Chapter Graphic
: Ani's Place
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Approach: Station
Focus: Using tally marks and creating a bar graph.
3.6Megs
Resources: Picture of people gathering kai moana (sea food).

Questions / instructions:
On Saturday some children went down to the sea to gather sea food. When they had finished they counted the sea food.

  % responses
y4
1999(1995)
y8
1999(1995)
SEAFOOD
TALLY
28 sea eggs (kina) ///
40 mussels
         
6 crayfish /
5 crabs
20 paua
2 octopus //
 
 
 
 
84
85
83
91
 
 
 
 
95
95
95
97
1. Tally marks have been made for sea eggs and for mussels. Make the tally marks for the other sea foods.
2. Show the information on a bar graph.
correct bar height: sea eggs
35
73
mussels
49
88
crayfish
38
80
crabs
47
88
paua
47
88
octopus
37
78
3. Write a name for your graph in the best place.
suitable title given
21
53
title above graph
56
78
4. Write a label on the vertical side or left side of the graph.
Y axis: title & value labels
14
54
value labels only
49
40
5. Write a label on the horizontal line or bottom of the graph.
X axis: appropriate title
19
64
Commentary:
Both year 4 and year 8 students used tally marks well, but were much less successful in providing labels for their graph and its areas. On average, about 35 percent more year 8 than year 4 students were successful with the required components of the bar graph.
 
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