Student Worksheet — Session 2: Questions We Can Count

Data Science for Young Minds · Grade 2 · Ages 7–8

Name

Date

Class Period

Part 1 — Vocabulary

Data question

Answer choice

Closed question

Count

Part 2 — My Question Sort Results

Write each question card in the correct column below.

We CAN Count This

We CAN'T Easily Count This

The trickiest card to sort was: because:

Part 3 — Write Your Own Data Question

Write a question you could ask your classmates. Then write 3 or 4 answer choices.

My question:

Answer choices (circle your favorite answer!):

Why is this a good data question?

Part 4 — Think About It

Why do answer choices make a survey better? Write one reason.

Read these two questions. Circle the better data question:

A: "What do you think about lunch?"

B: "What is your favorite lunch? Pizza / Pasta / Sandwich / Salad"

I chose B/A because:

Take-Home Challenge — Find a Real Survey!

Look for a survey in real life this week — a restaurant menu, a school vote, a magazine poll, a cereal box with choices. Answer these questions about it:

Where did I find it?

What question did it ask?

What were the answer choices?

Is this a data question? Yes No Because: