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Boat Float Data Chart and Bar Graph.pdfMath Connections: During the first quarter the first grade class answered the questions: What is data? How can I show the results of my data collecting in a graph? What is a more efficient way to count the amount of cargo I can place in my boat? They explored what data could be and then created their own survey questions to collect their own data. They then asked classmates to answer the survey. They learned how to record their survey results in data charts. They used the data charts to make bar graphs and pictures graphs. They also learned to skip count by 2s, 5s, and 10s. When it was time to count the grams of weight they added to their boats they used their skip counting knowledge. This was important as many of their boats held more than 1,000 grams of cargo! You can scroll through the pictures above to see their data charts and the bar graphs they created to represent the data they collected of the cargo the boats carried.
Math Connections: During the first quarter the first grade class answered the questions: What is data? How can I show the results of my data collecting in a graph? What is a more efficient way to count the amount of cargo I can place in my boat? They explored what data could be and then created their own survey questions to collect their own data. They then asked classmates to answer the survey. They learned how to record their survey results in data charts. They used the data charts to make bar graphs and pictures graphs. They also learned to skip count by 2s, 5s, and 10s. When it was time to count the grams of weight they added to their boats they used their skip counting knowledge. This was important as many of their boats held more than 1,000 grams of cargo! You can scroll through the pictures above to see their data charts and the bar graphs they created to represent the data they collected of the cargo the boats carried.
ELA Connections: First grade students read informational text to collect information that would help build a boat that would not sink under cargo pressure.
As part of their writing, students made a list of their materials and then orally presented the sequence of how they built their boat to be successful and the
results during each trial. The following are examples of the texts that helped us with this project:
"Things that Float and Things That Don't" by David Adler. Why is it that a piece of metal doesn't float but a huge ship made of steel does? In this text, we found answers to questions about density and flotation.
"Choose to Reuse" by Lisa Bullard. We all throw away too much stuff! We read about ways we can use old things to make something new.
"What Floats-What Sinks" by Jennifer Boothroid. This text explored what sinks and what doesn't, as well as density of solids, liquids and gases.
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