Entry Level 3 Functional Skills Maths: Handling Information and Data L3

This Home-Ed resource is a great addition to any home learning journey. These lessons will take your child through the Maths Entry Level 3 which consists of three main components: Handling Data: Tables and Frequency, Interpreting Data and Organising and Representing Data: Charts and Graphs.

Lesson 3. Organising and Representing Data: Charts and Graphs

• Recap: Overview of interpreting frequency tables, bar charts, and line graphs.

• Quiz: Short quiz on interpreting various data formats and making comparisons.

• Learning Objective: To organise and represent information in appropriate ways including tables, diagrams, simple line graphs and bar charts.

• Choosing the Right Representation: When to use tables, bar charts, pictograms, and line graphs.

• Introduction to Bar Chart Creation: Components of a good bar chart (axes, labels, scale).

• Modelling: Creating a bar chart from a frequency table.

• Guided Practice: Creating bar charts from given data sets.

• Introduction to Pictograms: What they are and their key features.

• Modelling: Creating a pictogram using a key.

• Guided Practice: Creating pictograms from simple data.

• Introduction to Line Graph Creation: Components and appropriate use.

• Modelling: Creating a simple line graph from data showing change over time.

• Independent Practice: Choosing appropriate representation and creating either a bar chart or line graph.

• Plenary: Discussing the advantages and disadvantages of different data representations.