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reSolve: Statistics: Planning Playgrounds

This sequence of four lessons engages students in sorting, classifying, representing and interpreting data in order to plan a playground for their school or community. Students choose simple questions for a survey, gather responses and make simple inferences from their data. They then create picture graphs and explore how the data varies between the different categories. Students then go on to use the data to make decisions about what makes the ideal playground. The lesson is outlined in detail including vocabulary, curriculum links, discussion points, printable cards and further activities. This sequence is part of the reSolve: Mathematics by Inquiry program.

Additional details
Year level(s)	Year 1
Audience	Teacher
Purpose	Teaching resource
Format	Downloadable resources
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches	Mathematics investigation
Keywords	drawing, data collection, surveys, data representation
Curriculum alignment
Curriculum connections	Numeracy
Strand and focus	Statistics, Build understanding, Apply understanding
Topics	Data representation and interpretation
AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions	AC9M1ST01 Acquire and record data for categorical variables in various ways including using digital tools, objects, images, drawings, lists, tally marks and symbols AC9M1ST02 Represent collected data for a categorical variable using one-to-one displays and digital tools where appropriate; compare the data using frequencies and discuss the findings
Numeracy progression	Interpreting and representing data (P2) Counting processes (P3)
Copyright details
Organisation	reSolve Maths by Inquiry
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