Sea shells 0 Overview Using this Resource Connecting to the Curriculum Marking Student Responses Further Resources This task is about reading information from a bar graph. Shell Collection: Ohiwa Beach Tanya collected different kinds of shells during a walk along Ohiwa Beach. Above is a bar graph of what she collected. Question 2Change answer a) Which was the most common shell Tanya found? Question 2Change answer b) Which shell did she collect the fewest of? Question 2Change answer c) Tanya found about the same number of which two shells? and Question 2Change answer d) How many more scallops than whelks did she collect? Task administration: This task is completed with pencil and paper and online (with auto-marking). Levels: 2, 3 Curriculum info: Maths, Statistics, Statistical investigations Keywords: bar graphs, graph interpretation Description of task: Students interpret a bar graph showing the number of different types of shell collected on a beach. Curriculum Links: This resource can be used to help to identify students' ability to interpret a bar graph. Learning Progression FrameworksThis resource can provide evidence of learning associated with Statistical investigations, set 3Statistical investigations, set 4 within the Mathematics Learning Progressions Frameworks.Read more about the Learning Progressions Frameworks. Answers/responses: Y6 (06/1998) a) Tuatua very easy b) Mussel very easy c) Pipi and Scallop very easy d) 3 easy Watching the planes Hours of sunshine Transport to school Colours of cars II Zoo animals Bar chart findings Cats at the vet Favourite ice creams Tamariki ages Wind speed
