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

In My House… Tally Number

Adults

Siblings

Pets

Who lives in my house?

©KimMaslin

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