Types of Graphs Flip Book and Spinner: Choosing the Best Data Display, Years 5–6

Know your graphs, then choose the best one

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Ask a Year 5 class how to show a bean plant's growth and someone will suggest a picture graph. This resource is about choosing the display that suits the data, then drawing it properly. It covers tally tables, column graphs, side-by-side column graphs, line graphs, picture graphs and timelines, starting from a Maths Week noticeboard.

How it runs

Three lessons of 45–60 minutes. Teach each display from a clickable spinner slide: in Present mode, click a display name to jump to it and "Back to the spinner" to return (works in PowerPoint, Keynote and Google Slides).

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Students solve display riddles and choose displays. Amira's yes/no survey question can't tell her which sport to pick, so they rewrite it. They draw a library column graph with a many-to-one scale, then fix Leo's: no title, a scale that jumps from 10 to 14, and a netball column at the wrong height. Mia's piggy bank line graph and a school timeline follow. Leo spaces his timeline events evenly, whatever the gap in years. A Detective check, the Case of the Missing Labels, a cut-and-fold flip book and the Spin it game finish the unit.

Maths covered

MA3-DATA-01: refine a survey question, tally data, choose a scale, draw a column graph and a timeline
MA3-DATA-02: interpret line graphs and timelines, spot mistakes in graphs and decide which displays suit different data
Extension (Stage 4): dot plots, histograms and pie (sector) graphs appear only as clearly labelled previews (MA4-DAT-C-01)

Good to know

Students need a pencil, ruler, scissors, glue and a paperclip for the paper spinner.
Refreshed from my 2021 Data Display Spinner and Flip Book for the 2022 NSW syllabus.
Maths Detectives characters and Keynote fonts included.

What’s included

37 teacher slides with answers (editable Google Slides / PowerPoint + PDF)
18-page A4 student booklet (PDF)
Black and white booklet for low-ink printing
Editable PowerPoint copy of the booklet (colour and black and white)
Cut-and-fold flip book, paper spinner game and a detective case file
Reflection page with a "How did I go?" self-assessment against the success criteria, and a certificate
Teacher instructions with lesson plan and answer key