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ICT at key stages 1 and 2    (Year 1)

Unit 1E: Representing information graphically: pictograms
Section 1: SETTING THE SCENE

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Objectives
Children should learn:
  • key idea: that data can be collected and presented as pictograms
  • key idea: that data represented graphically can be easier to understand than textual data
  • technique: to use pictograms to answer simple questions

Activities

Outcomes
Children:
  • Collect pictures showing modes of transport. Ask the class to select the pictures that show how they travel to school. Arrange the pictures on the wall to build up a pictogram.
  • Show the class a picture of a street scene. Ask them how many people they can see travelling by bicycle, car, bus, or walking. Use the pictures of modes of transport to produce a pictogram. Discuss how pictograms show information at a glance. Ask the class to use the pictogram to answer questions, eg what is the most/least common way of travelling?
  • recognise that there is a connection between data collected, sorted and classified, and a pictogram
  • recognise that data can be represented by pictograms and that the longer the column in a pictogram the higher the number
  • use a pictogram to help answer simple questions

Points to note
At this stage, each picture represents one item.

A child might suggest that the least popular way of travelling is one that nobody uses. This could produce a worthwhile discussion.

The picture should show clearly all the people in vehicles. Stress to the class that they are counting people not vehicles.

If the class are confident using pictograms, they could compare a pictogram showing the number of vehicles with a pictogram showing how people are travelling (there may be more buses than cars, but more people might be travelling by bus than by car).

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1. SETTING THE SCENE
2. SHORT FOCUSED TASKS
3. INTEGRATED TASK