Mathematics / Year 5 / Statistics and Probability / Data representation and interpretation

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Pose questions and collect categorical or numerical data by observation or survey (ACMSP118)

Elaborations
  • posing questions about insect diversity in the playground, collecting data by taping a one-metre-square piece of paper to the playground and observing the type and number of insects on it over time
General capabilities
  • Literacy Literacy
  • Numeracy Numeracy
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and creative thinking
ScOT terms

Research questions,  Observations (Data),  Questionnaires,  Surveying (Data collection)

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