November 2003 secondary StatZing!
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Activities
This issue of StatZing! has some activities based on the balance of payments. The three accounts, current, capital and financial, are explained, and students have to complete the table and answer some questions on what makes up the different accounts and what may affect the balance of payments.
Curriculum
Economics, Level 3: Trade Interpret and analyse statistical data related to trade.
NCEA Economics 2.1 (AS90236) Explore issues using economic and statistical data.
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August 2003 secondary StatZing!
April 2003 secondary StatZing! |
Activities
The activities in this issue have been prepared to encourage students to apply skills and ideas when examining population patterns and processes. They will need to draw on their own knowledge of why people are moving in New Zealand, suggesting reasons for these movements.
Curriculum
Geography, New Zealand Population: Why do people move from place to place? Social Studies, Place and Environment: Why people move between places and the consequences of this for the people and the places.
NCEA Geography 1.2 (90203) Examine population patterns, processes and issues. NCEA Geography 2.2 (90332) Explain urban settlements.
Activities
based on the changing trends in farming and horticulture. The activities use data from the 2002 Agricultural Census.
Curriculum Geography/Resources and their use Year 11: Study the use of renewable resources eg farming.
New on the web The new look Schools Corner.
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October 2002 secondary StatZing!
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Activities based on data from the 2001 Census of Population and Dwellings and the publication, "Monitoring Progress Towards a Sustainable New Zealand." The first activity compares children in their own area with total New Zealand. The second activity looks at the impact of packaging waste on the environment.
Curriculum Geography/Population Year 11: How is the population made up?
Geography/Resources and their use Year 11: Does the use of resources create environmental problems?
New on the web Table Finder/ Table Builder.
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July 2002 secondary StatZing!
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Activities based on using Webmap to find information about different regions in New Zealand. Students use data from the census to compare living conditions in different parts of New Zealand.
Curriculum Geography/Population Year 11: Are there differences in living conditions within New Zealand?
New on the web The Topic based reports from the 2001 Census of Population and Dwellings.
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April 2002 secondary StatZing!
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Activities based on information from the 2001 Census of Population and Dwellings. Students use the data to look at the profile of the their territorial authority particularly the age structure, access to the Internet and income levels.
Curriculum Economics/Employment Year 12: Employment and inequalities.
Geography/Population Year 12: Population structure
New on the web Schools Corner links to census information.
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February 2002 secondary StatZing!
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Activities based on the final counts from the 2001 Census of Population and Dwellings and the reference report, "Tourism and Migration (2000)." Students look at how many visitors were counted on census night and look at where the visitors have come from.
Curriculum - NCEA Geography 1.7 Level One: Examine a global study.
New on the web - Census information, Schools Corner, Provisional Tourism Satellite Account, Glossary
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| October 2001 secondary StatZing! |
Activities based on tourism in the New Zealand economy. The activities use information from the Provisional Tourism Satellite Account 1998 - 2000.
Curriculum Economics/Growth Year 12: Define and illustrate the differing measures of economic growth.
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| June 2001 secondary StatZing! |
Activities based on results from the 2001 Census of Population and Dwellings students investigate changes in the population.
Curriculum Maths/Number Level 5: Solve practical problems using decimals and percentages. Express one quantity as a percentage of another.
Social Studies/Place and Environment Level 5: Why people move between places and the consequences for this for the people and the places.
Geography/Population Year 11: How is New Zealand's population made up? Where is the population located? Are the numbers increasing or declining?
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January 2001 secondary StatZing!
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Activities based on gathering, collating, interpreting and presenting data based on a question from the 2001 Census of Population and Dwellings questionnaire and then looking at where the population is located using data from the 1996 Census.
Curriculum Geography/Population Year 11: How is New Zealand's population made up? Where is the population located? Are numbers increasing or declining?
Social Studies/Place and Environment Level 5: Why people move between places and the consequences of this for the people and places. |
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Activities based on gathering, collating, interpreting and presenting data based on a question from the 2001 Census of Population and Dwellings questionnaire and then looking at how our international travel has changed over time.
Curriculum Maths/Statistics Level 7: Statistical investigations.
Geography/Cultural process Year 13
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June 2000 secondary StatZing!
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Activities based on data from the 1999 Agriculture Survey.
Curriculum Geography/Resources and their use Year 11: Study the use of renewable resources eg farming.
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March 2000 secondary StatZing!
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Activities based on regional data from the 1996 Census of Population and Dwellings.
Curriculum Geography/Population Year 11: How is New Zealand's population made up?
Economics/Unemployment Level 3: Interpret and analyse statistical data related to employment and unemployment.
Social Studies/Place and Environment Level 5: Why people move between places and consequences of this for the people and places.
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October 1999 secondary StatZing!
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Activities based on the Consumers' Price Index look at how the index is constructed and income data from the New Zealand Income Survey to identify inequalities between ethnic groups.
Curriculum Economics/Inflation Level 3: Define inflation and understand how inflation is measured.
Economics/Inequality Level 3: use statistics to identify economic inequality.
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August 1999 secondary StatZing!
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Activities based on graphing time-series data using Overseas Merchandise Trade Data.
Curriculum Maths/Statistics Level 4, Maths/Number Level 3 & 4.
English/Visual Language Level 3 & 4.
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