Statistics

Get information to lead to further investigation or to get an outcome. Respond to the data. Think of the statistic, report what it is, then think further, what are we going to do with this information?

Important for children to make the link between their vote and the data in the display. Great if they have a unifix cube, paper, their picture to vote with. Have the children's vote moveable so they can make correct statements.

Words we use to talk about the data- most, more and favourite.
Think about the use of the word most. Children can look at the data and move it around to understand if it is more or most.
If it is an opinion, choice or decision then it can be worded as favourite, but if it is eye colour it is not 'favourite' 

Fraction circles to teach fractions. When they take the sector they can colour it to their choice, when the data gets collected it can be put together as a pie graph. You don't need to draw a pie chart to make a pie chart. You can support them with it. It supports the idea of "most." You can read it as 2/8 for example. 

Probability should arise from statistics. Gather the statistics, then make a prediction which is a statement of probability. 

Variables - the children need to understand that variables happen. Just because the coin is flipped 4 times as a head it doesn't mean the next flip will be a tail. You won't get 5 heads and 5 tails in a 10 flip coin activity. 




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