Classroom Resource

Displaying Data | The Electric Company Math Activities

Subject Area

Mathematics

Grade(s)

1, 2

Overview

In this activity from The Electric Company, students will practice displaying data with bar graphs and picture graphs. Included are simple teacher-led activities and hands-on exercises for students.

Mathematics (2019) Grade(s): 1

MA19.1.16

Organize, represent, and interpret data with up to three categories.

Unpacked Content

UP:MA19.1.16

Vocabulary

  • Tally mark graphs
  • Pictographs
  • Venn diagrams
  • Yes/no charts
  • Bar graphs

Knowledge

Students know:
  • objects can be grouped into categories based on like characteristics.
  • They can gain information from graphs.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Create, analyze, and interpret data.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • questions concerning mathematical contexts can be answered by collecting and organizing data.
Mathematics (2019) Grade(s): 2

MA19.2.16

Create a picture graph and bar graph to represent data with up to four categories.

Unpacked Content

UP:MA19.2.16

Vocabulary

  • Pictographs
  • Venn diagrams
  • Yes/no charts
  • Bar graphs

Knowledge

Students know:
  • strategies for collecting, organizing, and recording data.
  • strategies for counting and comparing quantities.
  • strategies for solving addition and subtraction problems.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • choose and apply appropriate strategies for organizing and recording data.
  • read and interpret graphical representations (pictographs and bar graphs) of data.
  • communicate and defend solutions and solution paths.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • questions concerning mathematical contexts can be answered by collecting and organizing data on pictographs and bar graphs.
Link to Resource
https://aptv.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/5c185d6d-e6ae-4033-a1fa-189ec5c87b76…

CR Resource Type

Learning Activity

Resource Provider

PBS
Accessibility
License

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