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Using the student worksheet students gather data to find out the number of different appliances in their school. Initially, student estimate the number of different appliances then they count and calculate recording their data.

Learning Intentions:

Students will...

learn that we can betterunderstand how to use energy by collecting data about the appliances being used.

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Australian Curriculum content descriptions:
Year 3 Mathematics

Collect data, organise into categories and create displays using lists, tables, picture graphs and simple column graphs, with and without the use of digital technologies (ACMSP069)
Interpret and compare data displays (ACMSP070)

Year 3 Science

Use a range of methods including tables and simple column graphs to represent data and to identify patterns and trends (ACSIS057)

Year 4 Mathematics

Construct suitable data displays, with and without the use of digital technologies, from given or collected data. Include tables, column graphs and picture graphs where one picture can represent many data values (ACMSP096)
Evaluate the effectiveness of different displays in illustrating data features including variability (ACMSP097)

Year 4 Science

Use a range of methods including tables and simple column graphs to represent data and to identify patterns and trends (ACSIS068)

Syllabus Outcomes: ST2-4WS, MA2-18SP, MA2‑1WM, MA2‑2WM, MA2‑3WM.
General capabilities: Numeracy, Critical and creative thinking.
Cross-curriculum priority: Sustainability OI.8.

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