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reSolve: Reconciliation Data
This lesson prompts students to examine data from the Reconciliation Barometer report, collect their own local data and compare with the national findings. Students discuss the meaning of reconciliation, explore statements from the Reconciliation Barometer report, design a survey to collect local data relating to the statements from the report, graph their data, interpret their findings and compare their results to national data. The lesson is outlined in detail including curriculum links, a supporting PowerPoint presentation, links to data and videos, discussion points and student resources. This sequence is part of the reSolve: Mathematics by Inquiry program.
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Year level(s) | Year 6 |
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Audience | Teacher |
Purpose | Teaching resource |
Format | Downloadable resources |
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Mathematics investigation |
Keywords | reconciliation, collecting data, decimals, percentages, column graphs |
Curriculum alignment |
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Curriculum connections | Numeracy, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Culture |
Strand and focus | Statistics, Build understanding, Apply understanding, Number |
Topics | Data representation and interpretation, Fractions, Decimals |
AC: Mathematics content descriptions |
ACMNA131
Make connections between equivalent fractions, decimals and percentages
ACMSP147
Interpret and compare a range of data displays, including side-by-side column graphs for two categorical variables
ACMSP148
Interpret secondary data presented in digital media and elsewhere
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National numeracy learning progression |
Interpreting and representing data
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IRD5
Operating with decimals |
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Organisation | reSolve Maths by Inquiry |
Copyright | © Australian Government Department of Education, Skills and Employment 2021. Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0. |
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