By the end of this lesson you will have collected data about toys, we will call this project I'm a Data Hero Project.

But first, let's learn about data! Data is information or facts about something. It can be numbers, words, pictures, or even sounds. We use data to learn about the world around us and make decisions.

In this step, you will explore different examples of data. Data can be numbers, words, or pictures that give us information. Let's look at some examples together:

1. The number of apples in a basket.
2. The colours in a rainbow.
3. Your friends' names.
4. The sounds that animals make. 

All of your answers list of different types of data on your paper. Remember, data can be numbers, words, or pictures that help us learn and understand things.

I'm a Data Hero Project

To start your project, get paper and a pencils. Let's try to think of three more examples of data. 

1. Let's look around your room and find an object (poster, book covers, box of toys) with different colors or shapes or a box of crayons.
2. Let's pick the crayons for our project.
3. Write down the name of the object onto the top of your paper. Crayons.
4. You have started your project.

Data is everywhere in our lives, even in the things we enjoy, like cartoons, music, and games.

Let's explore how we use data every day and think of three examples.

1. Think about the cartoons you watch. The videos are made up of lots of pictures shown really fast, like a flipbook. This is an example of data in the form of pictures.
2. Now, think about the music you listen to. The music is a series of sound waves turned into digital data that your device can play. This is an example of data in the form of sound.
3. Finally, think about the games you play. The games use data to keep track of your scores, levels, and progress. This is an example of data in the form of numbers.

I'm a Data Hero Project

For the next part of your project you need to answer these questions:

1. What kind of data can you gather? 

But what kind of data is a box of crayons? There are many different kinds of data. Poster is picture data. Book cover is picture data. Box of toys is category data and sounds of the classroom is sound data!

    2. Answer: Well, we are gathering data about crayons. Which is Category Data.

Ok, using a box of crayons in your classroom or this pictures you are going to organise your data by answering these questions:

How many crayons?

How many orange crayons?

How many brown crayons?

How many blue crayons?

How many red crayons?

How many green crayons?

How many black crayons?

How many purple crayons?