Geog 8 Improving the Environment &
ICT Unit 4D Collecting and presenting information: questionnaires and pie charts
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Geog 8 Improving the Environment & ICT Unit 4D Collecting and presenting information: questionnaires and pie charts |
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line with current work by QCA we have linked two existing units together. Click here to see the full unit |
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Geography
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ICT
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1a: What is the environment like in and around school? Design and
undertake a visual environmental quality survey.
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Activity
1b: Creating a bar chart using the data collected in the environmental
quality survey.
Use a simple graphing or spreadsheet program to create and interpret results. |
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| Activity 2: What do we throw away in the classroom? Use a line graph to show how something changes over time. Collect and weigh the rubbish produced in the classroom over a week. Use the data collected to produce a cumulative line graph. | |
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Activity 3a: Low Impact Lunch Investigation. How much do we throw away in our packed lunches? How could it be reduced? Sorting and weighing the different waste from packed lunches. |
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Activity 3b: Low Impact Lunch Investigation. Using a database to enter data and answer questions. Entering data into a database and answering questions about the information collected. Compare how your results with other schools! |
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Activity
3c: Using a simple graphing program to create a pie chart of the different
types of waste materials found in a packed lunch box. Use data
collected to create pie charts showing amount of different materials present
in the waste from packed lunch boxes.
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| Activity 4a: Design a data collection sheet to collect data about home recycling. Devising questions and collecting data to be added to a class database on home recycling habits. | |
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Activity 4b: Using a database to enter and answer questions about home recycling. Investigate database to ask questions and information. |
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Activity
5: What is our school like and why? How can it be improved? Using
information gathered in the environmental quality survey, write a report
to suggest ways of improving a part of the school. Use ICT to present
the report and highlight the data collected to support views..
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Geog 8 Improving the Environment & ICT Unit 4D Collecting and presenting information: questionnaires and pie charts |
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