6.19 Creating Graphs from World Cup Cricket Data – Guidelines

Activity title: Creating Graphs from World Cup Cricket Data
Curriculum area: Maths
NC objectives: Ma2 1a), 1c), 1e), 2a) Ma4 1c), 1f), 2b), 2c), 2e).

Main learning objective:

Using data to produce a bar graph and forming questions from the data.
Timing Lesson plan and supporting resources
   
Introduction
10 minutes
  • Introduce the lesson by explaining that they are going to be studying some world cup cricket data to form in to a graph to show the data more visually.
  • Look at the data on the worksheets and discuss the meaning of each of the titles. Ask some questions about the data to compare different numbers, eg, how many more runs did Shoaib Malik score than Kevin Pieterson?, etc.
   
Main Activity
40 Minutes
  • Provide the class with the ‘Creating a Bar Graph from the T20 2007 World Cup Batting Cricket Data’ worksheet in the Activity section or the ‘Creating a Bar Graph from the ‘T20 2007 World Cup Bowling Cricket Data’ worksheet in the Activity section to complete individually.
  • Begin by selecting the data to be looked at and then help the class determine the step size of the graph depending on the maximum number and the number of steps on the ‘y’ axis. Try to lead the class to the fact that they must use division to work out the stop size, eg, maximum number is 265 with 15 steps, so the intervals should be about 20. The class can count up in different numbers until they reach the correct interval.
   
Plenary
10 Minutes
  • Go through the graphs to ensure they are completed accurately and then ask some questions about the data. Discuss the quickest way to come to the answers – using the graph or the table of results?
  • The class can form their own questions about the data and swap with a partner to answer them.

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