This activty is a simple way of introducing data analysis and simple visualisation to children. This activty can be done with items commonly available at home with an optional extension to a computer and internet access.
We are going to gather data about sweets and learn how we can explain what we have discovered in a data visualisation.
Materials
- 2 or more small bags of multi-coloured sweets like skittles or M&Ms (or parents get 1 big bag and divide them into smaller groups of multi-coloured sweets)
- Paper, pencil, ruler or a straight edge from something like a box of tissues
- Optional: Use of a computer with excel, lego
Activity Detail
Pictorial instructions for this activity are available Data Sweets Printable
If you have access to a computer you can extend this activity and practice using tools to create different charts here