VC2M2ST01

acquire data for categorical variables through surveys, observation, experiment and using digital tools; sort data into relevant categories and display data using lists and tables

• posing a question of interest about favourite things (for example, asking classmates ‘What are your favourite types of fruit/football teams/days of the week?’), recording responses using a table, and using counting strategies to determine the number of different responses and the most popular and least popular responses
• investigating questions such as ‘How much rubbish is really rubbish?’ by gathering data about objects in categories (for example, ‘throw away’, ‘recycle’ and ‘re-use’), deciding whether the data answers the question
• using familiar software to construct a survey to collect class data; sorting and interpreting responses; and considering the questions asked and whether they need to be modified to re-use the survey
• observing events and using the observations to design a table or list to record data; for example, observing students arriving at school prior to deciding the appropriate data categories for investigating the different ways students get to school
• exploring the ways Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples observe, collect, sort and record data