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reSolve: Sport Stats

In this lesson, students examine sporting scores and explore the concept of the average of a set of scores. Students collect sporting scores from real and hypothetical games, use blocks to visualise an even distribution of scores across matches and then explore how to calculate the average of a set of scores. The lesson is outlined in detail including curriculum links, vocabulary, materials needed, sample answers, discussion points and student resources. This sequence is part of the reSolve: Mathematics by Inquiry program.

Additional details
Year level(s)	Year 4
Audience	Teacher
Purpose	Teaching resource
Format	Downloadable resources
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches	Mathematics investigation
Keywords	tables, graphs, tallies, questionnaires, data representation, bar charts
Curriculum alignment
Curriculum connections	Numeracy
Strand and focus	Statistics, Build understanding, Apply understanding
Topics	Data representation and interpretation
AC: Mathematics content descriptions	ACMSP095 Select and trial methods for data collection, including survey questions and recording sheets ACMSP096 Construct suitable data displays, with and without the use of digital technologies, from given or collected data. Include tables, column graphs and picture graphs where one picture can represent many data values
National numeracy learning progression	Interpreting and representing data - IRD2, IRD4
Copyright details
Organisation	reSolve Maths by Inquiry
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