🎯 WALT (We Are Learning To)

We are learning to understand and apply the data cycle to investigate real-world problems.

📊 The Data Cycle Stages

Question → Plan → Collect → Process → Analyse → Communicate

📚 Part 1: Understanding the Data Cycle

1. Which stage comes FIRST in the data cycle?

Collecting data

Questioning

Analysing results

Planning

2. Match each stage with its description. Draw lines to connect them:

Question

Plan

Collect

Process

Analyse

Communicate

Gather the information needed

Share your findings with others

Organise data into tables or graphs

What do you want to find out?

Look for patterns and draw conclusions

Decide how to collect your data

3. Sarah wants to find out which sport is most popular in her class. What question could she ask?

4. For Sarah's investigation, tick ALL the ways she could collect data:

Survey her classmates

Observe students at lunch

Ask the PE teacher

Guess the answer

✏️ Part 2: Your Data Investigation

5. Choose a topic you want to investigate in your school. Write your question:

Examples: favourite lunch food, how students travel to school, preferred learning activity

6. Plan how you will collect your data. Describe your method:

7. How will you organise your data once collected?

Tally chart

Table

Graph

All of the above

8. Design a simple data collection sheet for your investigation:

9. How will you share your results with others? Explain your communication plan:

🌟 Success Criteria

I can:

Name all 6 stages of the data cycle in order

Write a clear investigation question

Plan how to collect data fairly

Explain how to organise and present data

🚀 Extension Activity

For advanced learners: Research a real data investigation from the news or internet. Identify which stages of the data cycle were used and suggest improvements to their method.

📖 Dyslexia-Friendly Options

• Use coloured overlays when reading
• Break tasks into smaller steps
• Draw pictures to help explain your ideas
• Ask for help reading questions aloud