Changes

##What further information on the topic would you like to find out?

##What further information on the topic would you like to find out?

#The data sets can be drawn so as to represent different subjects

#The data sets can be drawn so as to represent different subjects

#Rubrics for assessment

#Encourage students to use a text editor to type their observations

##Ability to navigate the folder and open the graph/ image

##Creating a text document and saving with an appropriate file name

 

====Organizing data to make meaning====

====Organizing data to make meaning====

#This activity will take 80 minutes and will involve going out to collect data

#This activity will take 80 minutes and will involve going out to collect data

#Let students collect the data and make their notes.  Encourage them to discuss how the raw data has come and how we have to identify data elements for capturing  

#Let students collect the data and make their notes.  Encourage them to discuss how the raw data has come and how we have to identify data elements for capturing  

#Take photographs of raw data and tabulated data

#Take photographs of raw data and tabulated data

#The intention of this activity is to prepare students to look at data analysis.

#The intention of this activity is to prepare students to look at data analysis and not so much focus on a digital output

#Prior preparation

#Methodology

#Together these activities could take 4 periods

#Discussion questions

#Make sure to explain to the students the cumulative nature of the portfolio

#Subject integration

#Explain the use of a concept map to clarify one's thinking, make connections between concepts

#Assessment

#The students should understand that a text document is another way of representing analysis and findings

#Discuss with students the advantages of different kinds of data representation and show how formats can be combined (by inserting a mind map as an image)

====A concept map of data====

====Number patterns====

====Columns and rows====