This resource introduces students to two types of data: discrete and continuous. It begins with a community track meet setting, where various elements can either be counted (like athletes, hurdles, and medals) or measured (like time, distance, and speed). The document explains the concept of countable items, emphasizing that they must be whole numbers and cannot include fractions or decimals, illustrated through the term 'discrete data.' It further explains that continuous data can take any value within a range and discusses how time is treated as continuous. The resource encourages visualization of both discrete and continuous data using examples such as hurdles cleared (discrete) and race times (continuous). Students are prompted to think critically about differences between these data types and provided examples to reinforce their understanding. A recap section consolidates the key principles, highlighting that counting corresponds to discrete data and measuring corresponds to continuous data.