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.
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Data handling: Introduction to data
Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Represent animal-themed data in different ways, using objects and technology.
- Log in and use mouse and keyboard skills to navigate the computer.
- Represent the same data as a pictogram and a table or chart.
- Collect data about minibeasts using a tally chart and represent data digitally.
- Click and drag objects to sort data using a branching database.
- Consider the types of input used to gather different forms of data when designing an invention.
Suggested prior learning
Data handling: Introduction to data
Get startedLessons
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.
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Unit resources
Computing
Knowledge organiser: Computing – Y1 Introduction to data
Aimed at pupils, a single page which gives key facts and definitions from the unit.
Computing
Vocabulary display: Data handling: Introduction to data
A display version of the key vocabulary from the Data handling: Introduction to data unit.
Cross-curricular opportunities
Maths: Number – number and place value, Statistics