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==Reading Data== | ==Reading Data== | ||
#Data set 1 | #Data set 1 | ||
− | ##<u>Map of forest cover</u> | + | ##<u>Map of forest cover</u> {{ext-img|300px|https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:India_vegetation,_natural_and_cultivated,_favorable_weather_boosts_Indian_agriculture,_April_2008.jpg}} |
− | ##Pie chart of Indian languages | + | ##Pie chart of Indian languages {ext-img|300px|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/Number_of_Native_Speakers_of_Indian_Languages_world.png https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons`/8/8e/Number_of_Native_Speakers_of_Indian_Languages_world.png |
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#Data set 2 | #Data set 2 | ||
− | + | ##{{ext-img|300px|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/India_annual_rainfall_map_en.svg/2000px-India_annual_rainfall_map_en.svg.png}} | |
− | ## | + | ##{{ext-img|300px|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/WebsitesByLanguagePieChart.svg/2000px-WebsitesByLanguagePieChart.svg.png}} |
#Data set 3 | #Data set 3 | ||
− | ## | + | ##{{ext-img|300px|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/77/India_78.40398E_20.74980N.jpg}} |
− | ## | + | ##{{ext-img|300px|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/Indian_Forest_Cover.png}} |
#Data set 4 | #Data set 4 | ||
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#This activity will take 80 minutes | #This activity will take 80 minutes | ||
#Data sets have to be prepared (in sets of 2 or 3) for each computer/ group of students. A data folder must be created on each computer and the data sets copied. | #Data sets have to be prepared (in sets of 2 or 3) for each computer/ group of students. A data folder must be created on each computer and the data sets copied. | ||
− | #Copy the data folder on the computers. For each data set, make a set of questions for the students to answer after a study of the graph. After the students complete the analysis, encourage them to express the summary of the analysis in the form of a mind map. | + | #Copy the data folder on the computers. For each data set, make a set of questions for the students to answer after a study of the graph. After the students complete the analysis, encourage them to express the summary of the analysis in the form of a mind map. The following questions can be given to the students for discussion |
##What are the data elements captured? | ##What are the data elements captured? | ||
##Is the data giving your exact numbers or only relative estimation? | ##Is the data giving your exact numbers or only relative estimation? | ||
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##Ability to navigate the folder and open the graph/ image | ##Ability to navigate the folder and open the graph/ image | ||
##Creating a text document and saving with an appropriate file name | ##Creating a text document and saving with an appropriate file name | ||
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==How to make data meaningful= | ==How to make data meaningful= |
Revision as of 04:50, 15 October 2016
Chapter Objectives
Additional Resources
Transaction notes for activities
Activity Name
- Time estimate
- Prior preparation
- Methodology
- Discussion questions
- Subject integration
- Assessment
Activity 1 : Data tell stories
Reading Data
- Data set 1
- Map of forest cover
- Pie chart of Indian languages {ext-img|300px|
- Pie chart of Indian languages {ext-img|300px|
- Data set 2
- Data set 3
- Data set 4
- This activity will take 80 minutes
- Data sets have to be prepared (in sets of 2 or 3) for each computer/ group of students. A data folder must be created on each computer and the data sets copied.
- Copy the data folder on the computers. For each data set, make a set of questions for the students to answer after a study of the graph. After the students complete the analysis, encourage them to express the summary of the analysis in the form of a mind map. The following questions can be given to the students for discussion
- What are the data elements captured?
- Is the data giving your exact numbers or only relative estimation?
- What can you conclude from the data?
- What are the advantages in each kind of representation? When do you think each method is suited?
- What further information on the topic would you like to find out?
- The data sets can be drawn so as to represent different subjects
- Rubrics for assessment
- Ability to navigate the folder and open the graph/ image
- Creating a text document and saving with an appropriate file name
=How to make data meaningful
- Time estimate
- Prior preparation
- Methodology
- Discussion questions
- Subject integration
- Assessment