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#Data can be organized for meaning making
#Data can be organized for meaning making
#Identifying data elements to capture for organizing data
#Identifying data elements to capture for organizing data
#Identifying method of organizing that will allow you to answer the questions
#Identifying method of organizing that will allow you to answer the questions (building a table for data)
#Representing data in pictures
#Understanding the importance of representing data in pictures
=What prior skills are assumed=
=What prior skills are assumed=
==Student activities==
==Student activities==
In this section we will focus on creating data sets in the class. The following activities can be take up by different sets of students.
In this section we will focus on creating data sets in the class. The following activities can be take up by different sets of students.
#'''Know your neighbourhood''': In groups, students could take up surveys of the school or home neighbourhood. Some of the parameters for building the data set include the types of houses, the number of household members, the number of houses with school going students, the number of houses with students in college, the number of houses with cooking gas connection.
#'''Know your neighbourhood''': In groups, students could take up surveys of the school or home neighbourhood. Some of the parameters for building the data set include the types of houses, the number of household members, the number of houses with school going students, the number of houses with students in college, the number of houses with cooking gas connection.
#'''Profile of the newspaper''' : Pick 3-4 newspapers from your library. Collect the following data for each newspaper.
#'''Profile of the newspaper''' : Pick 3-4 newspapers from your library. Collect the following data for each newspaper.
##Number of Letters to editor.
##Number of Letters to editor.
##Number of advertisements.
##Number of advertisements.
#'''What are we eating''' This is to track the nutrition for students. Collect the various data elements around the mid-day meal in terms of the ration , fuel, grains and lentils consumed and vegetables
#'''Organizing our ICT resources''': Revisit the data sets created in the school lab computers for the activity [[What_all_can_a_computer_do|What all can a computer do]]. Organize the resources in terms of features like size of the file, type of the file, application needed to open it and how this file could be used.
#'''Studying the flags of the world''': #With a collection of flags of various countries, try to organize them based on various parameters like colour, shapes contained, symbols contained and so on. This data can be tabulated for analysis.
=Portfolio=
=Portfolio=
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#Text document with the data sets collected
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