Acquire and record data: Year 7 – planning tool

This planning resource for Year 7 is for the topic of Acquire and record data. Students develop a robust statistical vocabulary. This includes defining and distinguishing between discrete numerical and continuous numerical data. To illustrate the differences students should be asked to collect sets of data from their peers. They should describe the differences in the results from each dataset and use these observations to construct definitions.

Resource details
Year level: Year 7
Purpose: Planning Teaching resource Teaching strategies Student activities
Strand: Statistics
Topic: Data representation and interpretation
Audience: Teachers
Format: Webpage
Australian Curriculum code: AC9M7ST01
Numeracy progression: Interpreting and representing data (P5)
Publisher: Commonwealth of Australia
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