Transcript: Inventing Bar Graphs

MATT: Right. But how are we going to show Ms.Fileshare she has a bug problem - if she doesn't have time to see the bugs for herself?

INEZ: I counted fourteen right here in the History section. Compared to the other sections, this one is a disaster! She watches a cyber-fiche scurry past her.

JACKIE: Compare! That's it! If we show her a comparison of the bugs we found in each section - that should get her attention!

MATT: Yeah! But we've got to do it fast - or those bugs will eat everything in the Cybrary!

DIGIT: Bad news, Earthlies! I just found another bug - this one in the Travel Section!

JACKIE: Things are getting worse!

DIGIT: Whoa! No kidding! Between lookin' for bugs and workin'...I'm pooped! He turns toward the Atrium, points across it with his wing.

DIGIT: See those four cybrary carts? Digit’s POV looking across the atrium. At one spot are 4 carts in vertical alignment over four grid lines. They light up one by one.

DIGIT: That's how many carts of stuff I've shelved today! And that's just me.

DIGIT: You girls have each done one. And Mattster, you've done two.

INEZ: Digit, you're a genius! Inez’s comment takes Digit by surprise.

DIGIT: I am? Oh, yeah, I forgot. What did I do?

INEZ: You just showed us how to make a visual comparison for Ms. Fileshare!

MATT: Ladies and gentlemen, what we have here is a bug chart - a real live bar graph! A visual comparison of how many bugs we saw!

MATT: One bug in Science, three in Math, one in Travel...and a whopping fourteen in History!

DIGIT: Too bad we can't take the graph with us to show Ms. Fileshare.

INEZ: We can!

INEZ: I've made a smaller version that's portable and easy to read. Let's find Ms. Fileshare!

JACKIE: Where is she? The kids and Digit walk past the return chute and bin.

JACKIE: She's supposed to be here in the sorting section. Ms. Fileshare, her hands full of books, pops out of the bin.

MS. FILESHARE: I am in the sorting section.

MATT: We've got something to show you.

MS. FILESHARE: I only have thirty seconds to spare. Please hurry.

INEZ: We've made a bar graph that shows how many bugs we found in four sections of the Cybrary.

INEZ: These labels let you see right away what sections each bar stands for. Science...Math...Travel...and History! Hmm, check out History. She runs her finger along the long bar in history.

MS. FILESHARE: Well, we've always had a few bugs here and there - but never that many in one section.

MATT: That's what we've been trying to tell you.

MS. FILESHARE: I'm convinced! Come with me. Fileshare leads the kids and Digit away...

BUZZ: Faster!

HACKER: Whatever you say, boss! Hacker triples his chop speed and Buzz vibrates on the table.

BUZZ: S-s-s-s-l-l-l-l-l-o-o-o-wer-r-r-r!

MS. FILESHARE'S VOICE: Mr. Vermin Vexer! Buzz and Hacker jerk their head up towards the screen.

MS. FILESHARE: Are you there? Buzz’s eyes go wide.

BUZZ: Fileshare??? Buzz jumps off the table and races to get the Vermin Vexer headgear. He rushes to the console with the head gear on.

MS. FILESHARE: I need to speak to you right away.

BUZZ (AS VERMIN VEXER): Can I uh, help you, eh?

MS. FILESHARE: Feast your eyes on this bar graph my volunteers made!

MS. FILESHARE: Science...Math...Travel...and finally, History! As you can see, there's a bundle of bugs in the History section! Explain!