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Data Collection and Graphs

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Data Collection and Graphs

Data Collection and Graphs

Students collecting data with charts and graphs

📊 Part 1: Understanding Data Collection

1. What is data? Circle the best answer:

Information we collect to answer questions

Numbers only

Pictures and drawings

Stories we tell

2. Fill in the blanks using the words: survey, tally, respectfully, question

When we collect data, we start with a _____________ we want to answer. We can use a _____________ to ask people for information. We record our data using _____________ marks. We must always handle data _____________ because it is like a treasure (taonga).

3. Which of these are good investigative questions for our class? Check all that apply:

What is your favourite fruit?

How old is your grandmother?

What type of pet do you have?

What is your favourite colour?

How much money does your family have?

📝 Part 2: Tally Charts and Recording Data

4. Look at this tally chart showing favourite sports in our class:

Rugby: |||| ||||

Netball: |||| ||

Swimming: ||||

Football: |||| |||

How many students chose each sport?

Rugby: _______ students

Netball: _______ students

Swimming: _______ students

Football: _______ students

5. Create your own tally chart. Ask 10 people (family, friends, classmates) this question: "What is your favourite season?"

📈 Part 3: Creating Column Graphs

6. Using the sports data from question 4, create a column graph below. Remember to:

• Label your axes (bottom and side)

• Give your graph a title

• Make columns the same width

• Use the correct height for each column

7. Match the graph parts with their descriptions:
1. Title
2. Horizontal axis
3. Vertical axis
4. Column height
A. Shows how many (frequency)
B. Shows what the graph is about
C. Shows the categories (across)
D. Shows the numbers (up)

✍️ Part 4: Analysing and Summarising Data

8. Look at your sports graph from question 6. Circle the correct answers:
The most popular sport is:

Rugby

Netball

Swimming

Football

The least popular sport is:

Rugby

Netball

Swimming

Football

9. Write two sentences about your sports data. Use these sentence starters:

Sentence 1: The most popular sport in our class is _________________________ because _________________________ students chose it.

Sentence 2: The least popular sport is _________________________ with only _________________________ students choosing it.

10. Why is it important to treat data respectfully? Write your answer below:

🌟 Part 5: Te Reo Māori Data Vocabulary

11. Match the English words with their te reo Māori translations:
1. Data
2. Tally
3. Graph
4. Students
5. Treasure
A. Taonga
B. Akonga
C. Tiri tapatoru
D. Puru pou
E. Raraunga
12. Complete this sentence in both languages:

English: Data is a _____________ that we must handle with _____________.

Te reo Māori: He _____________ te raraunga, me _____________ hoki.

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