Sunday, November 8th, 2009...11:27 am
“What’s Been in your Bin” Survey Results
It certainly has been interesting to track the results of our “What’s Been in your Bin” survey. Thank you to everyone who participated! We are going to spend some time in class analyzing the data using the Google Spreadsheet. If you want to see a copy of the survey data in spreadsheet form, here is a link (scroll down to the bottom of the document to see the totals):
What’s Been in your Bin Spreadsheet
Fifth graders, take a look at the spreadsheet. Then leave a comment doing one or more of these things:
What is one interesting thing that you notice from the data?
What is one question that the data can answer?
What is one question you think we should include on the survey next time?
Write a math problem based on the data in the spreadsheet.
What is a conclusion that you can draw from the data about people’s recycling habits?
Here are some graphs that show our results:
10 Comments
November 9th, 2009 at 9:45 pm
I was really suprised with how many bateries were in peoples bin because i didn’t think many people whould have it in their recycling bin.
November 10th, 2009 at 7:20 pm
Wow I never knew so many people had aluminum cans!
November 10th, 2009 at 7:24 pm
About how many more people have newspapers than cardboard boxes?
November 10th, 2009 at 9:13 pm
i think that you should add paper. And measure it by inches.
November 10th, 2009 at 9:18 pm
I was suprised that people had that many tin/steel cans, because I would think that alumin would have TOTALLY replaced those.
November 10th, 2009 at 11:49 pm
Wow, I thought that plastic containers would be the most! But you learn something everyday. =)
November 11th, 2009 at 10:18 pm
One thing that the data can answer is. Who has the most paper,magazines,and card bored boxes.
November 11th, 2009 at 10:20 pm
How many people put magazines in there bin.
November 11th, 2009 at 10:31 pm
I think paper should be added next time.
November 16th, 2009 at 8:31 pm
I was supriesed at how many aluminum cans were recycled, because they would have turn them in for money.
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