Data Disaster at the Farm - Game
Are you looking for a fun and engaging activity for your students to practise collecting data and making graphs? This gorgeous board game requires students to move around the game board and round up the animals that have escaped from the barn. As they land on each different animal, students will use counters to mark their data on the accompanying bar graph.
The game can be played with 2-4 players. Each group needs one game board as well as individual copies of the graphing page. Print and laminate or keep in write and wipe sleeves for repeated use in rotations.
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Learning goals
- We are learning to collect, sort and compare data displayed in various ways to answer yes/no questions.
- We are learning to answer yes/no questions to collect information and make simple inferences.
- We are learning to record, compare and discuss data and create one-to-one displays.
- We are learning to draw simple data displays and make simple inferences.
Curriculum alignment
AC9MFST01
9
Collect, sort and compare data represented by objects and images in response to given investigative questions that relate to familiar situations
AC9M1ST02
9
Represent collected data for a categorical variable using one-to-one displays and digital tools where appropriate; compare the data using frequencies and discuss the findings
ACMSP263
8.4
Represent data with objects and drawings where one object or drawing represents one data value. Describe the displays
ACMSP011
8.4
Answer yes/no questions to collect information and make simple inferences
MAe-1WM
old
Describes mathematical situations using everyday language, actions, materials and informal recordings
MAe-3WM
old
Uses concrete materials and/or pictorial representations to support conclusions
MAe-17SP
old
Represents data and interprets data displays made from objects
MA1-17SP
old
Gathers and organises data, displays data in lists, tables and picture graphs, and interprets the results
MA1-3WM
old
Supports conclusions by explaining or demonstrating how answers were obtained
MA1-1WM
old
Describes mathematical situations and methods using everyday and some mathematical language, actions, materials, diagrams and symbols
MAE-DATA-01
new
Contributes to collecting data and interprets data displays made from objects
MA1-DATA-01
new
Gathers and organises data, displays data in lists, tables and picture graphs
MA1-DATA-02
new
Reasons about representations of data to describe and interpret the results
VCMSP085
Interpret simple data displays about yes/no questions
VCMSP084
Organise answers to yes/no questions into simple data displays using objects and drawings
VCMSP102
Represent data with objects and drawings where one object or drawing represents one data value. Describe the displays
VCMSP083
Answer yes/no questions to collect information
Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.