Lesson Plan
Let’s Find Out! Answering Questions by Collecting and Organizing Data
Your students will practice data collection and graphing while learning more about each other. Your data scientists will craft a survey question, collect data from the class, and then create a bar graph to represent their findings.
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Learning Objectives
Students will be able to create a bar graph using appropriate scale and all parts of a graph.
Introduction
(5 minutes)- Tell your class that you really enjoy getting to know them and you’d like to know more about what third grade life is like for them. For example, what kinds of things to third graders do when they get home from school?
- Ask them what they usually do after school and call on a few students. Explain that the process of calling on students individually won’t really give you a good idea of the class’ activity as a whole.
- Tell them that you are going to create a survey to find out about how third graders spend time at home.