WS05 - Possum population
Use this work sample to assess students' knowledge and skills to use algebraic thinking when investigating and predicting changes in population data.
Additional details |
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| Year level(s) | Year 7 |
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| Audience | Teacher |
| Purpose | Assessment advice, Assessment task |
| Format | Downloadable resources |
| Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Feedback |
| Keywords | cartesian plane, rule of a function, 4 operations, round decimals, population data, percentage increase |
Curriculum alignment |
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| Curriculum connections | Numeracy |
| Strand and focus | Algebra, Number |
| Topics | Algebraic expressions, Patterns and algebra, Operating with number, Properties of number, Proportion, rates and ratios |
| AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions |
AC9M7N05
Round decimals to a given accuracy appropriate to the context and use appropriate rounding and estimation to check the reasonableness of solutions
AC9M7N06
Use the 4 operations with positive rational numbers including fractions, decimals and percentages to solve problems using efficient calculation strategies
AC9M7A05
Generate tables of values from visually growing patterns or the rule of a function; describe and plot these relationships on the Cartesian plane |
| Numeracy progression |
Number patterns and algebraic thinking (P7, P8)
Measuring time (P7) Interpreting and representing data (P6) |
Copyright details |
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| Organisation | ACARA |
| Copyright | © Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) 2010 to present, unless otherwise indicated. Free-for-education material. |
