Classroom Energy and Temperature Audit

Australian Curriculum content descriptions:

Year 3 Mathematics:

• Collect data, organise into categories and create displays using lists, tables, picture graphs and simple column graphs, with and without the use of digital technologies (ACMSP069)

Year 3 Science:

• Heat can be produced in many ways and can move from one object to another (ACSSU049)
• Use a range of methods including tables and simple column graphs to represent data and to identify patterns and trends (ACSIS057)

Year 4 Mathematics:

• 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 (ACMSP096)

Year 4 Science:

• Use a range of methods including tables and simple column graphs to represent data and to identify patterns and trends (ACSIS068)

Syllabus Outcomes: ST2-4WS, ST2-6PW, MA2-18SP, MA2‑1WM, MA2‑2WM, MA2‑3WM.

Indoor or outdoor activity: Indoor

Time required: 45 mins

Level of teacher scaffolding: Assist with observations, data collecting and bringing their information together for analyses.

• Writing materials
• Thermometers or temperature probes

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