Uncover Dubious Data Displays With Our Misleading Statistics Teaching Slides

Help your students become savvy data detectives with our Misleading Statistics Teaching Slides! This resource is designed to equip students with the critical thinking skills they need to spot misleading data representations in everyday media. Perfect for classroom discussions and independent reflection, these slides explore how graphs can be manipulated to influence opinions—whether through distorted axes, missing data points or inaccurate proportions. 

Included in these Misleading Statistics Slides:

• Column graph, pie graph and line graph examples
• ‘Show What You Know’ questions
• ‘Turn and Talk’ discussion prompts
• ‘Stop and Jot’ reflection slides

Ideal for upper primary and secondary classrooms, this resource supports the Australian Curriculum’s focus on data interpretation and critical thinking. Empower your students to question what they see and become informed, analytical thinkers!

More About Our Misleading Graphs and Statistics Teaching Slides

This set of misleading graphs and statistics teaching slides includes examples of many different methods people use to manipulate data displays, including: 

• A Y-axis that does not start at 0 
• Uneven scales or time intervals
• Omitted data 
• Pie chart pieces that are not to scale
• Differently sized symbols
• Missing labels or keys
• Missing or untrustworthy sources 

After this lesson, your students will be able to spot these and many more misleading statistics in the wild!

How to Download Our Misleading Graphs Powerpoint

This misleading graphs Powerpoint is also available in Google Slides format. To download, click the drop-down arrow on the download button and choose the format you prefer.

This resource was created by Kendall Britnell, a teacher and a Teach Starter collaborator.

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