Once they had the percents, there were able to correctly divide their circles into the correct portions. The students really enjoyed the chance of creating their own data together using Poll Everywhere and then having the chance to turn it into pie charts. Share This:
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