Travel Texas
Multi-Line Graph
1. You will be doing a multi-line graph comparing either the average
monthly high temperature or the average monthly precipitation
(rainfall) for 5 of the 12 cities you “visited”. You will do one of the line
graphs, your partner will do the other. You MUST do the line graph
by hand- NO COMPUTER LINE GRAPHS WILL BE ACCEPTED!
2. You will choose one city from each of the following major regions: the
Mountains and Basins, the North Central Plains, and the Great Plains.
You will choose TWO cities from the Coastal Plains. List them on the
provided data chart (be sure to spell the city and region names
correctly).
3. Get a packet which has the data for temperature and precipitation for
a lot of cities in Texas. Copy the data for each of the 5 cities you
picked (you must do this in class as this information will not be
available anywhere else).
4. You will need to get a piece of graph paper that I will provide to you.
Find the highest number in your data. Look at your graph paper and
sketch out where your X and Y-axis will be, making sure to leave
enough room for a title (and your name) along with a key.
5. Evenly space out the numbers on your Y-axis so that there is enough
room for your highest data number. (remember that where the x- and
y-axis meet is 0) Label your y-axis with “inches of rain” or “degrees
Fahrenheit” depending on which graph you are doing.
6. Evenly space out the months of the year on the X-axis and label them.
Label the x-axis “Months”.
7. In your key, list each of the 5 cities and which region they are in. Be
sure to give each city a different color line in the key.
8. Now plot the data for each city. Remember to use a different color for
each city. Once you have plotted the points for one city, connect the
dots using the color from the key. Now plot the data for the second
city. Connect its dots using a second color. Repeat these steps until
all of the cities’ data has been plotted and connected.
9. Put a title at the top of your line graph. It should be “Average Monthly
High Temperatures in Texas” or “Average Monthly Precipitation in
Texas”. Make sure your name is at the top as well.
Be sure to turn in your line graph with your spreadsheet and journal
entries along with your partner’s papers in a folder on Wed. Sept. 24th!
See the directions on back for instructions on how to turn in your project.
Travel Texas
TITLE PAGE:
On a blank sheet of paper, type or neatly print your name and your partner’s
name and class period in the center of the page. If you would like, you may
include a picture or a clip art.
TURN IN FOLDER:
The copy of your title page, budget spreadsheets, line graphs, and journals
should be put into a folder (e.g. brad folder) in the order below and turned
in on Wednesday, September 24th. (Do not stick it in a pocket folder- the
pages should flip like a book.)
ORDER for FOLDER:
1. Title Page
2. BOTH Budget spreadsheets (yours and your partner’s- make sure
your name is on yours)
3. BOTH Line graphs (put your name on yours)
4. Journal entries (make sure you signed each one of yours)
[You should have completed 6, your partner completed 6]
JOURNAL ENTRIES
Criteria for Journal entries (you should complete 6- your partner should do
the other 6):
1. Date (when you went to that city)
2. Name of the city and the SUB-REGION it is in
3. Complete sentences and correct mechanics (spelling, grammar,
capitalizations, etc.)
4. Account for the money you spent there (gas, tourist attractions,
etc.)
5. Descriptions of the landscape and vegetation that you saw in this
sub-regions
6. Creative, exciting story of your activities, hazards (emergencies),
etc. Remember the more creative (the more real it sounds) the
better your grade.
7. One picture on each journal entry can be hand drawn and colored,
copy and pasted into a word document, or cut out of a magazine
and glued on).