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Creating Bar Graphs

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Creating Bar Graphs

Creating Bar Graphs

Colourful bar graph illustration

📊 Part 1: Understanding Bar Graphs

1. Look at this data about favourite pets in Year 2:

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

Circle the correct answers:

Which pet is most popular?

Dogs

Cats

Fish

Birds

Which pet is least popular?

Dogs

Cats

Fish

Birds

🎨 Part 2: Draw Your Bar Graph

2. Use the pet data from Part 1 to create a bar graph in the space below:

Remember to:

  • Label your axes (horizontal and vertical)
  • Write the pet names along the bottom
  • Number your vertical axis from 0 to 10
  • Draw bars that match the data
  • Give your graph a title

📝 Part 3: Reading Bar Graphs

3. Answer these questions about your bar graph:

How many more students chose dogs than cats? ____________

How many students were surveyed in total? ____________

If 3 more students chose fish, how many would that be altogether? ____________

4. Complete these sentences about bar graphs:

A bar graph helps us to _________________________ data.

The tallest bar shows the _________________________ popular choice.

We can compare different _________________________ by looking at the height of the bars.

🏠 Part 4: Collect Your Own Data

5. Choose one topic to collect data about in your home:

Colours of socks in your drawer

Types of books on a shelf

Favourite fruits of family members

Types of toys in your room

6. Record your data here:
7. Create a bar graph using your collected data:

🤔 Part 5: Reflection

8. What did you learn about bar graphs today?
9. How could bar graphs be useful in everyday life?
10. Match the bar graph vocabulary with their meanings:
1. Data
2. Category
3. Scale
4. Bar graph
A. A group or type of things
B. Information we collect
C. Numbers on the side of a graph
D. A chart that uses bars to show data

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