f-2 data collection worksheet who lives in my house · who lives in my house? lesson information |...
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Lesson PlanWho Lives in My House?
LessonInformation|1x60minutes
ThislessonintroducesFoundation– Year2studentstotheconceptofdata,datarecordinganddatarepresentation.
Lessonlengthisanapproximate.Dependingontheageandabilitiesofyourstudentsthislessonmaytakelonger.
CurriculumLinks:DigitalTechnologies
RepresentationsofData
Datacanhavepatternsandcanberepresentedaspicturesandsymbols
Collecting, Managing&Analysing Data
Collectandusedataofanykind
Warm-up(5minutes)• Askstudentsabouttheirfamily– whoisintheirfamily?• Introduceanewword“Data”– explainthatDataisafancywordfor“information”or“facts”• Tellstudentsthattoday,wearegoingtocollectdataabouttheirfamilies!
GuidedIndependentActivity(50minutes)• ProvideeachstudentwithaDataCollectionWorksheet• WalkstudentsthroughcompletingeachpartofthecollectionworksheetusingRoman
Numeral/Tally(note:youngerstudentsmaynothavecomeacrossthisconceptyet,soyoucanexplainhoweachIrepresents“one”onthewhiteboard)
• Studentscompleteatallyfor“HowManyAdultsLiveinMyHouse,”“HowManySiblingsIHave”and“HowManyPetsWeHave”
• Studentsusecoloured papertocutandglueahouse(withyoungerstudents,youmayliketohavetheshapespre-cuttomakethisstepquickerandneater!)
• Inthemiddleofthehouse,studentsusecoloured squaresofpapertorepresentthedifferentmembersoftheirhousehold
• Studentsnowhavetheirdatarepresentedinthreeways– 1.Inatally;2.Number3.Visuallyusingcoloured squares.Gluebothside-by-sideonanA3pieceofpaperanddisplay.
WrappingUp(5minutes)• AskstudentstosharetheirDatahouseswiththeclass.Discuss– whohasthesamenumberof
peopleandanimalsinthehouse?Whatcanwelearnabouteachotherfromthisdata?Inwhatwaysarethetwodatarepresentations(tally,numberandsquares)thesame?Inwhatwaysaretheydifferent?
©KimMaslin