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Interpreting data
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'The Office' floor plan
(Numeracy curriculum - HD1/L1.1)
Extract and interpret information from the floor plan with a difference - the interactive floor plan of the Wernham Hogg office from 'The Office'. And if that isn't enough joy, take a tour of Slough!
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Footie scores
(Numeracy curriculum - HD1/L1.1)
Check out the latest football league table results at BBC Sport, is Manchester United still top of the Premiership? How is the data presented, what do the titles mean and where does your local team come in their league?
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/revisewise/maths/data/index.shtml
(Numeracy curriculum - HD1/L1.1)
Revisewise is a site linked to the Key Stage 2 National Tests. In the Interpreting Data pages you take a visit to Gere's Bike Shop and help them read their graphs and charts. There's also a printable factsheet and a quiz.
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Numbers in business
(Numeracy curriculum - N1/L1.1,N2/L1.1,N2/L1.4,MSS1.L1.1,HD1/L1.1,HD1/L1.2)
The BBC Business site is a great source of numbers information, with everything from stock market reports (decimals, percentages, charts) to advice and news on personal finance (percentages, multiplicaton, fractions), and much of this information can be used as source material for lesson plans and worksheets with an immediate relevance to the learner's life.
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Collecting and displaying data
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Local activism
(Numeracy curriculum - HD1/E3.3, HD1/E3.4)
Is there a local issue that gets your learners hot under the collar? If so, why not use it as a project to enable your learners to practise collecting and representing data. Design a data collection sheet, ask some local people and then display your results. Use the new BBC website 'iCan' to inspire you, or you can hunt by postcode for issues that are already hot in your area.
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Creating pie charts
(Numeracy curriculum - HD1/L1.2)
Thanks to Susan F who sent in this idea.
Make a physical pie chart using the actual people arranged around the perimeter of a circle in the various statistical groups. From the centre of this circle, a teacher can place strings along the radii dividing these groups from each other. This real arrangement can be transferred to a paper diagram using little stick figures and then just blocks of colour. However, it may be worthwhile to cut out the segments of a paper pie chart. Then the individual pieces can be compared for size or re-arranged in a different order.
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Creating bar charts
(Numeracy curriculum - HD1/L1.2)
Thanks to Susan F who sent in this idea.
Choose something simple for collecting statistics in the first place, preferably something related to the people involved. Eye colour is probably the most common idea or objects can be used, e.g. the colour of people's pens. Make a physical bar chart using the actual people or objects involved (on a squared floor if possible). The concept of multi-width columns or rows can be introduced, showing how area rather than height is preserved. Then transfer this real arrangement to a paper diagram using little stick figures or drawings. Eventually the final version of a bar chart can be drawn as blocks of colour.
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Numerical analysis
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Calculating mean temperature
(Numeracy curriculum - HD1/L1.4)
Choose your town and select a full five day weather forecast. Use the data to calculate the mean temperature.
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Probability
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Play the Number Cruncher
(Numeracy curriculum - HD2/L1.1)
Let the balls roll with the Number Cruncher which randomly picks your Lotto numbers. This can stimulate discussion about probability, what is the probability of winning the Lotto and what is the probability that someone will win the Lotto this month?
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Probability as fractions
(Numeracy curriculum - HD2/L1.2)
The Maths File Game Show is aimed at Key Stage 3 students. Visit the Teachers' page for a guide of what you'll find on the site.
My favourite game is the Fish Tank where you have to calculate the probability of Pythagorus catching a red fish.
PLEASE NOTE The 'levels 1, 2, 3' used on the Maths File site are not the same as the Basic Skills levels. They are just a way of grading the material within the Mathsfile website. (Something we at Skillswise can't change we're afraid.)
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For tutors: Teaching inspirations: Numbers
