They will be doing the same, except for 5 days. Discuss making bar graphs. Refer to the 5th grade math book. Handout graph paper . Have students make a double bar graph to show the number of ships and barges that arrived at the dock for each of the 5 days.
Students can then solve the following problems.
Students can make a broken-line graph to see the trend of ships and barges arriving at the dock for each of the 5 days on the data collected. Have newspapers available for the Arrival and Departure Schedule of Ships coming in the Port of Corpus Christi. Discuss it with the students and have them make a table of the ships arriving, in the port, and departing for a 5 day time frame. At least 3 days were kept. 0 points Fewer than 3 days were kept.