| ID |  | Title | | Suggested Level | | Overview and Other Information | | Requirements |
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MATE1
(Extension Activity) | | ABS Population Clock | | Years 8–10 | | This is an enrichment activity for students who enjoy using their mathematical skills for problem solving. It involves verifying the rate of population increase shown on the population clock located on the home page of the Australian Bureau of Statistics website.
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- Access to the internet is desirable.
- Access to calculators and Excel as possible tools for solving the problem.
- Copy of student worksheet.
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| MAT01 | | Four Graphs Story
| | Years 3–7 | | This activity allows students to demonstrate their ability to read, interpret and assimilate information presented in graphs and tables. The four representations show different aspects of one student’s typical Saturday and the task involves students writing a story that blends together the important details in an interesting and realistic way. They can choose to write in diary or narrative form.
- Includes solution and rubric
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| MAT02 | | Water – Use it Wisely
| | Years 7–9 | | This activity focuses on how Australians use water. State/territory comparisons are made between water use and where the water is used in the household. Students create graphs and complete calculations to make these comparisons. Students also investigate the effect that using water saving products have on water use. An extension exercise provides an opportunity for students to estimate the potential for water wastage in the home.
- Includes solution and rubric
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- Computer
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- Spreadsheet software program
- Calculator
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| MAT04 | | Country of Birth | | Years 7–8 | | This activity involves analysing ‘Country of Birth’ data for the period 1954-2005.
- Includes solution and rubric
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- Computer
- Spreadsheet software program
- Graph paper
- calculator
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| MAT05 | | Participation in Sport | | Years 7–9 | | This activity involves using data about participation in sport to examine what types of graphical representation best fits different types of data. The data will then be examined to draw conclusions about people's involvement in sport.
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- Computer
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- Graph paper
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| MAT06 | | Misleading Graphs | | Years 9–10 | | In task A students investigate the effect of using scale to influence the way information is presented in a graph. In task B students use this knowledge to present the same information persuasively for two opposing audiences.
- Includes solution and teacher notes
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- Copy of student worksheet
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| MAT07 | | Time Series Data | | Years 11–12 | | In this activity, students investigate and comment on the changes and trends in road fatality rates for a 10 year period. Optional activities include smoothing and graphing data as well as fitting a linear regression model to make predictions.
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- Access to the internet is desirable
- Access to CAS calculators or Excel
- Copy of student worksheet
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| MAT08 | | Indigenous v non Indigenous Age Distribution | | Year 10 | | ABS Demographic data comparing the age distributions of Indigenous and non Indigenous Australians is analysed and interpreted using summary statistics and parallel box plots. Note the data is presented in a grouped frequency table and so cumulative frequency using the midpoint is used to estimate centre and spread.
- Includes solution and rubric
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| MAT10 | | Bar Chart of Favourite Pet | | Year 3 | | In this IWB activity students answer questions about a bar graph of favourite pets. They then make a bar chart using class data and compare it. | |
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| MAT13 | | Creating Parallel Box and Whisker Plots in Excel | | Year 10 | | This document details how to use the scatter plot feature of Excel to create box and whisker plots, both singly and in parallel. By calculating the 5 figure summary for a set of data, the minimum, quartile 1, median, quartile 3 and maximum values can be pasted into a template to create the plots. | |
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