Checking understanding of bar charts and pictograms
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can construct/interpret bar charts and pictograms.
Key learning points
- Certain data is suitable for a pictogram or bar chart.
- The shape of the graph can be estimated from the data.
- For larger data sets, technology can make constructing graphs quicker.
Keywords
Bar chart - A bar chart (bar graph) is a graph consisting of bars visually representing the frequency of objects or groups.
Pictogram - A pictogram (pictograph) is a graph consisting of pictures to visually represent the frequency of objects or groups.
Common misconception
Pupils may miss the key in a pictogram, or the axes labels on a bar chart.
Pupils could be provided with a success criteria list, which they get in a habit of checking after constructing pictograms and bar charts.
Teacher tip
Discuss with pupils, data that could be collected and easily represented on a pictogram and data that would be less easy to represent on a pictogram.
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Izzy has three boxes. Each box contains 37 items. Altogether Izzy has items.
Q2.A multipack of crisps contains 14 packets. Jacob needs a total of 56 packets of crisps for the year 7 disco. Jacob should buy multipacks.
Q3.Which of these tally marks shows a frequency of 7?
Q4.The missing number on this scale is .
Q5.Two numbers are missing on this scale. What is the scale increasing by?
Q6.The is the number of times an event occurs; or the number of individuals (people, animals etc.) with some specific property.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.The key elements of a pictogram are:
Q2.The key elements of a bar chart are:
Q3.Each icon is worth 20 tonnes of recycling. The pictogram shows that tonnes of plastic were recycled.
Q4.A vet records the number of each type of pet that they saw in one week in their surgery. The bar chart shows their results. The bar chart represents pets in total.
Q5.The pictogram shows the number of apples picked in an orchard over a three week period. Which of the following statements are correct?
Q6.Which of the following statements are correct about the data represented on this bar chart?
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The assessment exit quiz will test your pupils' understanding of the key learning points.
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