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Sustainability Project: Planet or Plastic?

Graph Basics

Begin with this brief tutorial from learnfree.org on different types of graphs and how to create them from EXCEL. Pay particular attention to the bar graphs because these are what we’ll be using in the Sustainability project.

https://www.gcflearnfree.org/excel2013/charts/1/

If you need more help, visit this Wikihow site to see a step by step guide on using EXCEL to create a chart:

https://www.wikihow.com/Create-a-Graph-in-Excel

The following Khan Academy page will outline creating and using a bar graph, which is a useful tool for reporting survey results and will be our graphing format.

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/cc-2nd-grade-math/cc-2nd-measurement-data/cc-2nd-bar-graphs/v/creating-bar-charts-1