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Animal Data Collection Worksheet

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Animal Data Collection Worksheet

Animals in different habitats illustration

🌿 Part 1: Collecting Animal Data

WALT: We are learning to collect and organise categorical data about animals and their habitats.

1. Look at the animals below. Use tally marks to count how many animals live in each habitat:

Animals: Tui, Kererū, Pūkeko, Fantail, Morepork, Kākā, Weka, Bittern

Habitat Tally Marks Total
🌳 Forest
🌾 Wetland
🌱 Grassland
2. Which habitat has the most animals? Circle your answer:

Forest

Wetland

Grassland

3. Which habitat has the fewest animals? Circle your answer:

Forest

Wetland

Grassland

📊 Part 2: Making Sense of Our Data

4. Complete this "I notice" statement about your data:

I notice that _________________ habitat has _______ animals, which is the most.

5. Complete this "I notice" statement:

I notice that _________________ habitat has _______ animals, which is the least.

6. Look at your tally chart. What do you wonder about these animals?

I wonder _________________________________________________

7. If you found one more Kākā in the forest, how would this change your data?

Forest would still have the most animals

Forest would now have the most animals

Nothing would change

🎯 Part 3: Extension Challenge

8. For Advanced Learners: Think of another way to sort these animals (like by size or colour). Write your own investigative question:
9. Draw a simple picture graph showing your habitat data in the space below:
10. Success Criteria Check: Tick the boxes for what you can do:

I can collect categorical data using tally marks

I can sort animals into habitat groups

I can use "I notice" statements to describe data

I can identify which category has the most/least

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