📝 Student Worksheet — Session 7: Our Second Survey

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

Name

Date

Class Period

✏️ Part 1 — Plan Your Survey Question

Design your own data question to ask your classmates. Use a question starter if you need help!

Question Starters (pick one or make your own):

"What is your favorite ___?" "Which do you like more: ___ or ___?" "How many ___ do you have?" "Do you prefer ___ or ___?"

My Survey Question:

My Answer Choices (write 3 or 4):

Choice 1

Choice 2

Choice 3

Choice 4 (or "Other")

Fairness Check — circle Yes or No for each:

Can it be answered with your choices? Yes / No Is it kind and fair? Yes / No Does everyone understand it? Yes / No Would you answer it yourself? Yes / No

📋 Part 2 — Recording Sheet

As you survey each classmate, mark a tally next to their answer. Survey 8 people.

Answer Choice	Tally Marks (mark one for each person)




Total people asked:

Reminder: each person gets exactly ONE tally mark. Total should equal number of people you asked.

📊 Part 3 — My Tally Chart

Copy your question and tallies below to make your official tally chart.

My Question:

Answer Choice	Tally Marks	Total (number)




TOTAL

🔍 Part 4 — Read Your Results

Which answer got the MOST votes?

Which answer got the LEAST votes?

How many people did you survey in total? (Add up all your totals)

Did anything surprise you about your results?

💬 Part 5 — Write About Your Data

Use one of these sentence frames to write about what you found:

"My question was ___ and the most popular answer was ___ with ___ votes."

"I was surprised that ___ because ___."

My sentence:

🏠 Take-Home Challenge — Family Survey!

Ask your same survey question to 3 family members or people at home. Record their answers below.

Person	Their Answer
Person 1
Person 2
Person 3

Did your family results match your class results?