Favorite Weather Survey

Big Idea: How can we use surveys to determine what weather our class likes best?        

Focus question: What is our class’ favorite weather?

Prediction: 

·        If more students vote hot as their favorite weather, then our class likes hot weather the best.

·        If more students vote warm as their favorite weather, then our class likes warm weather the best.

·        If more students vote cold as their favorite weather, then our class likes cold weather the best.

·        If students in my class take a poll for our favorite weather, then more students will vote that they like warm weather best.

Planning: 

Materials:  chart paper/dry-erase/smart board, writing utensil, journal, pencil

First, students came to the board to mark their answer for their favorite weather (hot, warm, or cold) on survey chart. Next, we counted items and names on survey chart. Finally, we wrote summary statements for the results on the board and in our science journals.

Data 1:  Favorite Weather Survey Chart

Hot	Warm	Cold
***** *	***** ***** ***	**

Data 2:  Summary Statements of Results

We have _21_ students in our class.

__6__ like hot weather best

__13__ like warm weather best

___2__ like cold weather best

Our class likes __warm__ weather best.

Claims and evidence:

I claim that out of 21 students in our class, our class likes warm weather best. I know that our class likes warm weather best because more students voted warm as their favorite weather, revealing 13 votes out of 21 on our favorite weather survey chart. I claim that hot weather is liked second best in our class. I know that our class likes hot weather second-best because the student votes for hot weather was less than student votes for warm weather and more than student votes for cold weather according to the favorite weather survey results displaying 6 votes out of 21. I claim that our class likes cold weather the least. I know that our class likes cold weather the least because the student votes for cold weather was less than student votes for hot and warm weather according to the favorite weather results displaying 2 votes out of 21. This evidence confirms my hypotheses that if students in my class take a poll for our favorite weather, then more students will vote that they like warm weather best. I believe this to be true because warm weather is just right opposed to weather that is too hot or too cold.

Conclusion:

I learned that our class likes warm weather the best after taking a favorite weather poll and finding the results. I learned that our class likes hot weather second best and cold weather the least from the results of the poll. My hypotheses were confirmed after our students took the survey to determine what weather they liked best, which was warm weather. I learned that we can find out what weather is liked the best in our class by taking a poll or survey and then looking at the number of marks or tallies and totaling them up to determine the results. I learned that I can use a poll or survey to collect data in determining a general opinion from a group of people to a posed question.

Reflection/ Questions:

I learned that our class likes warm weather the best by taking a favorite weather survey and determining the results of our class.

·       What other questions could we use to survey our class?

·       Why did our class make their choice for their favorite weather?

·       What made students not choose other weather choices as their favorite?

Literacy Connections:

Charlie and Lola:  Snow is my favorite and my best by Lauren Child

Tally cat keeps track (Math is fun!) by RN Harris Trudy

Tally O’Malley (Mathstart 2) by Stuart J. Murphy