Subject: Digital Technologies
Strand: Digital Technologies Processes and Production Skills
Years: 3 & 4
Collect, access and present different types of data using simple software to create information and solve problems (ACTDIP009)
Years 5 & 6
Acquire, store and validate different types of data and use a range of commonly available software to interpret and visualise data in context to create information (ACTDIP016)
Link to resource
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/default.aspx?ID=c194cdc8c87849d99278f870e0d016a0
General Capabilities:
- Literacy
- Numeracy
- ICT
- CCT
Cross Curricular Links:
- Science
- History (interpreting data)
- Geography (Recording Data)
How to use in a classroom
This website is brilliant for examining different types of graphs, representing data, recording and input of data. It gives children the opportunity to input the data and display it in a number of different ways, recognising how to best represent the data and examine errors often associated with primary school children and graphing. It explores the key components of graphing .
As a teaching tool, teachers can input data through the computer, displaying the data on the IWB as it is entered; discussing with students the information this data tells them and questioning at the same time the types of visual representations they would expect.
It is very simple to use and can be used by children of all ages if supported by the teacher.
