Sleepy statistics: Part 1
In this first of two lessons, students acquire data as they conduct a sleep audit over two weeks to test hypotheses regarding improving sleep quality.
In a second lesson, Sleepy statistics: Part 2, students will represent the data using a back-to-back stem-and-leaf plot and draw conclusions based on statistical analysis.
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| Year level(s) | Year 7 |
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| Audience | Teacher |
| Purpose | Teaching resource |
| Format | Web page |
| Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Questioning, Mathematics investigation |
| Keywords | Maths Hub lesson plan, Real world, Datasets |
Curriculum alignment |
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| Curriculum connections | Critical and creative thinking, Science, Health and Physical Education |
| Strand and focus | Statistics |
| Topics | Data representation and interpretation |
| AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions |
AC9M7ST02
Create different types of numerical data displays including stem-and-leaf plots using software where appropriate; describe and compare the distribution of data, commenting on the shape, centre and spread including outliers and determining the range, median, mean and mode
AC9M7ST03
Plan and conduct statistical investigations involving data for discrete and continuous numerical variables; analyse and interpret distributions of data and report findings in terms of shape and summary statistics |
| Numeracy progression |
Number patterns and algebraic thinking (P5, P6)
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Copyright details |
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| Organisation | Commonwealth of Australia |
| Copyright | © 2024 Commonwealth of Australia. Creative Commons BY 4.0. |
