Interpreting charts
This is a list of resources for interpreting different types of charts and diagrams. It is suitable for levels 3-5. The list can be used in the order given. I would suggest it would take no more than 2 lessons to teach. The final resource can be extended, it would depend on how much data gathering you want to do from the website and whether you had the data pre-prepared or took pupils into a computer room to allow them to gather their own data.
Birthdays
This resource provides the raw data for pupils to look at and interpret. The bar chart of the data is then presented with some interpretation questions asked. The final task is for pupils to collect, display and interpret their own data on birthdays
Cars Galore
This resource is useful for providing pupils the opportunity to interpret the raw data and the line graph of the data. The second task is to produce their own line graph of the second set of data and finally to compare and contrast the two line graphs. There is a final extension task which is about drawing comparative bar charts from two-way tables
Chapter 6: Data Visualisation
This is resource is a guide to using the CensusAtSchool website to gather your own data and then display it using a variety of charts. Once this is done, the pupils can then compare, contrast and interpret their charts. This should be more interesting for them as it is using real data gathered from other school children.
