Collecting Data

Collecting data

Year 6 – Data and information – Introduction to spreadsheets

​Raspberry Pi Foundation

Today you are going to collect and organise some data.

What can you collect data about?

How can you organise data?

Collecting and organising data

You will roll a dice to generate data.

Roll your dice five times.

Who rolls the highest score?

It’s up to you how you record your data, but the data for your group should be recorded in one place.

Online Dice - Spin the wheel

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How did you record your data?

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How did you record your data?

Organising your data

​You can use a table to organise your data. What could the column headings be?

Word Cloud

What could the column headings be?

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What could the column headings be?

Organising your data

​Organise the data you have collected on your activity sheet.

Did you use similar column headings to this example?

How does organising your data in a table help?

How does organising your data in a table help?

Recording your data on a computer

​What could you use to make a table on a computer? Think about where you have seen them before.

​You’re going to record your data in a spreadsheet.

Recording your data on canva.com