Accuracy vs Precision Graphic Organizer

I created this accuracy vs precision graphic organizer for my physical science students to glue in their interactive notebooks. This is part of our first unit of the year – the mathematics of science.

First, we wrote definitions for accuracy and precision.  I could tell that my students were writing these definitions down without really thinking about what they meant.

Next, I gave my students pictures of four targets.  I found these target pictures on the New Zealand Science Learn website.  Here’s a direct link to the file.

Once we started trying to label these as accurate/not accurate and precise/not precise, the definitions started to make a lot more sense to my students!  They were a bit bummed when I told them that on their quiz they were going to have to do the same thing with numbers instead of targets.