Skill: Data
Data handling: Comparison cards databases (S3 unit for S4)
Using the theme of the popular game, Top Trumps, to understand what a database is by learning the meanings of records, fields and data. Further exploration will lead to the development of the ideas of sorting and filtering
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Lesson 1: Records, fields and data
Lesson 2: Race against the computer
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Lesson 1: Zoo data
Introducing the term 'data' through an animal-themed activity that involves identifying the number of animals at a zoo and developing visual ways to represent the numbers.
Lesson 2: Picture data
Using online software to represent categorical data about zoo animals; creating a pictogram.
Lesson 3: Our favourite places
Lesson 4: Presenting data
Using digital media to present whole class data on favourite places.
Unit 4: Data detectives
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Unit outcomes
Learners who are secure will be able to:
- Represent data in different ways and answer questions.
- Navigate to Sketchpad using a computer.
- Record class data using pictures, using clip art and text boxes.
Suggested prior learning
Unit 5: Introduction to data
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Lessons
Lesson 1: Zoo data
Lesson 2: Animal pictograms
Lesson 3: Our favourite places
Lesson 4: Presenting data
Lesson 5: Choosing the right question
Key skills
Recap and recall
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Cambridge Primary Computing (0059) Learning objectives
Managing data
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Key vocabulary
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compare
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