Data Dynamos: Making connections
By Patrick Linnan
About this resource
Background Information
This website has been designed as a curriculum resource for those teaching within the Foundation- Year 2 Digital Technologies strand of the Australian Curriculum - Technologies (2015). This resource is specifically developed for use with Year 2 students but is structured so that it can be adapted for use with Foundation or Year One students. The goal of this unit of work is that students will recognise, analyse and explore patterns in data related to their everyday lives then represent the data in a number of different ways including using digital technologies.
Initially they will learn how data helps them in their everyday life then they will learn how to best represent data by discussing the different types of graphs and how they might represent information effectively.
In the concluding activity to this unit of work students will select from a range of suggested topics, gather relevant information then represent the data in a useful and informative format. Students will be able to demonstrate a clear understanding of data collection and representation, clearly articulate their findings and describe how they determined the data would be best represented this way.
This website has been created for teachers to use within a teaching context and is designed so that it can be progressed through sequentially at a suitable pace for the cohort. The resource provides basic descriptions of activities and recommendations for implementation. Activities can be adjusted to meet whole class and individual support needs. Classroom instructional strategies aligned to constructivist theory are embedded within delivery of the Technology curriculum to deepen students knowledge, understanding and engagement.
This website has been designed as a curriculum resource for those teaching within the Foundation- Year 2 Digital Technologies strand of the Australian Curriculum - Technologies (2015). This resource is specifically developed for use with Year 2 students but is structured so that it can be adapted for use with Foundation or Year One students. The goal of this unit of work is that students will recognise, analyse and explore patterns in data related to their everyday lives then represent the data in a number of different ways including using digital technologies.
Initially they will learn how data helps them in their everyday life then they will learn how to best represent data by discussing the different types of graphs and how they might represent information effectively.
In the concluding activity to this unit of work students will select from a range of suggested topics, gather relevant information then represent the data in a useful and informative format. Students will be able to demonstrate a clear understanding of data collection and representation, clearly articulate their findings and describe how they determined the data would be best represented this way.
This website has been created for teachers to use within a teaching context and is designed so that it can be progressed through sequentially at a suitable pace for the cohort. The resource provides basic descriptions of activities and recommendations for implementation. Activities can be adjusted to meet whole class and individual support needs. Classroom instructional strategies aligned to constructivist theory are embedded within delivery of the Technology curriculum to deepen students knowledge, understanding and engagement.
Curriculum references for teachers
Digital Technologies -
ACTDIK002 - Recognise and explore patterns in data and represent data as pictures, symbols and diagrams
ACTDIK002 - Recognise and explore patterns in data and represent data as pictures, symbols and diagrams
- making generalisations about data sets, for example comparing different ways of travelling to and from school using classroom data, discussing results and finding patterns in modes of travel
- experimenting with different ways of representing patterns, for example using materials, sounds, movements or drawing
- collecting, and sorting data through play, for example collecting data about favourite toys and sorting them into categories such as toys they like or dislike
- exploring and creating graphs to represent classroom data, for example collecting data on the country of birth of each student and presenting the results as a picture graph
- using common software to present data creatively, for example as a slideshow, movie, sounds, image, chart, word art, poster or drawing
Teacher resources:
digital_technologies_unit_plan.docx |
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