Y5 Data Representation and Interpretation

AUS Curriculum

Pose questions and collect categorical or numerical data by observation or survey (ACMSP118)


  • posing questions about insect diversity in the playground, collecting data by taping a one-metre-square piece of paper to the playground and observing the type and number of insects on it over time

Construct displays, including column graphs, dot plots and tables, appropriate for data type, with and without the use of digital technologies (ACMSP119)


  • identifying the best methods of presenting data to illustrate the results of investigations and justifying the choice of representations

Describe and interpret different data sets in context (ACMSP120)


  • using and comparing data representations for different data sets to help decision making

EP Lessons

Collecting Data

  1. What is Data?

Displaying Data

  1. Collecting Data
  1. Data Tables
  1. Tally Marks
  1. Picture Graphs
  1. Picture Graphs with Keys
  1. Picture Graphs and Tables
  1. Dot Plots
  1. Dot Plots and Tables
  1. Column (Bar) Graphs
  1. Reading Column Graphs
  1. Surveys
  1. Comparing Graphs

Y5 CambridgeTextbook

Posing Questions, Collecting and Presenting Data (tally marks and two-way tables)

Graphs (Pictographs, column graphs)

Dot Plots

Probability