Lesson video

Hi everyone, my name is Mrs. Jenkins.

We're gonna have such a great time today learning in today's lesson.

Today's lesson is from the unit, "Using IT to Organise and Present Data".

Today's lesson is called, "Creating Pictograms" and by the end of the lesson, you will be able to use a computer to present data as a pictogram.

We will be building on our knowledge of tally charts and collecting data.

Before we begin our lesson, we're going to focus on two really important keywords.

Our first word is information.

Can you say information? Well done.

And our second word is the word pictogram.

Have a go, can you say it? Well done.

We're going to look at information, which is important knowledge or facts from the data collected.

And our word pictogram is a chart that uses pictures to display data.

So keep an eye out for those words, information and pictogram, throughout today's lesson.

We've split the lesson into two learning cycles.

We're going to create a pictogram to begin with and then we're going to find information from a pictogram.

So let's start with creating our pictogram.

What is your class's favourite fruit? How could you find out? So have a chat.

How did you get on? I thought we could use a tally chart to collect the information quickly.

You can record the data in a tally chart and see which fruit is the most popular.

So we have got apples, bananas, oranges and pears.

Remember, when we create a tally chart, we use a line to represent each count of an object.

So there's our tally marks and we can work out the totals from there.

So we have three apples, four bananas, two oranges and four pears.

So here are our totals.

A tally chart can be used to collect data quickly.

You can record it using a pen and paper.

After you collect the data, you can turn it into information by showing it as a pictogram.

Remember, information is important knowledge or facts from the data collected.

And a pictogram is a chart that uses pictures to display data.

A pictogram helps us understand things like which item is liked the most or the least.

Oh, let's have a little true or false check-in.

This tally shows seven objects recorded, true or false? Have a go.

How did you get on? Our question was, "This tally shows seven objects recorded, true or false?" Well done, it is true.

The tally shows one group of five and two more on their own.

Five add two equals seven.

And remember, when we count five objects, we use a diagonal line to show the fifth object.

That makes it much easier for us to count up higher numbers.

You can use the data collected to create a pictogram.

So on the left, we have got our tally chart showing us the data collected.

On our right, that has been turned into a pictogram.

We can see each item is represented by one picture.

So we have three apples in total in our tally chart, so we have got three pictures of apples shown.

We have got four bananas in the total in our tally chart and we have got four pictures of bananas shown.

We have two oranges in our tally chart, so we have two pictures of oranges in our pictogram.

The same goes for our pear.

We have got four pears in our tally chart and we have got four pictures of pears in the pictogram.

Each fruit is the same size so that they are representative and we can see from a glance, a clear view of our totals.

The data collected from the tally chart is shown in the pictogram.

You can then use the pictogram to display information.

From the data you have collected, you can see that bananas and pears are the most popular.

Which fruit is the least popular? Have a think.

Okay, how did you get on? Which fruit is the least popular? It's oranges.

Oranges are the least popular fruit.

Only two people chose oranges.

When you collect data in a tally chart, you count how many there are of each object.

When you show the data in a pictogram, it is easier to see what is the most or least popular.

A pictogram makes it easier to understand the data and find out information.

You are going to create a pictogram showing how many mini beasts were found in the garden.

First of all, you are going to go onto the link to find the pictogram website.

Once you have done that, we're going to click on the mini beast template, because we are going to create a pictogram about mini beasts.

We need to reduce the number of mini beasts on display.

We are only going to focus on five mini beasts today, so we need to make sure the edit button is selected with a little tick.

And then we're going to press the takeaway button or subtract button and that will remove one of the mini beasts.

We want to do that four times, so we are left with five mini beasts.

Above each mini beast, there is a plus button.

We use that to add our data.

You'll be given the data that you are going to use for this pictogram in task A.

The pictures underneath the add and takeaway buttons show the type of data that is being collected.

You do not count the picture below.

The picture below is like a label.

It is showing you which picture we are counting.

Your task today is to make a pictogram using the tally chart to show how many mini beasts were found in the garden.

So you have a tally chart there and we have an ant, bee, butterfly, caterpillar and fly.

All the tallies have been done for you, as well as the totals.

Your task is to fill in the pictogram.

How did you get on? So our task was to make a pictogram using the tally chart to show how many mini beasts were found in the garden.

Here's my pictogram.

Does yours look the same? We have got five ants, so I have made sure that above my label there are five ant pictures.

One bee picture, two butterfly pictures, three caterpillar pictures and six fly pictures.

Which one do you think was the most popular or the most commonly found in the garden? That's right, it was the fly.

We're going to move on now to our finding information from a pictogram.

So we're gonna focus on that for the second part of today's lesson.

You can use pictograms to find out information.

You could find out the answers to these questions.

How many of each type of pet does our class have? What is everyone's favourite ice cream flavour? Or what is the most popular pizza topping? This information can help to decide things like which flavour of ice cream or which type of pizza to buy.

Why might we use a pictogram? Have a little think.

How did you get on? I asked you why might we use a pictogram? You can quickly find out information about the least and most popular objects.

It can also give us information to help us in making decisions.

You can see from this pictogram that more people had dogs and no one that was asked had a pet horse.

Lucas says, "I can also see that five people own cats and three people own rabbits." Thank you, Lucas.

We can also see that only one person owned a bird and one person owned a chicken.

All of those are really easy for us to see straight away at a quick look.

Okay, a little check question for you.

Which type of weather happened the most frequently? How did you get on? I asked you, which type of weather happened the most frequently? And the answer was, there was more rain than any of the other types of weather.

And going across the pictogram, we can see there was three days of sunshine, three days of wind, one day of the thunderstorm, five days of rain and two days of snow.

So the five days of rain is the highest number.

So rain was the most common type of weather.

Okay, we're going to move on to our second task now.

Here is a pictogram showing how the class travelled to school.

I would like you to have a go at answering the following questions.

Which was the most popular way to travel? Which was the least popular way to travel? How many children did we ask? Okay, so I'm gonna go through those once more.

Which was the most popular way to travel? Which was the least popular way to travel? And how many children did we ask? Okay, on to part two of that task.

We've got some more questions.

How many children cycled to school? How many more children travelled by car than by bus? How many children travelled by bike or bus? So let's go through those once more.

How many children cycled to school? How many more children travelled by car than by bus? How many children travelled by bike or bus? Have a go.

How did you get on? Let's go through the answers.

Here is our pictogram showing how the class travelled to school.

Which way was the most popular way to travel? And that was walking.

We can see more people walked than any other type of travel.

In fact, we can count and see one, two, three, four, five, six, seven people walked.

Which way was the least popular way to travel? That was bus.

Only one person chose bus.

How many children did we ask? So we can add up our numbers.

We have four people on the bike, add one bus, so that gives us five.

We have five cars, so five add five is 10.

Then we have seven people walking.

10 add seven is 17.

Well done if you got that one right.

How many children cycled to school? That is four.

We can see there are four pictures of bikes on there.

How many more children travelled by car than by bus? And that is four, there are five cars and if we take away one bus, that gives us four.

How many children travelled by bike or bus? So this one, we need to do a little bit more maths.

We need to add our four bikes, add one bus and that gives us five.

How did you get on? Well done, everybody, fantastic work.

You've worked so hard today.

I hope you've enjoyed creating pictograms. Let's summarise what we have learned.

Data can be collected in a tally chart to help us create a pictogram.

Remember, a pictogram is a chart that uses pictures to display data.

When you show data in a pictogram, it is much easier to find information.

Remember, information is important knowledge or facts from data collected.

A pictogram can quickly show you which objects are the most and least popular.

Great work, I hope to see you again soon.