:Room One Winter Sports
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Approach: Station Level: Year 4 and year 8
Focus:   Interpreting a graph 
Resources:  Graph in recording book
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Questions/instructions:

Look at the graph. It shows the sports that children in Room One play in the winter.

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% responses
y4
y8
1. What are two things this graph tells you about soccer?
the same number of boys and girls play soccer
20
39
six boys play soccer
18
17
six girls play soccer
17
17
soccer is most popular (for boys, girls, both)
28
46
2. Which sports do girls play more than boys?
netball
82
89
gymnastics
30
55
3. More boys play touch rugby than girls. How many more?
3
58
83
4. How many children go swimming?
3
68
93
 
Total score:


6–8
7
21
4–5
36
56
2–3
37
19
0–1
20
4
Commentary:
Year 8 students were more successful than year 4 students in interpreting the graph. About 75 percent of year 8 students scored six or more of the items correctly, compared with 43 percent of year 4 students. 
 
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