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Quick C@S is a range of activities for your students that focuses on individual learning concepts such as mean, median, deviation from mean and much more. We've organised the activities into year levels that align with the new Australian Curriculum. Each activity takes less than thirty minutes to complete and all can be modified to suit your needs.

In addition, you and your colleagues can use the table of Quick C@S activities to designate lessons for the entire school and avoid repetition across year levels. That way your students can take a fresh look at CensusAtSchool data every year.

If your students don’t have access to computers to generate a random sample, you can download data from our Prepared Samples.


ID
Title
Year Levels
Related Questions

YEAR 5

CaSQ 9AThe Birth Month Paradox
5, 6, 7, 8
Q. When were you born?

CaSQ 12APie Graph of Eye Colour Using Paper Folding
5, 6
Q. What is your Eye Colour?

CaSQ 12BPie Graph of Eye Colour by Calculating Angle Size
5, 6
Q. What is your Eye Colour?

CaSQ 12CPie Graph of Eye Colour Using COUNTIF in Excel
5, 6, 7
Q. What is your Eye Colour?

CaSQ 15Bar Charts of Favourite Music
5, 6, 7
Q. What is your favourite type of music? Select one only.

CaSQ 18Column Graph of Internet Use Using Excel
5, 6, 7
Q. How do you usually spend your time on the internet?

YEAR 6

CaSQ 9AThe Birth Month Paradox
5, 6, 7, 8
Q. When were you born?

CaSQ 11Stacked Bar Graphs: Fast Food Vs Place of Birth
6, 7
Q. Which State/Territory do you live in?

CaSQ 12APie Graph of Eye Colour Using Paper Folding
5, 6
Q. What is your Eye Colour?

CaSQ 12BPie Graph of Eye Colour by Calculating Angle Size
5, 6
Q. What is your Eye Colour?

CaSQ 12CPie Graph of Eye Colour Using COUNTIF in Excel
5, 6, 7
Q. What is your Eye Colour?

CaSQ 15Bar Charts of Favourite Music
5, 6, 7
Q. What is your favourite type of music? Select one only.

CaSQ 16Side by Side Bar Chart for Sex vs. Favourite Sport
6, 7
Q. Are you male or female?
Q. What is your favourite sport?

CaSQ 18Column Graph of Internet Use Using Excel
5, 6, 7
Q. How do you usually spend your time on the internet?

CaSQ 38What graph to use when
6
Eye colour, year level, state

YEAR 7

CaSQ 1AMean of Belly Button Heights
7, 8
Q. What is your belly button height above the floor, when you are standing?

CaSQ 2The Effect of Outliers on Measures of Centre
7, 8
Q. What is the length of your right foot?

CaSQ 3AThe difference between Numerical and Categorical data
7, 9
Q. All questions.

CaSQ 4AScatter Plots: Making Predictions for Height vs Arm Span
7, 10
Q. How tall are you without shoes on?
Q. What is your arm span?

CaSQ 7Split Stem and Leaf Plot for Hours Slept
7, 8, 9
Q. How many hours sleep do you have?

CaSQ 8Stem and Leaf Plot of Travel Time
7
Q. How long did it take to get to school?

CaSQ 9AThe Birth Month Paradox
5, 6, 7, 8
Q. When were you born?

CaSQ 10ARatio, Fractions, Decimals and Percentages
7
Q. What state/territory/country were you born in?
Q. What's your favourite fast food?

CaSQ 11Stacked Bar Graphs: Fast Food Vs Place of Birth
6, 7
Q. Which State/Territory do you live in?

CaSQ 12CPie Graph of Eye Colour Using COUNTIF in Excel
5, 6, 7
Q. What is your Eye Colour?

CaSQ 15Bar Charts of Favourite Music
5, 6, 7
Q. What is your favourite type of music? Select one only.

CaSQ 16Side by Side Bar Chart for Sex vs. Favourite Sport
6, 7
Q. Are you male or female?
Q. What is your favourite sport?

CaSQ 18Column Graph of Internet Use Using Excel
5, 6, 7
Q. How do you usually spend your time on the internet?

