Data and Graphs: Organizing Information
Understand that pictures can represent data in a graph
Create a simple picture graph with one picture representing one item
Practice reading and interpreting picture graphs
“Without counsel, plans go wrong; but with many advisors, they are established.”
— Proverbs 15:22 (WEB)Just like a graph shows multiple pieces of information working together, this verse teaches us about the value of gathering multiple perspectives
Today in BibleMouse math, we'll learn how pictures can help us understand information! Remember how we sorted things yesterday? Now we'll use pictures to show what we learned.
A picture graph is like a special way of telling a story with pictures. Each picture stands for one thing we're counting.
Create a class picture graph showing favorite fruits
Simpler: Use pre-drawn fruit stickers instead of drawing
Challenge: Add a total count for each fruit type
Let's look at our fruit graph and see what we learned!
Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn about bar graphs and how they're similar to picture graphs!
Picture graphs are an early introduction to data visualization
Children might get frustrated with drawing or counting
Ability to match one picture to one item, basic counting accuracy