- Definition
An infographic is like a picture that tells a story using facts and numbers, making information easy to understand at a glance.
An infographic could show a class survey on favorite pets, using stacks of dog and cat pictures to represent the data.
How to teach this in 30 seconds
Try this analogy: An infographic is like a super-powered poster that uses pictures and charts to tell a story with data.
Ask your child: What's the most interesting fact this picture is trying to show you?
Common mix-up: Kids might think an infographic is just a decorated picture. The key is that every part of the image, like the size of a bar or slice of a pie, represents real data.
Examples
- A chart that uses different lengths of hockey sticks to show how many goals each player scored.
- A poster using a large drawing of the earth with sections coloured to show how much is land versus water.
infographic is a term used in Ontario’s Kindergarten to Grade 8 curriculum.
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