# Session 39: Introduction to statistics

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</td><td class="align-center" style="height: 29px;">**Introduction to statistics**

</td></tr><tr style="height: 134.828125px;"><td style="height: 134.828125px;">Objective

</td><td style="height: 134.828125px;">By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:

  
- Define statistics and its importance in daily life
- Practice teamwork and active listening
- Understand what a frequency table is

  
</td></tr><tr style="height: 45px;"><td style="height: 45px;">Topics

</td><td style="height: 45px;">Statistics - Frequency Table

  
</td></tr><tr style="height: 45px;"><td style="height: 45px;">Materials Required

</td><td style="height: 45px;">1. Board
2. Chalk

  
</td></tr><tr style="height: 45px;"><td style="height: 45px;">Methodology

</td><td style="height: 45px;">Activity &amp; Social and emotional learning oriented

  
</td></tr><tr style="height: 33.9375px;"><td style="height: 33.9375px;">Session Duration

</td><td style="height: 33.9375px;">90 Minutes

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</div>### Intro Activity (15 minutes) 

**Warm-Up Circle**

**Activity 1**: Data About Us

Students sit in a circle. Each student shares one fun fact (favorite color, hobby, pet, place etc.)

Teacher note down categories that appear repeatedly (e.g., favorite color) on the board

**Ask:** What do we notice?

(Building self-awareness and appreciating others’ interests)

**Then ask**: How can we organize this better?

Ask students to organize the data in their own way, then review their work and offer positive feedback

### Main Activity (65 minutes)

**Activity 1** **(25 minutes )**

**Ask a fun question:**

What’s your favorite weekend activity?

- Give 4–5 options (e.g., Playing games, Watching TV, Reading, Drawing, Going out)
- Let students raise their hands for each category.
- Teacher writes the tally marks on the board.

Then ask: How can we organize this better?

Introduce the concept of a frequency table:

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</td><td>Tally

</td><td>Frequency (Number of students)

</td></tr><tr><td>Playing games

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</td><td>10

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</div>**Activity 2 (25 minutes)**

Classroom Survey &amp; Frequency Table

1. Divide class into small groups
2. Each group chooses or is assigned a question (eg: favorite school subject, Favorite fruit, Number of pets at home, Birth month groups)
3. Groups survey classmates and record data using tally marks
4. Convert tallies into a frequency table

### Review Questions (15 minutes)

**Share &amp; Reflect**

1. Each group presents their frequency table
2. Teacher guides a discussion with questions:
3. Which was the most popular choice?
4. Were there any surprising results?
5. What did you learn about your classmates?

###  Follow up Tasks (10 minutes )

**Home work**

1. 

![](https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXdMzyunZ0Vb0rybF9qkb3BoSLZ3vl1QtqfzEYlXNl2Mc_OPqYaxJkti3YC1jsldzIkSeSxVYQxUukrpw3tTH5EmdxZ2eUW2AiK9ww7CbWniDzN4Q0BvgwtuGuXu2RDaFhuEfH4i0Q?key=Q_LOYMf1XE1ngG7aX6on6MDm)

2. Considering another example: In a quiz, the marks obtained by 20 students out of 30 are given as:

(12,15,15,29,30,21, 30,30,15,17,19,15,20,20,16,21,23,24,23,21)

### Expected Learning Outcome:

**Knowledge building-**

- Concept of frequency table
- Students able to organize data
- Connect the concept of data to students’ everyday experiences

**Skill Building-**

- Analytical thinking
- Mathematical skill

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