📊 Part 1: Understanding Data Vocabulary

1. Match each word with its meaning by drawing a line:

1. Data

2. Graph

3. Frequency

4. Variable

A. How many times something happens

B. Information we collect

C. A picture that shows data

D. Something that can change

2. Circle the best way to collect data about your classmates' favourite colours:

Guess what they like

Ask them a question

Look at their clothes

Ask their parents

📋 Part 2: Planning Data Collection

3. Write a good survey question you could ask your classmates:

4. What are some possible answers to your question? List at least 3:

5. Tick all the things you need to remember when collecting data:

Ask the question clearly

Listen carefully to answers

Record each answer

Only ask your best friends

Count how many people gave each answer

📈 Part 3: Reading Graphs

6. Look at this data about favourite pets in Room 5:

Dogs: 8 students | Cats: 5 students | Fish: 3 students | Birds: 2 students

a) Which pet is the most popular?

b) Which pet is the least popular?

c) How many more students like dogs than cats?

d) How many students were surveyed altogether?

7. True or False? Circle your answer:

More students like cats than fish:

True

False

Dogs and cats together are liked by 13 students:

True

False

Fish are more popular than birds:

True

False

🎨 Part 4: Creating Your Own Graph

8. Draw a bar graph using the pet data from Question 6. Remember to:

• Label your graph with a title

• Label what each bar represents

• Make sure your bars are the right height

9. Fill in the blanks about your graph:

My graph shows that ____________ is the most popular pet because it has the ____________ bar. The difference between the most popular and least popular pet is ____________ students.

🤔 Part 5: Thinking About Data

10. Someone says: "Everyone in New Zealand likes dogs best because dogs got the most votes in our class." Do you agree or disagree? Explain why:

11. What other questions could you ask your classmates to collect interesting data? Write 2 ideas:

12. How could collecting data help you in real life? Give one example:

Data Collection and Graphs

Data Collection and Graphs

📊 Part 1: Understanding Data Vocabulary

📋 Part 2: Planning Data Collection

📈 Part 3: Reading Graphs

🎨 Part 4: Creating Your Own Graph

🤔 Part 5: Thinking About Data

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