Today’s traffic tale
Students collect simple data from opportunities to observe events and display it in a picture graph.
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| Year level(s) | Year 2 |
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| Audience | Teacher |
| Purpose | Teaching resource, Teaching strategies |
| Format | Downloadable resources |
| Keywords | data, collect, sort, picture graphs, interpret |
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 |
| Topics | Data representation and interpretation |
| AC: Mathematics content descriptions |
ACMSP048
Identify a question of interest based on one categorical variable. Gather data relevant to the question
ACMSP049
Collect, check and classify data
ACMSP050
Create displays of data using lists, table and picture graphs and interpret them
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| National numeracy learning progression |
Interpreting and representing data
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IRD1, IRD2
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Copyright details |
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| Organisation | Queensland University of Technology |
| Copyright | © Queensland University of Technology. Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0. |
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