This is an activity I have used with year 7 classes to help them improve their skills in describing graphs, though it could easily be used for other year groups as well. The students sit face to face, one with sheet one and one with sheet two. They take it in turns to describe the graph shape that they can see, but they are limited in the words that they are allowed to use. The other person has to sketch the graph that is being described. They can then compare to see how well they did.

A worksheet with 6 tables and 6 sets of pre-labelled axes. Students need to select the correct graph type and plot the graph. they are also asked to give a conclusion for the graph. It is not associated with any specific topic and can be used by KS3 or KS4

This has been designed with a view to being used to give students practice in drawing a line of best fit. The straight line generator can also be used when practicing taking a gradient. The generators have been set up so that they produce a known shape with a random variation. Some of them have a fairly small variation built in and some have a much higher variation. You could also give students the data and get them to plot their own graphs. If you find this resource useful I have a paid version of this resource which allows you to generate points, giving an endless supply of data sets to practice adding scales on a graph for. Please do let me know if there are any ways in which you feel this resource could be improved.

This has been designed with a view to being used to give students practice in drawing a line of best fit. The straight line generator can also be used when practicing taking a gradient. The generators have been set up so that they produce a known shape with a random variation. Some of them have a fairly small variation built in and some have a much higher variation. You could also give students the data and get them to plot their own graphs. There is a free fixed value copy of this resource if you wish to use that. If you find the free version useful come back and purchase the generator to make your own new versions.

This exercise is designed for allowing students to practice adding suitable axes to their graphs. The generator has been set up to have a variety of difficulties. Each random generation will produce a set of axes values and a suitable grid to add the scale onto. The print area has been automatically set up to only print the graphs. The students then need to add their scale onto the grid lines. While the axes labels that have been given are for physics topics, it is not topic specific and can be used by any subject which requires graph drawing. There is a free fixed value copy of this resource if you wish to use that. If you find the free version useful come back and purchase the generator to make your own new versions.