Station 1: KidPix Pictographs

First Activity:

The first activity asks for the teacher to create a tally sheet for students to use in order to tally each student in the classroom's favorite sport. This tally sheet needed to include small words becasue young students are just beginning the reading process, as well as pictures to help the students better understand what is being asked.

Second Activity:

The second activity asked for a data sheet created in KidPix that a student would make of the information gathered from the completed tally sheet. KidPix allows for students to use their imagination when creating a project that shows different data that has been collected. KidPix has different tools such as, cirlce templats, line templates, different colors and stickers that students can use to create their projects. This program allows for an easy creation of a project, which makes it beneficial for elementary students who are just learning how to read and problem solve.

Third Activity: Discussion Questions-

1. How many students like basketball the most?

2. How many students like baseball the most?

3. How many students like football the most?

4. How many studnets like soccer the most?

5. How many students like volleyball the most?

6. What sport is the favorite of the class?

7. At recess what sport would have the most people playing?

The above are questions that would follow the data collection and project. The questions would help students better understand why they are collecting information and relate it back to learning similarities between students and how they can be used to create a project.

Fourth Activity:

This fourth activity provided step-by-step instructions for students to follow in creating a snowman. These instructions had the students answer different questions about themselves and based on how they answered the questions, differnet clothing and details would be added to their snowman picture. This allows for students to collect data about themselves and apply it to a snowman. In the end the class would be able to come together and discuss different similarities and differences within their snowmen to discuss the differences in the data of the classroom.

Fifth Activity: Dicussion Questions-
1. How many snowmen have a blue hat?
2. How many snowmen have a red hat?
3. How many snowmen have a red hat and black circle eyes?
4. How many snowmen have mittens and a scarf?
5. How many snowmen have gloves and no scarf?
6. How many snowmen have an apple nose?

The above questions are questions that would be used after each student has created their snowman based on the instructions given. These questions would be used to help tie the different data together and show how data can be different in some areas and similar in others.