Comparing Data Sets gives Grade 6 Computer Science students focused practice with data comparison, relationships, differences, and evidence-based conclusions. Students examine two or more collections of values and use actual data to identify similarities, differences, patterns, and relationships.

Build Data Comparison Skills

Students work with core ideas from Data and Information, including comparing values with greater than, less than, and equal relationships, calculating differences by subtraction, and describing how values in two data sets may change together. The resource also reinforces careful use of evidence when explaining what data show.

What Students Practice

• Compare values across two or more data sets.
• Identify where values are greater, less, or equal.
• Calculate and interpret differences between values.
• Use data as evidence to describe patterns and relationships.
• Explain conclusions using specific values from the data.

Student Activities

The worksheet combines a dialogue, matching activity, cloze passage, labeled diagram, reading passage, multiple-choice questions, true-or-false questions, short-answer responses, and an extended-response task. The reading passage uses a four-week comparison of books read by two groups, giving students a concrete example of how comparing data sets can reveal changing relationships across categories.

Classroom Use

Use this data comparison worksheet for computer science instruction, guided practice, independent work, review, or discussion. Students can refer to the values in the reading passage and questions to explain where groups differ, where they are equal, and how large differences are. The extended response also gives students an opportunity to apply the comparison process to data from a classroom or science investigation.

Teacher Support

A separate Teacher Guide PDF is included with learning objectives, teaching tips, discussion questions, and common mistakes. These supports help teachers introduce data comparison concepts, address likely errors, and guide students toward clear evidence-based explanations.

This resource provides a focused way to practice comparing data sets, interpreting differences, recognizing relationships, and communicating conclusions from data in a Grade 6 Computer Science setting.