🌱 Part 1: Plant Data Collection

1. In the garden, use tally marks to count each type of plant you observe:

Flowering Plants: ________________________

Shrubs: ________________________

Herbs: ________________________

Grasses: ________________________

Other: ________________________

2. Create a frequency table using your tally data:

3. Which type of plant was most common in the garden?

Flowering Plants

Shrubs

Herbs

Grasses

4. Which type of plant was least common?

📊 Part 2: Data Analysis

5. What was the total number of plants you counted?

Total plants: _________ plants

6. Check all the ways data collection could help gardeners:

Plan which plants to water more often

Decide where to plant new flowers

Know which plants are growing well

Help choose plants for next season

7. Describe one interesting observation you made about the plants in the garden:

8. How could this plant data help someone make decisions about caring for the garden?

9. Why is it important to record data accurately when collecting information?

10. Think of one other place where people might collect data about plants. Where and why?