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Life After The Oasis - Relative Frequencies of Homelessness
Lesson2 of 3 in this unit
SecondaryYear 9 - 10MathematicsStatisticsProbabilitySocialEqualityHomelessnessHuman RightsSocial Action
Lesson Summary
In this lesson, students will view two character stories from Life After The Oasis documentary and reflect on the issues associated with lived experience of homelessness through a Think-Pair-Share thinking routine. Students will then investigate the relative frequencies of homelessness in each state and territory in Australia. They will create scatterplots to represent their collated data to identify trends and make comparisons. Students will also be given an opportunity to reflect on how statistics can be used when investigating social issues such as homelessness.
Learning intentions
Students will:
- use relative frequencies to estimate homelessness in Australia
- use scatter plots to compare the numbers of people experiencing homelessness in Australian states and territories
- identify and analyse outlier data
- understand how statistics and data are one way of highlighting and understanding the complexities of a social issue such as homelessness
Success criteria
Students can:
- calculate relative frequencies
- develop scatterplots and identify trends
- identify a range of variables when selecting data
- use mathematical strategies to help understand social issues such as homelessness
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