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Citizen Science - Analysing Data
Lesson2 of 3 in this unit
SecondaryYear 7 - 8MathematicsStatisticsProbabilityEnvironmentalBiodiversityCitizen ScienceClimate ChangeSustainability
Lesson Summary
In this lesson, students build skills in identifying and constructing the most appropriate graphs to display real phenological data on the breeding habits of magpies. Students will consider the different ways data representation can be used to look for trends in the environment before making recommendations based on their finding.
Learning intentions
Students will:
- use raw data to present and communicate an underlying message
- understand which types of graphs are better at communicating given data
- understand how conclusions can be drawn from graphs
Success criteria
Students can:
- organise and graphically represent data to communicate a perspective
- draw conclusions and make decisions based on data sets
- consider how misleading graphs are used to influence opinion
- construct a range of graphs using phenology data, comparing their effectiveness to communicate facts
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