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math8_en_data

Uses of Data

by Asif Iqbal Siddiki, HS Bani Bidyapith, Chanmaguri, Kamrup (Rural), Assam

Learning Objective:

  • The students will understand the importance of data in our daily life.
  • The student will learn how to collect data and to represent data.
  • The student will know different ways of representing a data.
Day 1

Time: 20 mins

Activity 1:

The students will make a list of the vegetables that are available in the kitchen and will prepare a list. They will represent it using any graph. Then they will share it with their teacher.

Time: 40 mins

Activity 2:

The students will find the height and weight of the family members and will calculate the BMI. They will present it through a graph and will identify whose BMI is the highest.
Resource Link:

(bar graph)
(double bar graph)

Day 2

Time: 20 mins

Activity 3:

The students will conduct a survey with their friends and siblings on their favourite sport and represent it in a graph.

Resource Link:

https://www.toppr.com/content/video/frequency-distribution-table-hindi-120279/ (frequency distribution table)

Time:

20 mins

Activity 4:
The student will present a survey data of his/her locality using a graph which will show the literacy level of the locality.

Resource Link:
(Pie chart)

Day 3

Time:

30 mins (for each activity)

Assessment:

The students will write 3 reasons on, what is the use of data in our daily life.The students will collect 2 weeks’ newspaper and will check the temperature chart of their city/village. Then they will make 2 different graphs with the highest and lowest temperature of the 2 weeks from that data and share it with the teachers.

The students will conduct an interview with the nearest food stall/restaurant to take a data on the customer frequency level of one day and will present it in a chart. They will share it with the teacher.

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Prepared by: Asif Iqbal Siddiki, HS Bani Bidyapith, Chanmaguri Kamrup (Rural), Assam

Edited by: Srabanti Basak, ITE resource Team, TISS, Mumbai

Translated by: Nitumani Kalita, Gramya Vikash Mancha (GVM), Nalbari, Assam