Are you average? (Part 1)
Students will plan and conduct a statistical investigation to find the average height of students at their school. Students analyse and report on the distribution of their data for the ‘whole’ school drawing conclusions with respect to different sampling techniques and whether methods chosen were fair and considered.
This lesson is one of a series of lessons that can be used to assist students to plan and conduct a statistical investigation.
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| Year level(s) | Year 8 |
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| Audience | Teacher |
| Purpose | Teaching resource |
| Format | Web page |
| Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Mathematics investigation, Collaborative learning |
| Keywords | datasets, distribution, sampling, Maths Hub lesson plan |
Curriculum alignment |
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| Curriculum connections | Ethical understanding, Critical and creative thinking |
| Strand and focus | Statistics |
| AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions |
AC9M8ST01
Investigate techniques for data collection including census, sampling, experiment and observation, and explain the practicalities and implications of obtaining data through these techniques
AC9M8ST04
Plan and conduct statistical investigations involving samples of a population; use ethical and fair methods to make inferences about the population and report findings, acknowledging uncertainty |
| Numeracy progression |
Interpreting and representing data (P7)
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Copyright details |
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| Organisation | Commonwealth of Australia |
| Copyright | © 2024 Commonwealth of Australia. Creative Commons BY 4.0. |
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Are you average? (Part 2)
Students learn about the ethics of collecting data, whether or not random samples represent a population, size of sample and conducting surveys.
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Are you average? (Part 3)
Students will plan and conduct a statistical investigation to find the average height of students at their school. Students analyse and report on the distribution of their data for the ‘whole’ school drawing conclusions with respect to different sampling techniques and whether methods chosen were fair and considered.
Resource details