CaSQ 19Scatter Plot Using Excel 2007
7, 10
Dominant hand reaction time.
Non dominant hand reaction time.

CaSQ 21Mean, Median and Mode of Hours Slept per Night
7, 8
Q. How many hours of sleep do you usually get on a school night?

CaSQ 26Using Excel 2007 to Calculate Mean, Median and Mode
7, 8, 9
Q. How many hours do you sleep on a school night?

CaSQ 33Do Swimmers have Longer Bodies than Runners?
7, 8, 9
Height, Belly Button Height, Favourite Sport

YEAR 8

CaSQ 1AMean of Belly Button Heights
7, 8
Q. What is your belly button height above the floor, when you are standing?

CaSQ 2The Effect of Outliers on Measures of Centre
7, 8
Q. What is the length of your right foot?

CaSQ 7Split Stem and Leaf Plot for Hours Slept
7, 8, 9
Q. How many hours sleep do you have?

CaSQ 9AThe Birth Month Paradox
5, 6, 7, 8
Q. When were you born?

CaSQ 21Mean, Median and Mode of Hours Slept per Night
7, 8
Q. How many hours of sleep do you usually get on a school night?

CaSQ 23AThe Randomness of Rain
8, 9
N/A

CaSQ 26Using Excel 2007 to Calculate Mean, Median and Mode
7, 8, 9
Q. How many hours do you sleep on a school night?

CaSQ 29Comparing Samples to a Population Using Excel
8, 9, 10
Environmental issues

CaSQ 30Venn Diagrams: Eye Colour Vs. Internet Access
8
Q. What colour are your eyes?
Q. How do you access the internet at your home?

CaSQ 31Is My Class Green? Comparing Samples and Population
8, 9, 10
Q. What actions do you take at home to conserve the environment?

CaSQ 33Do Swimmers have Longer Bodies than Runners?
7, 8, 9
Height, Bellybutton Height, Favourite Sport

YEAR 9

CaSQ 3AThe difference between Numerical and Categorical data
7, 9
Q. All questions.

CaSQ 4BScatter Plots: Line of Best Fit for Height vs Arm Span
9, 10
Q. How tall are you without shoes on?
Q. What is your arm span?

CaSQ 7Split Stem and Leaf Plot for Hours Slept
7, 8, 9
Q. How many hours sleep do you have?

CaSQ 10BComparing Census and CensusAtSchool using Ratio, Fractions, Decimals and Percentages
9
Q. Which state/territory do you live in?

CaSQ 20Taking a Stratified Sample
9, 11, 12
This activity includes solutions
Uses summary data on student participation in the questionnaire.

CaSQ 22Back to Back Stem and Leaf Plot of Sex vs. Concentration Time
9
Q. Are you male or female?

CaSQ 23AThe Randomness of Rain
8, 9
N/A

CaSQ 24AWriting Instructions to Make a Scatter Plot of Height vs Foot Length
9, 10
Q. What is your height?
Q. What is your foot length?

CaSQ 24BUsing Bivariate Data to make a Scatter Plot
9, 10
Q. What is your height?
Q. What is your foot length?

CaSQ 24CUsing a Trend Line to find a Relationship Between Height and Foot Length
9, 10
Q. What is your height?
Q. What is your foot length?

CaSQ 25AUsing Graphs to Design Your Own Investigation
9
N/A

CaSQ 26Using Excel 2007 to Calculate Mean, Median and Mode
7, 8, 9
Q. How many hours do you sleep on a school night?

CaSQ 27Time Series of Height
9, 10
Q. What year level are you in at school?
Q. How tall are you without your shoes on?

CaSQ 29Comparing Samples to a Population Using Excel
8, 9, 10
Environmental issues

CaSQ 30Venn Diagrams: Eye Colour Vs. Internet Access
9
Q. What colour are your eyes?
Q. How do you access the internet at your home?

CaSQ 31Is My Class Green? Comparing Samples and Population
8, 9, 10
What actions do you take at home to conserve the environment?

CaSQ 32ACalculating the Environmental Deviation from the Mean
9, 10
What are your opinions on these Environmental Issues?

