Reading & Graphing Data: Ice Cream

Overview:

A graphing activity where students display survey data about favourite ice cream flavours in a column graph. Designed for year 3 and year 4 students.

Learning Objectives:

• Interpret data from a tally table.
• Create a column graph to represent survey data.
• Label graph components accurately, including axes and titles.
• Develop skills in visual data representation and analysis.

How the Activity Works:

Students are provided with a table showing tally marks representing Year 4 students' favourite ice cream flavours. They use the data to construct a column graph, plotting the information on a grid with two labelled axes (flavours and number of students). Students practise transferring data from a table to a graph, ensuring the graph is correctly labelled and easy to read. This activity provides a practical and engaging way for students to develop data interpretation and graphing skills, promoting clear visual representation of information.