Classifying living things (age 9+)
Record data and results of increasing complexity using scientific diagrams, classification keys, tables, scatter graphs, bar and line graphs
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“Can your child choose the right type of graph for their data — a bar chart for categories or a line graph for continuous data — and draw it accurately?”
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- Activity. Record data and results of increasing complexity using scientific diagrams, classification keys, tables, scatter graphs, bar and line graphs
What to notice. Choose and create an appropriate graph type for the data (bar chart, line graph, scatter graph) • Draw graphs with correctly labelled axes, appropriate scales, and accurate plotting • Use classification keys and scientific diagrams to present complex findings
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Can your child choose the right type of graph for their data — a bar chart for categories or a line graph for continuous data — and draw it accurately?
Record data and results of increasing complexity using scientific diagrams, classification keys, tables, scatter graphs, bar and line graphs
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- Choose and create an appropriate graph type for the data (bar chart, line graph, scatter graph)
- Draw graphs with correctly labelled axes, appropriate scales, and accurate plotting
- Use classification keys and scientific diagrams to present complex findings
“Can your child choose the right type of graph for their data — a bar chart for categories or a line graph for continuous data — and draw it accurately?”
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- Type
- Procedural
- Subject
- Science
- Domain
- Scientific Inquiry
- Age range
- Ages 9–11
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