Advanced Car Color Count
About 30 minutes, indoors, for ages 8 to 10.
Where it works
Works in any indoor space
Who it's for
ages 8 to 10
Try this adventure now:
- red cars
- blue cars
- white or silver cars
- black cars
- any other color
Today's Challenge
- 1.Which color did you tally the most?
- 2.About what fraction of cars were white or silver?
- 3.Did any color surprise you by being rare or common?
Quick Start: What you need
- 1pencil
The Goal
A tally-and-math sequel to Car Color Count for kids ready for real data.
How to start
- 1
Gather what you need: pencil. Nothing else required.
- 2
Head indoors and see how many you can find: red cars, blue cars, white or silver cars, black cars.
- 3
Talk about what you are seeing. Start with "Which color did you tally the most?"
- 4
Print the worksheet to check things off as you find them, and keep it afterwards.
Make A Tally Chart
Draw five columns below, one per color, and make a tally mark every time you spot that color.
Silver and white together have been the most common car colors in the world for years.
If you want to push it further
- Guess which color will win before you start, then check if you were right
- Find the single rarest color of the whole trip
Print it and go
The worksheet has the checklist, the prompts, and a space to draw in. One page, ready for a bag or a glovebox.