You can download Lesson 4 (PDF 314KB)here.
What's in Lesson 4?
Theme
Classroom Census
Objectives
That the child will be able to:
- recall the data collection cycle
- engage in the data collection process
- learn how to collect and record data
- represent data collected in graphical form
- learn how to analyse and question data
- make simple generalisations based on data
- decide how census data can be used for planning
Key Messages
- Data can be collected and analysed with a view to planning at local level - even within the classroom.
- By collecting data from an entire population, we can make decisions that take everybody's interests in to account.
- The census provides the information with which we can build our future.
Follow-Up Activities
- 'Census Cycle'
- Classroom Census - Recording Sheet
- Analyse your data
- Census Quiz
Integration/Linkage
- Maths: Data Representation and interpretation
- English: Oral Language/Language Development
- SESE: History - Change and continuity
