Outdoor Learning - Mini-beast Quadrant Sampling

Australian curriculum (v9.0) content descriptions:

Mathematics:

Students learn to:

• acquire data sets for discrete and continuous numerical variables and calculate the range, median, mean and mode; make and justify decisions about which measures of central tendency provide useful insights into the nature of the distribution of data (AC9M7ST01)

General capabilities: Critical and Creative Thinking. 

Cross-curriculum priority: Sustainability.

Relevant parts of Year 7 achievement standards:
By the end of Year 7, students plan and conduct statistical investigations involving discrete and continuous numerical data, using appropriate displays. Students interpret data in terms of the shape of distribution and summary statistics, identifying possible outliers.

• 4 metre length piece of string – one per group
• Mini-beast Tally Table
• Pegs (optional) – four per group
• Sampling Instructions – Quadrat Sampling
• Student Worksheet – one copy per student

This lesson is designed to build students’ competencies in the following skills:

• problem-solving
• critical thinking

Level of teacher scaffolding: Medium - oversee activity and facilitate discussion.

This lesson is designed to be taught outside. It contains all the tools required for students to reap the benefits of being outdoors while learning the outcomes of the Australian Curriculum. By spending time outdoors and connecting to nature, students are more likely to care for and conserve nature as adults.

This is an original Cool+ lesson.

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