Every real decision, from what a school buys to what a company builds next, usually starts with genuinely asking people what they think. In this challenge, you’ll build a real survey and find out something genuinely true about your class.
Build a real survey, ask real questions, and find out something genuinely true about your class.
By the end of this challenge, you’ll have built a real survey, gathered real answers, and produced one finished piece sharing what you found. Every step feeds into your final piece.
The Shape of This Challenge
Discover
✏️ ️ Light, curious
Explore
️ Focused, rising
Create
✏️ Deep, the peak
Reflect
️ Calm, close
Discover
Step 1
What Makes a Good Question?
✏️ Paper first
We are learning tounderstand what makes a survey question genuinely useful, not just interesting.
Example: ‘Do you like technology?’ is vague. ‘How many hours a week do you spend making things, not just watching?’ actually tells you something specific.
Your task: Grab paper and write 3 questions you’d genuinely want to ask your class about technology, creativity, or the future.
4 to 6 minutes.
I canwrite at least 2 genuinely useful survey questions.
→ This becomes part of your evidence in Step 5
Critical ThinkingData Literacy
Step 2
Which Questions Actually Work?
️ Talk it through
We are learning tojudge which questions will genuinely produce useful, comparable answers.Your task: Talk with a partner about your Step 1 questions. Which ones would actually be easy to compare across lots of people? Pick your best 2.
4 to 6 minutes.
I canchoose the 2 strongest questions from my list, with reasoning.
→ This becomes part of your evidence in Step 5
CommunicationCritical Thinking
Explore
Step 3
Build Your Real Survey
️ Hands-on, then digital
We are learning tobuild a genuine, working survey using a real tool.Your task: Open Google Forms and build your survey using your 2 strongest questions. Share it with your class or group and get real answers.
10 to 15 minutes to build, plus time for answers to come in.
I canbuild a real, working survey and gather genuine answers.
→ Your real answers become the centre of your evidence in Step 5
Data LiteracyDigital Tools
Step 4
What Do the Real Answers Show?
️ Hands-on analysis
We are learning toread real data and spot a genuine pattern.Your task: Look at your real results. Find one genuine pattern, something most people said, or a surprising split, and write it down with the actual number.
5 to 8 minutes.
I canidentify one genuine pattern in real data, with a real number.
→ This becomes the centre of your final piece in Step 5
Data LiteracyCritical Thinking
✨
Create
Step 5
Make Your Case
✏️ Plan on paper, then make it
We are learning toturn a real finding into one finished, clear piece of communication.
Example: a poster might open with ‘We asked, they answered, here’s what we actually found out.’
Before you touch a device: plan your opening line on paper. Then choose ONE format: Blog post (200 to 300 words, around 25 min), Presentation (2 to 3 slides, around 25 min), Poster (one page, 30 to 40 words, around 25 min), or Video (30 to 60 seconds, around 30 min).
Blog post
200 to 300 words
around 25 minutes
Presentation
2 to 3 slides, 20 to 25 words per slide max
around 25 minutes
Poster
one page, roughly 30 to 40 words total
around 25 minutes
Video
30 to 60 seconds
around 30 minutes
25 to 30 minutes, depending on the format you choose.
I canshare a real survey finding clearly, using a real number as evidence.
Content CreationData Literacy
Step 6
Reflect, Apply, Look Forward
️ Talk, quietly and calmly
We are learning toconnect what we just learned to our own life and future.Your task: Talk through these with someone, or yourself. Reflect: What surprised you about the real answers? Apply: What’s one thing you’d genuinely want to survey next? Look forward: How might a business or school actually use answers like these?
3 to 5 minutes. This is the wind-down.
I canconnect survey and data skills to my own future.
To understand what makes a survey question genuinely useful
To build a real, working survey using a real tool
To gather and read real data from classmates
To share a genuine finding clearly
Digital Skills
Data Literacy, Surveys, Digital Tools
Meta Skills
Communication, Content Creation, Critical Thinking, Data Literacy, Digital Tools, Reflection
Why This Matters
Building and reading a real survey is a genuine, transferable skill used constantly in business, research and journalism, deciding what to ask, and understanding what the answers actually mean.
Success Looks Like
I can write at least 2 genuinely useful survey questions
I can build a working survey using Google Forms
I can read real data and spot a genuine pattern
I can share what I found clearly, with a real number as evidence
Evidence and Presentation Options
Blog post (200 to 300 words), Presentation (2 to 3 slides, 20 to 25 words per slide max), Poster (one page, roughly 30 to 40 words total), Video (30 to 60 seconds)
Next steps
Try running the same survey with a different group and see if the results change.
Tools and Links
Google Forms for building the survey, Google Sheets for reading the results.
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To understand what makes a survey question genuinely useful
To build a real, working survey using a real tool
To gather and read real data from classmates
To share a genuine finding clearly
Digital Skills
Data Literacy, Surveys, Digital Tools
Meta Skills
Communication, Content Creation, Critical Thinking, Data Literacy, Digital Tools, Reflection
Why This Matters
Building and reading a real survey is a genuine, transferable skill used constantly in business, research and journalism, deciding what to ask, and understanding what the answers actually mean.
Success Looks Like
I can write at least 2 genuinely useful survey questions
I can build a working survey using Google Forms
I can read real data and spot a genuine pattern
I can share what I found clearly, with a real number as evidence
Evidence and Presentation Options
Blog post (200 to 300 words), Presentation (2 to 3 slides, 20 to 25 words per slide max), Poster (one page, roughly 30 to 40 words total), Video (30 to 60 seconds)
Next steps
Try running the same survey with a different group and see if the results change.
Tools and Links
Google Forms for building the survey, Google Sheets for reading the results.
TOOLKIT
Google Forms for building the survey, Google Sheets for reading the results.
Age, Stage and Prior Learning: S1-S3. No prior survey or spreadsheet experience needed.
Before You Start: Confirm Google Forms is accessible on school devices before the session. Decide in advance whether pupils build one shared class survey or several smaller ones in pairs.
How to Open This: "Every real decision usually starts with genuinely asking people what they think. Today you're going to build a real survey and find out something genuinely true about this class."
Scheduling: Roughly 30 to 40 minutes total. Works well as a standalone session, ideally with enough time for real answers to actually come in before Step 4.
If a Pupil Gets Stuck: If building individual surveys is too much for the time available, build one shared class survey together as Step 3, and let pupils analyse it individually from Step 4 onward.
For Fast Finishers: Ask fast finishers to add one more question they think would reveal something interesting, and predict the answer before checking.
Marking Guidance: Judge Step 5 against: at least one real number used as evidence, and a genuine, specific finding, not just 'people answered differently.'
