Data Handling 'Smarties'
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Summary
This resource explores data handling in a practical, meaningful, step by step process involving counting up to 30, sorting and recording (colours) then handling this data - transferring the information collected to a clear, simple bar chart. Paper Smarties included incase you don't want to risk your learners eating their learning before the activity complete...although real Smarties provide a great reward at the end!
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Description
What’s included?
This download includes x7 A4, portrait pdf sheets to practise counting up to 12+, sorting (colours) and data handling - transferring the information collected to a clear, simple bar chart. Paper Smarties included!
What's it for?
This resource has been designed to investigate collecting data in a step by step, meaningful way. There are three steps in this investigation, sorting and counting the data (Smarties), organising and recording the data (onto a bar chart) and the last step - answering questions about the data. Your learners should be data handling experts at the end of this! Your learners may be allowed to eat their Smarties as a reward, however, 'paper Smarties' are provided.
Who’s it for?
This resource has been designed for early years children, pupils in years one and two as well as older students needing additional learning support.
Resource Details
There are x7 sheets in total. Two sets of x3 - a colour and black and white version of the same resource plus a sheet of ‘paper Smarties’ to cut up and sort/count (if you don’t want to risk your learners eating their learning!)
Give each learner one tube of Smarties for this activity. You can provide a real tube with either real or paper Smarties inside. A paper Smarties cutout sheet is included as an alternative to real sweets.
Tubes of Smarties typically contain around 30 sweets, but if using paper cutouts, the number can be adjusted to fit learners’ abilities. The bar chart can accommodate a maximum of 12 Smarties of one colour.
Page 1
Learners are to sort the Smarties in the tube into x8 colour groups (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, pink and brown). Learners then count the number of Smarties in each group and write the total in each colour group ‘total’ box.
Page 2
Using the information recorded on page 1 learners then transfer this information to the simple, clear bar chart. Learners can colour the same number of ‘coloured boxes for each colour group of Smarties. There is space on the bar chart for up to 12 Smarties (for each colour group).
Page 3
Using the information gathered through completing the activities on pages 1 and 2 the questions on page 3 are related to the same tube/number of Smarties. All colour-names are printed clearly at the top of page 3 so that learners don’t need to think about colour-word spellings. Questions are related to ‘most’, ’least’, ’the same’, ’the difference between’, ’odd’ and ‘even’ numbers.
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