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Which is your favourite season?
Complete a survey on people’s favourite season and display the results in a pictogram. Complete a survey on people’s favourite season and display the results in a chart or graph. Discussion points
- Which season has the most votes?
- Which season has the fewest votes?
- What do you like about the season you chose?
- What do you notice?
- Which is the most popular season? Why do you think this is?
- Which is the least popular season? Why do you think this is?
- What events/celebrations happen during these seasons?
- How many more people chose ___ than ___?
- How many fewer people chose ___ than ___?
- What is the difference between seasons A and B?
- Why do you think ____ was the most/least popular choice?
- What does the data tell us?
- How many more people chose ___ than ___?
- How many fewer people chose ___ than ___?
- What is the difference between seasons A and B?
- Why do you think ____ was the most/least popular choice?
- What does the data tell us?
- What is the mean score?
Teaching tips:
Before completing the graph, spend time ‘Ordering the seasons’ and discussing each one in turn. What do they know about each season?
Using the graph in maths encourages children to count and compare numbers and objects.
Understanding the world > The natural world: Children make ‘Flowers’ or help the plants grow using ‘The gardener’.
Expressive arts: Create a picture based on the seasons using ‘Pretty Things: Growing garden’.
Using the graph in maths encourages children to count and compare numbers and objects.
Understanding the world > The natural world: Children make ‘Flowers’ or help the plants grow using ‘The gardener’.
Expressive arts: Create a picture based on the seasons using ‘Pretty Things: Growing garden’.
Maths: After asking children their preferences, spend time interpreting the graph (see discussion points).
Science: Take it further by looking at the ‘Seasonal changes’ folder within science which has a whole host of activities based on the four seasons.
Science: Take it further by looking at the ‘Seasonal changes’ folder within science which has a whole host of activities based on the four seasons.
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).
Older children could convert between pie and line graphs and have a go at finding the mean (average) score.
Geography: Take it further by looking within our ‘Human and physical geography’ folder at ‘climate and weather’.
Older children could convert between pie and line graphs and have a go at finding the mean (average) score.
Geography: Take it further by looking within our ‘Human and physical geography’ folder at ‘climate and weather’.
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