Using Data for Making Ramps in Year 1

Collecting data in Numbers app.

Creating bar graphs using the car roll data.
As part of the Design Technologies project 'Going Further' the students in Mrs Baker's and Mrs Sgro's class learned to use the Numbers app to collect the data of their car rolls on different surfaces, represent it as a bar graph and then answer a challenge question about it all. Firstly, in groups the students put their car roll measurements into a spreadsheet in Numbers app. Then they created a 2D bar graph of their measurements in the app. Next, all students looked at their graph and then thought about the challenge question 'How can we make a car go further with out pushing it?'. After discussing ramps and different surfaces the students learned to research ramps using the student friendly search engine - kiddle.co After taking screen shots of ramps and their graphs each group created a short iMovie with these pictures and recorded their answer to the challenge question. It was great to see many students thinking about differnt types of ramps and the materials to make them. Great work Year 1!

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