Data handling: Introduction to data

Learning what data is, why it is useful and the different ways that it can be gathered and recorded both by humans and computers.

Lessons

Lesson 1: Zoo data

  • To show data in different ways.

Lesson 2: Picture data

  • To use technology to represent data.

Lesson 3: Minibeast hunt

  • To collect and record data.

Lesson 4: Animal branching databases

  • To sort data into a branching database.

Lesson 5: Inventions

  • To design an invention to gather data.

Key skills

  • Learning how
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Key vocabulary

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