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Revision as of 03:13, 15 October 2016
Data can tell stories
Objectives
- Understand that data can be in different formats
- Reading different kinds of data to make meaning
- Analyzing and expressing
What prior skills are assumed
- Creating folders and saving files
- Opening a given file with the correct application
- Familiarity with using a key board
Resources needed
Hardware, software, Files
- Data in the form of bar graphs, pictographs, maps (images)
- Computer lab with projection
- Access to internet
- Handout - Learn Ubuntu
- Handout - Learn Image Viewer
- Handout - Learn LibreOffice Writer
Description of activity with detailed steps
Teacher led activity
- You will look at an example of a data representation in the form of a graph with your teacher.
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- In small groups, discuss what are the various kinds of analysis you can make from this graph.
- Your teacher will summarize this analysis using a text document.
Student activities
- Folders with different data sets will be shared on each computer
- Each group of students will get one data set to work with - this will comprise maps, satellite images, pictographs and bar graphs. Your teacher will also give you a set of questions for each data set.
- Summarize your findings in a text document
Portfolio
- Text document with analysis of data