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Data Questions and Predictions
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Data Questions and Predictions
📊 Part 1: Understanding Data and Categories
1. What is data? Circle the best answer:
Information we collect about people or things
A type of food
A computer game
2. Which of these are categories? Tick all that apply:
Favourite colours (red, blue, green)
Types of pets (cat, dog, fish)
The number 5
Favourite fruits (apple, banana, orange)
3. Complete this sentence:
Categories help us put things into different _______________.
4. Look at these toys: teddy bear, toy car, doll, toy truck, puzzle, toy plane.
What categories could we sort them into?
🤔 Part 2: Creating Questions and Making Predictions
5. Write an investigative question about your classmates.
Start with "What is..." or "Which is..."
6. For your question above, what do you think the answer might be?
Make a prediction:
I think _________________________ will be the most popular because
7. Our class wants to find out "What is the most popular school lunch?"
The choices are: sandwiches, sushi, pasta, soup.
Circle what you predict will be most popular:
Sandwiches
Sushi
Pasta
Soup
8. Why did you choose that answer? Explain your thinking:
🎯 Part 3: Planning Our Investigation
9. If we wanted to find out "What type of transport do children use to get to school?",
what categories might we use? Write at least 3:
1. _________________ 2. _________________ 3. _________________
10. Before we collect data, why is it important to make predictions?
It helps us think about what might happen
It makes the work harder
It doesn't matter
11. Draw a picture showing how you might collect data about favourite playground games:
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