Pets – data handling activities This project and its actions were made possible due to co-financing by the European Fund for the Integration of Third-Country Nationals EAL Nexus resource Pets – data handling activities Data handling Subject(s): Maths, Science Age group(s): 8–11, 12–14 Topic: Graphs Licence information | This resource is free to use for educational purposes. ©British Council 2015 Source | This resource was originally developed by Zdravka Davies and has been adapted by EAL Nexus.
Keywords English Translate data tally table bar chart total check collect draw a graph label popular, more popular the most popular the least popular conclusion
Data is a collection of facts Data is a collection of facts. We are going to find out what the most popular pet in the class is. Walk around the classroom and ask everyone: Don’t forget to check if all your results total correctly. ‘Have you got a pet?’ ‘How many pets have you got?’ ‘What pets have you got?’
Record the results in the table Pet Tally Total dog cat guinea pig fish mouse hamster rabbit rat
7 Example 5 dog cat l l l l l l guinea pig fish mouse hamster rabbit Pet Tally Total dog l l l l 5 cat l l l 3 guinea pig l l l l l l 7 fish mouse hamster rabbit rat
Data is a collection of facts Data is a collection of facts. Using the data from the tally table, draw a bar chart. Label the graph, using the labels below: x y Number of pets Pets The most popular pet
1 2 4 3 6 5 8 7 9 10
y The most popular pet 1 2 4 3 6 5 8 7 9 10 Number of pets x Pets
Which is the most popular pet? Write a conclusion about your data collection. Use the substitution table to make sentences: No one Only one person Two people Three people Four people Most people has have a two three four .
Example of a conclusion If five people have a dog and three people have a cat, then dogs are more popular pets than cats. The least popular pet is the rat, because no one has a rat. The most popular pet is the guinea pig, because seven people have guinea pigs.