Graphs and Data Teaching Resources
Teach graphing this school year with printable worksheets, fun graphing activities and games, task cards and more teacher-created resources for primary school maths!
This collection of editable teacher-created resources is aligned with the Australian curriculum. It has been carefully reviewed by the expert teachers on the Teach Starter team to ensure every single digital or printable resource is ready to use in the classroom. That means you can save hours on lesson planning with activities ready to print or use digitally!
Are you looking to learn more about teaching students to use graphs, or just on the hunt for fresh ideas and activities to engage your students? Read on for a primer from our teacher team, including a look graphing on this level and some key vocabulary!
What Is Graphing? A Kid-Friendly Definition
Graphing starts in the early years in many schools around Australia with simple pictographs. But how do you explain what graphing is to the youngest students? This kid-friendly definition may help.
Graphing is a way to show information using pictures and symbols. It's sort of like drawing a picture that helps you understand numbers and facts.
For example, we could use graphs to show how many kids in our class like different colours or how many toys in the toy bin are cars.
Graphing Vocabulary for Primary Teachers
Looking for a guide to some of the graphing vocabulary your students will encounter — and you will have to define? Here's a comprehensive look, along with some simple definitions!
- Data —Information that is collected and analysed
- Axis — The horizontal and vertical lines that make up a graph.
- X-axis — The horizontal axis on a graph
- Y-axis — The vertical axis on a graph
- Bar — A rectangular shape we use to represent data on a bar graph
- Scale — The units used to measure data on a graph
- Pictogram/pictograph — A graph that uses pictures to represent data
- Legend/key — A chart that explains the symbols used on a graph (students may recognise this from their map skills lessons)
- Line of best fit — A straight line on a graph that represents the overall trend in a set of data
- Line plot — A graph that shows the frequency of data values on a number line
- Tally — A mark used to represent data on a tally chart
- Pie chart — A graph that shows the proportion of each data value to the whole, represented as a circle that looks like a pie
- Line graph — A graph that shows the relationship between two variables using a line
- Data point — An individual value on a graph
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Line Plot Project: Bakery Menu Design
Make learning about maths as sweet as your students' favourite treats with this project based learning line plots exercise!
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Interpreting Line Graphs Grade 5 Worksheet Set
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Pictographs - Interactive Activity
Use this fun and engaging interactive activity to aid students. in practicing their pictograph interpretation skills.
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Creating Pictographs Worksheet
Use this engaging worksheet to practice creating and reading pictographs.
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Picture Graph Playoff – Maths Game
A fun picture graph game for students to consolidate gathering and representing data.
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Data Representation and Interpretation Worksheets - Foundation
2 data representation and location worksheets linked to the Australian Curriculum.
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Statistics Word Wall Vocabulary
A comprehensive selection of statistics vocabulary for use on a Mathematics Word Wall.
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Editable Blank Survey Template For Students
Organise student survey data with a set of printable blank survey templates.
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Baking Dot Plot Analysis Teaching Slides
Explore the sweet side of graphs and data with this bakery-themed dot plot resource, supporting your students' abilities to interpret dot plots!
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Analysing Dot Plots Task Cards
Strengthen data analysis skills by interpreting dot plots with this set of 24 task cards.
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Graph It! Worksheet (Single-Unit Intervals)
Draw a single-unit picture graph and bar graph to represent data with this worksheet.
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Interactive Maths Review – Activities for Years 5, 6 and 7
Review important maths concepts covered in years 5, 6 and 7 with a student-led interactive activity.
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Analysing Graphs (Scaled Intervals) Board Game
Use this board game to sharpen data analysis skills when solving problems with information presented in a scaled picture or column graph.
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Yes or No? My New Toy – Worksheet
Support early data skills with this yes or no survey worksheet, designed to help students create questions, collect responses and discuss simple results.
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Histograms Worksheet
Encourage your students to practise reading and creating histogram graphs using this double-sided worksheet with answer key included.
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Understanding Pictographs - Task Cards
Use this set of task cards to practise reading and interpreting pictographs and bar graphs
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Pictograph Puzzles
Practise reading and interpreting pictographs with these fun puzzles which require students to match pictographs with other data displays with matching data.
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Count and Graph – Fruity Treats
A fruit-themed hands-on activity to introduce graphing skills.
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Dotted Journal Paper
Sheets of square dot paper templates.
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Yes or No? Questions – Flashcards
A set of 20 flashcards posing 'yes or no' questions for your students to answer.
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Data Match-Up Cards (Set 1)
A match-up activity for students to use when exploring data.
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Properties of Materials - Graphing Worksheets
Explore materials and mathematics with engaging Properties of Materials Graphing Worksheets.
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Cartesian Planes and Graphing – Vocabulary Cards
Introduce cartesian planes to your students with this set of 18 vocabulary cards.
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Creating Graphs Interactive Activity
Share this interactive activity with your students to help them practise using digital tools to create graphs from raw data.
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Plant Growth in Soils – Science Experiment
Explore how plants grow in different types of soil with this science experiment perfect for primary school science lessons.
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Count and Graph – In the Classroom
Practise collecting, sorting, and organising data to create a graph with this 2-page worksheet.
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Pictograph and Bar Graph Match-Up (Single-Unit Intervals)
Use data analysis skills to match frequency tables with a corresponding bar graph or pictograph.
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Count and Graph – Under the Sea
A sea-themed hands-on activity to introduce graphing skills.
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Search and Find – Valentine's Day
A fun search and find activity for Valentine's Day.
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Data Match-Up Cards (Set 2)
A match-up activity for students to use when exploring data.
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Data Maths Investigation - Should I Buy It?
A mathematics investigation involving data collection and representation, embedded in a real-world context.
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How To Calculate The Average Poster
A set of two posters which clearly show how to calculate the average of a group of numbers.