Session 4: Practice Activities
Time to Practice!
6 activities to reinforce what you learned. Try them all!
Difficulty levels: Easy Medium Challenge
1 Messy to Neat Challenge Easy Activity
Here is messy data: 'blue red blue green red blue red green blue blue.' Create a tally chart and frequency table. What is the most common color? Least common?
2 Build a Data Table Easy Activity
Create a data table for 5 classmates with columns: Name, Favorite Subject, Number of Siblings, Favorite Color. Fill it in by asking them.
3 Category Creator Medium Activity
You surveyed 20 people about their favorite hobby and got 18 different answers. Group them into 4-5 categories (Sports, Arts, Gaming, Reading, Other). Make a frequency table of the categories.
4 Data Check Challenge Medium Discussion
A student organized their data but their tally chart adds up to 23 when they surveyed 25 people. What might have gone wrong? List 3 possible explanations.
5 Real Data Organization Medium Activity
Take the raw data from your Session 3 survey and organize it into: (1) a complete data table, (2) a tally chart, and (3) a frequency table. Check that all three match.
6 Two-Way Table Challenge Critical Thinking
Create a table that shows TWO pieces of information at once. Example: Favorite lunch BY grade level. Each cell shows how many people in that grade chose that lunch. What patterns do you see?