CaSQ 32BUsing the Environmental Deviation from the Mean
9, 10
2010 Summary Data of Environmental Issues

CaSQ 33Do Swimmers have Longer Bodies than Runners?
7, 8, 9
Height, Bellybutton Height, Favourite Sport

YEAR 10

CaSQ 1BMean and Standard Deviation of Belly Button Heights
10, 11
Q. What is your belly button height above the floor, when you are standing?

CaSQ 4AScatter Plots: Making Predictions for Height vs Arm Span
7, 10
Q. How tall are you without shoes on?
Q. What is your arm span?

CaSQ 4BScatter Plots: Line of Best Fit for Height vs Arm Span
9, 10
Q. How tall are you without shoes on?
Q. What is your arm span?

CaSQ 6AParallel Box and Whisker Plots - Money Earned
10
Q. Did you earn or receive any money?

CaSQ 9BBirth Month Paradox Theoretical Probability
10, 11
Q. When were you born?

CaSQ 19Scatter Plot Using Excel 2007
7, 10
Dominant hand reaction time.
Non dominant hand reaction time.

CaSQ 24AWriting Instructions to Make a Scatter Plot of Height vs Foot Length
9, 10
Q What is your height?
Q. What is your foot length?

CaSQ 24BUsing Bivariate Data to make a Scatter Plot
9, 10
Q. What is your height?
Q. What is your foot length?

CaSQ 24CUsing a Trend Line to find a Relationship Between Height and Foot Length
9, 10
Q. What is your height?
Q. What is your foot length?

CaSQ 27Time Series of Height
9, 10
Q. What year level are you in at school?
Q. How tall are you without your shoes on?

CaSQ 28Parallel Box and Whisker Plots of Hours Slept
10
Q. Are you male or female?
Q. How many hours do you sleep on a school night?

CaSQ 29Comparing Samples to a Population Using Excel
8, 9, 10
Environmental issues

CaSQ 31Is My Class Green? Comparing Samples and Population
8, 9, 10
What actions do you take at home to conserve the environment?

CaSQ 32ACalculating the Environmental Deviation from the Mean
9, 10
What are your opinions on these Environmental Issues?

CaSQ 32BUsing the Environmental Deviation from the Mean
9, 10
2010 Summary Data of Environmental Issues

CaSQ 34Using Box Plots to Compare Heights of UK and Australian Students
10
Sex, Year of Birth, Height

CaSQ 35ADrawing a Box and Whisker plot of Foot Length
10
Sex, foot length

CaSQ 35BCreating a Box and Whisker Plot of Foot Length in Excel
10
Sex, foot length

CaSQ 35CCreating a Box and Whisker Plot using Excel
10
Sex, foot length

CaSQ 37Comparing Data Displays of Foot Length
10
Sex, foot length, year level

CaSQ 39Scatterplots and Pearson's r for C@S Data
10, 11
This activity
includes solutions
Various

YEAR 11

CaSQ 1BMean and Standard Deviation of Belly Button Heights
10, 11
Q. What is your belly button height above the floor, when you are standing?

CaSQ 3BNumerical Data: What's the Difference Between Discrete and Continuous?
11
Q. All questions.

CaSQ 3CCategorical Data: What's the Difference Between Nominal and Ordinal?
11
Q. All questions.

CaSQ 5Cause and Effect: Height and Dominant Hand Reaction Time
11
Dominant hand reaction time.
Q. How tall are you without shoes on?

CaSQ 6BBox & Whisker Plot of Money Earned with Calculation of Outliers
11
Q. Did you earn or receive any money?

CaSQ 9BBirth Month Paradox Theoretical Probability
10, 11
Q. When were you born?

CaSQ 9CBird Month Paradox IWB
11
Q. When were you born?

CaSQ 20Taking a Stratified Sample
9, 11, 12
This activity
includes solutions
Uses summary data on student participation in the questionnaire.

CaSQ 39Scatterplots and Pearson's r for C@S Data
10, 11
This activity
includes solutions
Various

YEAR 12

CaSQ 20Taking a Stratified Sample
9, 11, 12
This activity
includes solutions.
Uses summary data on student participation in the questionnaire.


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