# Day 14 -16 Bar plots

**URL:** <https://forum.code.org/t/day-14-16-bar-plots/4117>\
**Category:** Unit 5 Best Practices\
**Created:** [June 1, 2016, 3:27pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/day-14-16-bar-plots/4117 "2016-06-01T15:27:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![lisaplace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/278dde/32.png) [@lisaplace](https://forum.code.org/u/lisaplace)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2016, 3:27pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/day-14-16-bar-plots/4117/1 "2016-06-01T15:27:32Z")

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I did not actually get to this unit but we did use Excel in other units and we did do a bar graph that we got all of the birthdates from students in the class and then compare with their grade levels. The students got a visual representation instead of me just throwing text at them.

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**Author:** ![leah\_dee\_kilgore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4da419/32.png) [@leah\_dee\_kilgore](https://forum.code.org/u/leah_dee_kilgore)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2016, 3:11pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/day-14-16-bar-plots/4117/2 "2016-06-24T15:11:37Z")

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Graphs including bar plots are important to the curriculum. Excel and other tools can be used.