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Survey of eye colours
Complete a survey on eye colours and display the results in a pictogram.Complete a survey on eye colours and display the results in a chart or graph.Discussion points
- Which eye colour has the most scores?
- Which eye colour has the fewest scores?
- How could you find out your own eye colour?
- What do you notice?
- Which eye colour has the most scores?
- Which eye colour has the fewest scores?
- What is the total for colour A and B?
- How many more people have ___ eyes than ___ eyes?
- How many fewer people have ___ eyes than ___ eyes?
- What is the difference between eye colour A and B?
- What is the sum of eye colours A, B and C?
- What does the data tell us?
- How many more people have ___ eyes than ___ eyes?
- How many fewer people have ___ eyes than ___ eyes?
- What is the difference between eye colour A and B?
- What is the sum of eye colours A, B and C?
- What does the data tell us?
- What is the mean score?
Teaching tips:
This graph is great to use a part of getting children to develop positive attitudes about the differences between people. They could also use ‘Survey of hair colours’ alongside this.
Using the graph in maths encourages children to count and compare numbers and objects.
PSED: Get children to notice and label more facial features using ‘Parts of the face - simple’. Children could use mirrors to look closely at their appearance and draw a self-portrait.
Using the graph in maths encourages children to count and compare numbers and objects.
PSED: Get children to notice and label more facial features using ‘Parts of the face - simple’. Children could use mirrors to look closely at their appearance and draw a self-portrait.
Maths: After collecting the data, spend time interpreting the graph (see discussion points). Pair with ‘Survey of hair colours’ for more comparisons between people or to see if there is any correlation between hair and eye colour.
Art: children could use mirrors to draw a self-portrait.
Art: children could use mirrors to draw a self-portrait.
After filling in the information, spend time interpreting the graph and what is shows. Present children with a range of comparison, sum and difference problems to support work on interpreting information in a variety of graphs (see discussion points).
Show how simple scaling works, for example, by representing 2 people with each line of the chart.
Older children could convert between pie and line graphs and have a go at finding the mean (average) score.
PSHE: conduct more surveys focusing on identity and individuality found in our health and wellbeing section.
Show how simple scaling works, for example, by representing 2 people with each line of the chart.
Older children could convert between pie and line graphs and have a go at finding the mean (average) score.
PSHE: conduct more surveys focusing on identity and individuality found in our health and wellbeing section.
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