| September 2007 StatZing! (pdf, 329KB) |
Activities
This issue of StatZing! focuses on the Food Price Index. Students are asked to collect prices of various items over a period of time. They are also asked to analyse a graph of the Food Price Index and answer questions relating to it.
Curriculum
Maths Level 3 and 4: Statistics
Level 3: Number
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July 2007 StatZing!
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Activities
This issue of StatZing! uses information from 2006 Census QuickStats National Highlights release. Students are asked to survey their classmates on where they were born and to convert results into a graph. They are also asked to analyse population data and a graph on household access to motor vehicles.
Curriculum
Maths Level 3 and 4: Statistics
Level 3: Number
Social Studies
Level 3 and 4
- Culture and heritage
- Social organisation
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| February 2007 StatZing!
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Activities
This issue of StatZing! uses information from the Hot Off The Press information release Agricultural Production Statistics (Provisional): June 2006. Students are asked to draw information from the release and complete a range of activities including matching up words, solving a word-find and sorting specific numbers into ascending order.
Curriculum
Maths Level 3 – 4: Statistics
- Interpreting statistical reports
- Numbering activities
Social Studies Level 4: Resources and Economic Activity
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October 2006 StatZing!
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Activities
This issue of StatZing! focuses on a survey of household spending on cultural activities in New Zealand. The first part of the activity involves students interpreting and commenting on the graphs provided. The second part involves students conducting a statistical investigation into household spending on cultural activities.
Curriculum
Maths Levels 3–4: Statistics
- Interpreting statistical reports
- Plan and conduct a statistical investigation.
Social Studies – Level 4: Resources and economic activity
- How and why people view and use resources differently and the consequences of this.
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August 2006 StatZing!
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Activities
This issue of StatZing! asks student to source answers from the New Zealand in Profile 2006 pamphlet, and fill in the gaps to reveal a mystery word.
Curriculum
Maths Levels 3–4 Statistics
- Interpreting statistical reports
- Plan and conduct a statistical investigation.
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January 2006 StatZing!
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Activities
This issue of StatZing! looks at the history of the census. The activity is taken directly from the 2006 Census Education Resource.
Curriculum
Social Studies Levels 2–4
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November 2005 StatZing!
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Activities
This StatZing! has information about the 2006 Census Education Resource and includes a sample of activities from the resource.
Curriculum
Maths Level 3–4: Statistical investigations.
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July 2005 StatZing! and
answers
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Activities
This StatZing!! has information about the CensusAtSchool project, designed to enhance statistical literacy. There are also activities about the census.
Curriculum
Maths Level 2–3: Statistics
- Interpreting statistical reports.
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| March 2005 StatZing! and
answers
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Activities
Using data from Statistics New Zealand's natural resource accounts on forestry, fishing and water, students interpret and present information.
Curriculum
Social Studies Level 3
- Resources and economic activities: how and why people manage resources
Maths Level 2–3
- Statistics investigations
- Interpreting statistical reports
Science Level 2
- Making sense of the living world: investigate the response of plants or animals, including people, to environmental changes in their habitats.
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November 2004 StatZing!
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Activities
Using the New Zealand in Profile 2004 pamphlet, students present statistics in an accurate but eye-catching way.
Curriculum
Maths Level 3: Statistics
- Interpreting statistical reports
Maths Level 3: Measurement
- Performing measuring tasks using a range of units and scales
Social Studies Level 3: Resources and Economic Activities
- How and why people manage resources.
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August 2004 StatZing! and
answers
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Activities
Using statistics about sport, students work through activities to get them thinking about New Zealand's future Olympic prospects.
Curriculum
Maths Level 2–3: Statistics
- Interpreting statistical reports
- Exploring probability.
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