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Mathematics / Year 7 / Statistics and Probability / Data representation and interpretation

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Curriculum content descriptions

Identify and investigate issues involving numerical data collected from primary and secondary sources (ACMSP169)

Elaborations
  • obtaining secondary data from newspapers, the Internet and the Australian Bureau of Statistics
  • investigating secondary data relating to the distribution and use of non-renewable resources around the world
General capabilities
  • Literacy Literacy
  • Numeracy Numeracy
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and creative thinking
  • Intercultural understanding Intercultural understanding
  • Ethical understanding Ethical understanding
ScOT terms

Data collection,  Data continuity,  Sample space

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Interactive Resource

Choose your own statistics

  • TLF-IDM020502

Explore the way in which statistics are presented using a wide range of graphs types for ten topics related to human rights. Customise and publish graphs and download data to a spreadsheet program such as Excel to enable further exploration.

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A mathematical focus on 'Choose your own statistics'

  • TLF-IDM019375

This teaching resource demonstrates ways in which real data can be interpreted and analysed. It is based on the interactive learning resource Choose your own statistics, in which data is presented as infographics, graphical representations and tables. The focus of the supporting teaching and learning activities is on analysing ...

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Data - Years 7 to 9

  • TLF-IDR10724

The 12 learning objects in this collection relate to the use, collection, display, comparison and interpretation of data. Objects in the first category, statistical data graphs, enable students to explore data using a range of graphical analysis tools. Objects in the second category, analysing surveys, enable students to ...

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Origin Energy for Schools

  • TLF-IDM017637

This is a valuable website containing comprehensive teacher and student cross-curricular teaching and learning resource for years 3 to 8 that focuses on the themes of energy, energy management and the Earth’s renewable energy sources. There are three teaching units on the themes of ‘Energy introduction’, ‘Energy management’ ...

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Skateboard survey

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Explore how the height of skateboard ramps is related to kids' heights. Choose questions to ask in a survey. Choose a sample size to suit a budget and margin of error. Examine a table of results. Sort the data and use it to answer questions. Display the results using a boxplot. Identify conclusions supported by the evidence. ...

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Teacher resource

Trade and Investment at a Glance

  • TLF-IDM025125

Using an illustrated report from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, this Teacher guide provides ten learning sequences that engage students in the analysis and interpretation of data about Australian imports and exports. Students: identify Australia's major exports and imports; investigate international trade ...

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Australia's Trade through Time

  • TLF-IDM025126

Using an interactive timeline created by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, this Teacher guide provides 12 series of learning experiences that engage students in the analysis and interpretation of data about Australian trade from 1900 to the present day. Students study videos, tables, images and texts in order ...

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Origin Energy for Schools – Years 7 - 8

  • TLF-IDM017636

This is a comprehensive teacher and student cross-curricular resource that focuses on Earth’s resources as being renewable or non-renewable. The concept of energy efficiency is considered as are the consequences of the enhanced greenhouse effect. The teaching unit ‘Renewable energy’ consists of an introduction to the topic, ...

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Secondary mathematics: using real data

  • TLF-IDS4972

These seven learning activities, which focus on the use of 'real data' using a variety of tools (software) and devices (hardware), illustrate the ways in which content, pedagogy and technology can be successfully and effectively integrated in order to promote learning. In the activities, teachers use the three content strands ...

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Australia's population: countries of birth - dataset

  • TLF-IDM007102

The dataset provides statistics about the estimated resident population, median age and sex ratio by countries of birth for the latest year of available data. It is periodically updated by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The dataset is included in the list of related datasets on the page in MS Excel format.

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reSolve: Modelling Motion - Year 7

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This sequence of seven lessons challenges students to use simple equipment to predict, observe and represent motion. They create a series of graphs to represent motion and construct instruments to measure forces in one and then two dimensions. They interpret these representations to develop concepts of force and motion. ...

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ACMF: Location of farms and processing plants

  • TLF-IDM016057

This resource is a web page providing information about the location of chicken meat farms and processing plants in Australia. It includes a map of the major chicken meat producing regions of Australia and a table and pie charts showing the distribution of chicken meat production across the six states. The resource describes ...

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Countries of birth

  • TLF-IDM014009

This is a web resource that includes four student activities about data interpretation, accompanied by a teacher guide for each activity. Activities include investigating changes in country of birth by collecting and displaying data from students, their parents and grandparents and comparing the 1901 and 2006 Australian ...

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ABS: agricultural resource management practices, Australia, 2011-12

  • TLF-IDM015259

This is a digital resource containing data on various agricultural practices used on Australian farms, and was collected in a 2011-2012 Australian Bureau of Statistics survey. This resource provides information about farming practices including pasture and crop cultivation, livestock and feral animal management, fertiliser ...

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Can you find your eight’s optimal training regime?

  • TLF-IDM020729

This resource is a web page containing an interactive resource to investigate the effect on a time trial or race after changes to a training regime. This is a useful resource to discuss how to conduct a fair test and get reliable data. Record results from trials in a table to analyse results. This resource is an activity ...

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ABS: land management and farming in Australia, 2011-12

  • TLF-IDM015260

This is a digital resource containing data on land management and farming practices on Australian farms, and was collected in a 2011-2012 Australian Bureau of Statistics survey. This resource provides information about agricultural practices to protect the natural environment and manage impacts, and includes data on waterway ...

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Phantom statistic

  • TLF-IDM017148

This is a video about the importance of collecting statistics on the role of women in agriculture in developing countries. The video explains that gender-specific data is typically missing for several reasons including the survey methodology used to collect the data, and refers to specific examples where different methodologies ...

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NFF: Farm facts 2012

  • TLF-IDM016068

This is a multilayered web page produced by the National Farmers' Federation, which includes links to a 34-page pdf and a Prezi providing a summary of agricultural production in Australia in 2012. These include information about Australian farmers and farms, as well as an overview of farming sectors such as wool, cotton, ...

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Forest Learning: Wood Properties

  • TLF-IDM016066

This is a resource about investigating the properties of wood. Intended for use as one or two lessons for years 7 to 10 students, the resource consists of information and practical activities. Text, still images, tables and formulae are provided about the density and compressive strength of wood from different trees; moisture ...

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Olympic Triathlon

  • TLF-IDM020730

This resource is a web page containing an investigative task that involves the analysis of data. Data from Olympic Triathlon in the form of a spreadsheet is provided. Sort the results in various ways, work out averages and measures of spread, or plot some graphs to test correlations between times for individual events and ...

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