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Mathematics / Year 5 / Statistics

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Curriculum content descriptions

plan and conduct statistical investigations by posing questions or identifying a problem and collecting relevant data; choose appropriate displays and interpret the data; communicate findings within the context of the investigation (AC9M5ST03)

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
  • posing a question or identifying a problem of interest, collecting, interpreting and analysing the data and discussing if the data generated provides the information necessary to answer the questions
  • developing survey questions that are objective, without opinion and have a balanced set of answer choices without bias
  • exploring First Nations Ranger Groups’ and other groups’ biodiversity detection techniques to care for Country/Place, posing investigative questions, collecting and interpreting related data to represent and communicate findings
General capabilities
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and Creative Thinking
  • Numeracy Numeracy
ScOT terms

Research questions,  Statistical analysis,  Data analysis,  Data collection

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