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Data Collection Introduction

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Data Collection Introduction

Data Collection Introduction

Children collecting data with charts and graphs

📊 Part 1: Understanding Data Collection

1. What does it mean to collect data? Circle the best answer:

Playing with toys

Asking questions and recording answers

Drawing pictures

Reading books

2. Which of these are good survey questions? Check all that apply:

What is your favourite fruit?

What colour do you like best?

How old are you?

What is your favourite pet?

3. Fill in the blanks:

When we ask people questions and write down their answers, we are collecting ____________. We can show this information using a ____________ or chart.

🍎 Part 2: Conducting a Survey

4. You want to find out people's favourite fruits. Draw or write 4 different fruits you could ask about:
5. Practice making tally marks. If 7 people chose apples as their favourite fruit, show this using tally marks:
6. Look at this tally chart and answer the questions:

Favourite Colours Survey:

Red: |||| (4 people)

Blue: |||| || (6 people)

Green: ||| (3 people)

Yellow: |||| | (5 people)

a) Which colour was most popular?
b) How many people chose green?
c) How many people were surveyed in total?

📈 Part 3: Creating Graphs

7. What are the important parts of a graph? Check all that apply:

A title

Labels for categories

Pictures or symbols

Bright colours only

8. Create a simple pictograph using this data about favourite pets:

Dogs: 5 people, Cats: 3 people, Fish: 2 people, Birds: 1 person

Use ☺ to represent each person. Draw your pictograph below:

9. Give your graph from question 8 a good title:

🤔 Part 4: Reading and Understanding Data

10. Look at this pictograph about favourite school subjects:

Our Favourite School Subjects

Maths: 🌟🌟🌟🌟 (4 stars)

Reading: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 (6 stars)

Art: 🌟🌟🌟 (3 stars)

Sport: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 (5 stars)

Each 🌟 = 1 student

a) Which subject is most popular?
b) Which subject is least popular?
c) How many more students like Reading than Art?
11. Why is collecting data useful? Write your answer:

🎯 Part 5: Plan Your Own Survey

12. Design your own survey question about something you're curious about:
13. List 3-4 possible answers people could choose from:
14. Who would you ask your survey question to? (e.g., family, friends, classmates)
15. How would you show your results? Circle your choice:

Tally chart

Pictograph

Bar chart

List

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