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You can download Lesson 3 (PDF 147KB)here.

What's in Lesson 3?

Theme
Classroom Census

Objectives
That the child will be enabled to:

  • understand the processes involved in data collection.
  • decide how census data can be used
  • engage in the data collection process
  • represent and interpret classroom data using scattergrams, arrow diagrams, block graphs, bar graphs....

Key Messages

  • Data and statistics provide us with information that helps us to plan for the future.
  • Each step of the data collection process is important for a successful outcome.
  • Data can be represented in graphical, diagrammatic or pictorial form as well as in report form.

Follow-Up Activities

  • Home Sweet Home
  • A Full House
  • Tangram Teaser
  • Tessellation

Integration

  • Maths: Data Representation and Interpretation/Shape and Space
  • English: Oral Language/Language Development
  • Art: Tessellation/Pattern

You will need:

  • Copy of 'Census Cycle' on overhead or per student (available with the download).