Activity 7: Circle Graphs (GLE: 36)
CC: . Have students collect data on the costs associated with attending college. Include costs such as housing, food, transportation, books, clothes, and tuition.
The CC suggests this web site for gathering information. Average cost of public and private university (tuition and room and board) http://militaryfinance.umuc.edu/education/edu_college.html
An alternative would be to use actual tuition costs from Louisiana universities. Some links are found here.
Grambling State University tuition information http://www.gram.edu/prospective/undergradfees.asp
La Tech University tuition information http://www.ltadm.latech.edu/vpadmaff/FEEScurrent.HTM
Louisiana State University http://www.bgtplan.lsu.edu/fees/05-06/Undergrad.htm
McNeese State University tuition information http://www.mcneese.edu/admissions/fees.asp
Northwestern State University tuition information http://www.nsula.edu/registrar/documents/Fees%20for%20Spring%202006.doc
University of Louisiana at Monroe tuition information http://www.ulm.edu/schedule/sumfall05/05fallfees.pdf
University of Louisiana at Lafayette http://bursar.louisiana.edu/schedule-fall-2005.shtml#Undergraduate
CC: Have students create a circle graph for their data using a spreadsheet program or by hand.
MS Excel is a spreadsheet program that will create circle graphs. Create A Graph |