Bear Hugs 2
Do our arms get longer as we get older?
In this activity you will explore whether the length of your arm span is related to how old you are.
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A nationwide online survey for Year 5 - 13 students which provides real, relevant data and classroom activities to enhance statistical enquiry across the curriculum.
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- teachers' information pack
- teachers: register your class
- students: answer the survey
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Level 5
Achievement Objectives
- Level 5
- S5-1 Plan and conduct surveys and experiments using the statistical enquiry cycle
- B considering sources of variation
- D using multiple displays, and re-categorising data to find patterns, variations, relationships, and trends in multivariate data sets
- E comparing sample distributions visually, using measures of centre, spread, and proportion
- S5-1 Plan and conduct surveys and experiments using the statistical enquiry cycle
Key Ideas
Average, Box plots, Describing distribution shape, Dot plots, Maximum, Measurement error, Minimum, Percentages, Quartiles, Scatter plots, Skewness, Statistical investigation process, VariabilityKey Competencies
- Managing self
- Seek understanding
- Participating and Contributing
- Build on prior knowledge
- Relating to others
- Communicate thinking
- Thinking
- Investigating
- Make predictions
- Using language, symbols and texts
- Interpret statistical information
Resources
- Student worksheet
- Teacher instructions
- For each group: calculators, graph paper and a copy of the data set
