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http://pbskids.org/sid "I Love Charts" comes from the SID THE SCIENCE KID episode "The Sticker Chart." Sing along with Teacher Susie's song about how charts are handy dandy scientific tools! You can use them to compare and contrast data and they let you visualize the big picture during your investigations. From weekly weather charts to pie charts to bar graphs, charts totally rule!
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