Skill: Information handling
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 3: Our favourite places
Completing a class survey on favourite places, collecting and recording data using computers.
Lesson 4: Presenting data
Using digital media to present whole class data on favourite places.
Lesson 5: Choosing the right question
Learning that some questions collect statistical data, while others give opinions that cannot be counted. Learners look at examples, sort questions and create their own questions, understanding how different questions can lead to different types of information.