Lesson Focus:

Learning Area / Strand:

Students collect data about

favourite toothpastes and
graph the data.

Health
Mathematics

Year
Level:
F-Year 6

(Education World, 2016)

Implementat
ion Date: 30
May, 2016
Duration:
60 minutes

Prior knowledge of learners (What do they already know?):

-

Students have graphing knowledge

Students are aware that graphs represent data

Lesson objective/s:
-

Student will collect and compile data

Students will use the data to create a graph that represents that data
Students will answer questions about their graphs

Evidence of learning:
-

Students will share their graphs.

Students will be required to read their graphs in order to answer questions.

Resources:
-

My Survey: What Toothpaste Do You Use? work sheet. See link:

http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/TM/toothPaste_diagram.pdf
Coloured pencils
Pencils and eraser

Lesson
Introductio
n

Introducin
g the
topic
Engagem
ent of the
learners

1. Give each student a copy of the My Survey: What Toothpaste

Do You Use? work sheet.
2. Instruct students to write down the names of four popular
toothpastes on the four tubes (on the sheet) and write
other on the fifth tube
3. Have students survey 15 of their friends to learn which
toothpaste they use most often (They would survey their
classmates or take the survey on the playground at
lunchtime)
4. Students should write down each respondent's name and
his/her toothpaste of choice

Lesson
Body

Delivering
the
content
through
specific
strategies

1. Once the data is collected, students compile it and colour

the graph to reflect the survey results

Lesson
Conclusion

Concludin
g
activities
Summariz
ing the
lesson

2. Have students share their graphs

3. Ask questions while they are sharing such as:
- Which toothpaste is more popular, Colgate or Macleans
toothpaste?
- How many more people use ___ than _____ ?
- How many people in total use either ____ or ____ ?

Reference List:
Education World. (2016). Which toothpaste do you use? A graphing activity.
Retrieved from
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson332.shtml