Statistics: Loopy aeroplanes

Students make loopy aeroplanes using different designs. They collect, represent and analyse data to answer the question "Which loopy aeroplane design is best?”.

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Year level(s) Year 6
Audience Teacher
Purpose Teaching resource
Format Web page
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches Concrete Representational Abstract model, Differentiated teaching, Mathematics investigation
Keywords representing data, investingations

Curriculum alignment

Curriculum connections Numeracy
Strand and focus Statistics
Topics Statistical investigations
AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions
AC9M6ST03
Plan and conduct statistical investigations by posing and refining questions or identifying a problem and collecting relevant data; analyse and interpret the data and communicate findings within the context of the investigation

AC9M6ST01
Interpret and compare data sets for ordinal and nominal categorical, discrete and continuous numerical variables using comparative displays or visualisations and digital tools; compare distributions in terms of mode, range and shape

Numeracy progression Interpreting and representing data (P5)

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Australian Academy of Science

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