Collecting Data
Grades: 2-3
Summary: Collect data on a busy road. How many vehicles of each type pass by in a minute? Ask pupils to make comparisons between the groups. You can sort by colour or choose to sort by vehicle then choose to gather your data through tally, number or pictograph. Each round is 45 seconds.
How to integrate: Shared, Modeled *quick
Grades: 2-3
Summary: Set your own choices and use this tool for a variety of surveys. Why is a block graph a good way of showing your results? What does the tallest column of blocks mean? How did the block graph help you to answer the question?
How to integrate: Shared
Grades: 2-3
Summary: Create a class chart of all the pupils' birthdays then use it as a stimulus for questions. Make boy and girl labels and drag them into the right month.
How to integrate: Shared
Grades: 1-3
Summary: Ask pupils to collect data and display the information in a pictogram. The data for favourite snacks could be collected within the class, from other classes or even from home.
How to integrate: Shared
Grades: 1-3
Summary: Help Molly count and organize the animals in the zoo. Three levels - medium, hard and really hard.
How to integrate: Shared, Modeled, Independent
Grades: 3-4
Summary: Use the information to collect the data and the transfer that data onto a graph.
How to integrate: Modeled, Shared, Independent
Grades: 1-2
Summary: Use the Tally Chart to answer the questions.
How to integrate: Shared, Independent
