Year 6 If the World were 100 People: Teaching Plan

A teaching plan covering all the statistics and probability achievement objectives – Beta testing version

Session 1: Introduction

• Introduction to if the world were 100 people concept
• Understanding about percentages
• Explore making data visualisations using a 100 people chart for given percentages

Session 2: What is a census?

• Understanding what a census is, in particular, what is the census of population and dwellings in New Zealand.
• Exploring migration and birthplace statistics from the 2018 census – connecting to Whakapapa me te whanaungatanga | Culture and identity from Aotearoa New Zealand histories curriculum

Session 3: Planning for our 100 people investigation

• Deciding the region of New Zealand to explore
• Deciding on topics of interest
• Sourcing secondary data (existing information) to use to create a “If _____ were 100 people” presentation

Session 4: Researching examples of visualisations to use

• Exploring and interrogating data visualisations
• Deciding on visualisations to use for their  “If ______  were 100 people” presentation

Session 5: Creating data visualisations

• Creating visualisations to use in the “If ________ were 100 people” presentation
• Use a variety of data visualisations
• Making summary statements about the data
• Starting to use technology and statistical software to create their data visualisations

Session 6: Making “ If ____ were 100 people” videos

• Students make their videos, check them, and share them with their teacher
• Students prepare their own evidence of undertaking a statistical enquiry to share with others

Session 7: Making time series graphs

• Introduction to time series graphs

Session 8: Gapminder trends, graphs about the world 

• Exploring Gapminder trends graphs
• Reading and describing time series graphs

Session 9: Figure.NZ graphs about New Zealand

• Exploring Figure.NZ graphs
• Attributing the charts used
• Writing descriptions of time series graphs including seasonal variation

Session 10: Introduction to using CODAP

• Introduction to Common Online Data Analysis Platform – CODAP, a free browser-based statistical analysis tool

Session 11: Making their own time series graphs using CODAP

• Using CODAP to explore time series datasets

Sessions 12-13: Probability: Fair games

• Record results of a simple probability experiment
• Interpret results and decide if a game is fair

Sessions 14-15: Scratch ‘n’ win

• Record results of a probability experiment on a tally chart
• Discuss experimental and theoretical probabilities
• Use technology to do a large number of trials

Additional probability activities could include:

• The rest of the I’m Spinning (NZ Maths) lessons
  • Determine an experimental estimate of the probability of simple events using frequency tables.
  • Determine the theoretical probability of simple events using percentages, fractions, and decimals.
  • Systematically find all possible outcomes of an event using tree diagrams and organised lists.
• What’s in the bag? (NZ Maths)
  • Make predictions based on data collected.
  • Identify all possible outcomes of an event.
  • Assign probabilities to simple events using fractions (1/2, 1/6, etc).
• Long Running (NZ Maths)
  • Take samples and use them to make predictions.
  • Compare theoretical and experimental probabilities.