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Survey of people's height
Measure the class' heights and display the results in a graph.
Discussion points
- What do you notice?
- Which has the highest score?
- Which has the lowest score?
- Why are heights measured in cm and not m?
- How many more people are in height column ___ than ___?
- How many fewer people are in height column ___ than ___?
- What is the difference between columns A and B?
- What is the sum of columns A, B and C?
- What does the data tell us?
- How many more people are in height column ___ than ___?
- How many fewer people are in height column ___ than ___?
- What is the difference between columns A and B?
- What is the sum of columns A, B and C?
- What does the data tell us?
- What is the mean score?
Teaching tips:
Maths (statistics and measurement): give children time to use tape measures to measure each other using standard units. It may be beneficial for 2 children to measure 1 child to help with holding the tape measure accurately and reading and recording the height.
After collecting the data, spend time interpreting the graph (see discussion points).
Take it further by using with ‘Length quiz - Age 5-6’, ‘Measuring shapes: height’ or ‘Ordering tall things’.
After collecting the data, spend time interpreting the graph (see discussion points).
Take it further by using with ‘Length quiz - Age 5-6’, ‘Measuring shapes: height’ or ‘Ordering tall things’.
Maths (measurement): children could try estimating people’s height before measuring accurately using tape measures.
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.
Use with the other activities in the ‘length and height’ folder of measurement.
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.
Use with the other activities in the ‘length and height’ folder of measurement.
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