Name:___________________________________ Period:____ Date:____/_____/________

Dont Count Your Eagles Before They Hatch Population Graphing Practice
The population of the bald eagle, Americas national symbol, has gone through many changes. Habitat loss and a pesticide called DDT caused the population to decrease and, as a result, the bald eagle was added to endangered species list. Use the Internet as a resource and find the following information: o Describe bald eagles

o What are the properties of DDT? How does it affect different organisms like the eagle?

o What causes an animal to be added to the endangered species list?

Name:___________________________________ Period:____ Date:____/_____/________ Your task is to create 4 different graphs to show these population changes and the current population of bald eagles in different parts of the United States. All data and hints are found on this worksheet, but you will need to use MS Excel and MS Word to complete the graphs. Note: Population surveys were not consistently done at first, so data is not always one year apart or five years apart. Pay special attention when labeling the years on your graphs! Remember, all good graphs have the following things: 1 A descriptive title telling your reader what the graph is about 2 A key labeling colors and symbols 3 Labels on the x-axis and y-axis Units when appropriate. 4 Graph 1-Line Graph: How Has the United States Bald Eagle Population Changed? For this graph, you will create a line graph to show the change in the number of bald eagle pairs in the lower 48 states according to data from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from selected years between 1963 and 2000. Year Number of Pairs Year 1963 417 1991 1974 791 1992 1981 1,188 1993 1982 1,480 1994 1984 1,757 1995 1986 1,875 1996 1987 2,238 1997 1988 2,475 1998 1989 2,680 1999 1990 3,035 200 0 Number of Pairs 3,399 3,749 4,015 4,449 4,712 5,094 5,295 5,748 6,104 6,471

1. Open MS Excel and make a 2 column data sheet and record the data above. 2. Move your cursor back to the A1 cell and then insert a chart. 3. Choose an XY (Scatter) chart that connects the dots. 4. Modify the labels to give your graph a descriptive title, and a label for the x axis and the y-axis. 5. Save your chart on a new sheet. 6. Format your x-axis so that all the states show. 7. Make your graph look beautiful by formatting colors, text, etc.

Name:___________________________________ Period:____ Date:____/_____/________

Save your work in your folder so that you can use it later to create a PowerPoint presentation! Do not print it!!

Graph 2-Bar Graph: How Do Bald Eagle Populations Compare Across the Lower 48 States? For this graph you will create a bar graph to show the population of bald eagles in different states according to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service data from 2000. Data for Graph 2 State Number of Bald Eagle Pairs California Florida Louisiana Maine Michigan Minnesota Montana Nevada New York North Carolina North Dakota Oregon Rhode Island Texas Wisconsin 151 1,069 182 234 362 681 229 1 51 33 10 371 0 78 770

1. On a new sheet in Excel, create a 2 column data table with the data above. 2. Move your cursor to cell A1 and insert a chart. 3. Choose a Column Chart. 4. Modify the Titles for chart, X axis, and Y axis. 5. Save your chart on a new sheet. 6. Format your X-axis alignment until the names of all states show below its bar.

Name:___________________________________ Period:____ Date:____/_____/________ 7. Make your bar graph look nice by formatting fonts, colors, grid lines, etc. 8. Graph 3-Pie graph: Where are the Most Young Bald Eagles Found in Minnesota? Create a pie graph that shows the distribution of eaglets found in Minnesota according to a 2000 census by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Region of Minnesota Northwest Minnesota Northeast Minnesota Central Minnesota Southwest Minnesota Southeast Minnesota Twin Cities Metro Actual Number of Eaglets Number of Eaglets to use for Surveyed Pictograph 29 49 44 46 19 41 30 50 45 45 20 40

1. On a new sheet, create a 2 column data table and copy the data in the 1st two columns. 2. Place the cursor in cell A1 and insert a chart. 3. Choose a Pie Chart. 4. Label the Chart Title with a descriptive name for the data. 5. Check off Data Labels for Percentages and Category Names. 6. Save chart on a new sheet. 7. Format you Pie Graph to make it visually appealing. In the 3rd column numbers have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 5 eaglets to make it easier to create a pictograph. Create your own symbol to represent the number of eaglets. You will also need to choose how many eaglets your symbol will represent once you study the data. Conclusion Questions Graphs are helpful because they present a picture that shows trends and comparisons more easily than just looking at numbers. Use your graphs to help answer the following conclusion questions.

Name:___________________________________ Period:____ Date:____/_____/________ 11. According to Graph 1, what happened to the bald eagle population over the time period graphed? _______________________________________________________________ 2. Name two things that may have caused the population to do this: 11. ______________________________________________________________ 22. ______________________________________________________________ 3. Look only at consecutive years (for example: 1990-1991). Which years showed the greatest increase in population? ________________________________________________________________ Smallest increase? __________________________________________________ Did the population go down at any time during the years graphed? ____________ 4. Scientists may pay more attention to graphs with many years of data, instead of looking at year-to-year changes. Why do you think they do this? ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 5. According to Graph 2, which state that you graphed had the highest bald eagle population in 2000? ________________________________________________________________ Lowest?__________________________________________________________ 6. In Graph 2, are there any states where the bald eagle population surprises you? Why were you surprised? What do you think might explain the difference? ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 7. Texas is a larger state than Minnesota, Wisconsin, or Florida. Why do you think the bald eagle population was so much smaller in Texas than in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Florida? ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 8. According to Graph 3, which region of Minnesota had the highest number of young eagles in 2000? Name a town, city, or other landmark that might fall in that region. Use a map of Minnesota if you need help. ________________________________________________________________ 9. Why do you think that region had the highest number of eaglets? ________________________________________________________________ 110. According to Graph 3, which region of Minnesota had the lowest number of young eagles in 2000? What might be a possible explanation for this? ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________

Name:___________________________________ Period:____ Date:____/_____/________ 11. Looking at data usually creates more questions, instead of just answering them. Think of two questions about bald eagle population that you could explore further and write them down. 1. _______________________________________________________________ 2. _______________________________________________________________