Student Activities	Math Glossary	Graph Samples	Locating Information

Hi, my name is Data Whale and I will guide your students through a module on data collection and graphing. I will there to guide them step by step. Finally, they will make graphs to show what they have learned by using data collected from research on whales.
I recommend first introducing or reviewing the concept prior to them beginning the module. I have included some lessons you might want to use.
 
 

LESSON PLANS

Collecting Data

Purpose: To collect data and organize data

Students will

• collect data
• complete a frequency table
• interpret data in a frequency table

• blank table with three columns
• pencil
• small cup full of different types & sizes of buttons

• data
• tally
• frequency

First, introduce the goal of the lesson to students and vocabulary. They will label the table ( Type of Button/Tally/Frequency). Have students to separate the buttons according to type and count them. They will use tally marks to record the amounts and write numbers in the frequency column. Finally have the students to make up a question that a classmate could answer by interpreting the data in his table. Let them share their questions with a partner.
 
 

Understanding Pictographs

Purpose: To interpret a pictograph

Students will

• interpret data presented in a pictograph

• copy of a table with to columns (one wide)
• colored pencils
• one small bag of Skittles for each child

• pictograph
• key

Introduce the vocabulary and the learning goal. Have students open their candy and separate the colors. Next, they will label their graph according to the different colors of candy them have. Explain that the key is equal to 2 pieces of candy. Have them to count the number of candy pieces for each color and draw a picture to represent the amount of each color. Finally, the best part lesson in eating the candy!
 

Assessment

Have students to organize some of the information they collected on whales to make graphs and explain in a paragraph everything they did to complete the graph.