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Data Handling - Lorry value

This task is a real-world example of how spreadsheets can be utilised effectively to simplify data handling and calculation tasks.

Pupils are provided with information about the number of items being transported in a lorry and their individual value. Pupils have to create a spreadsheet to calculate the total...

Data handling - stock control

This task is a real-world example of how spreadsheets can be utilised effectively to simplify data handling and calculation tasks.

Pupils are provided with information about the numbers of items in stock in a warehouse and the weekly sales of the items over a month. This task requires pupils to add the stock...

Data Handling Activities for Students Aged 3-5

Published by BEAM this is a data handling activity for early years students.

The task requires students to compare sets of toys presented in party bags. The students are to identify which toys are missing from which bags.

This activity is ideal for exploring strategies for success on such a task and...

Data Handling Activities for Students Aged 5-7

Published by BEAM, this is a data handling activity which focuses on properties of shape. Students have to identify and draw toys that are round. Studeents are then required to sort them from those that are not round.

*Sorting toys - a task requiring students to sort using one criterion. This could be used...

Data Handling Activities for Students Aged 7-9

Published by BEAM, this activity for two students uses Venn diagrams to develop an understanding of the intersection of two sets.

About us - an activity for two students. Each student labels one circle of a Venn diagram with their name. Students then take turns to pick a characteristic of themselves. The...

Data Handling Activities for Students Aged 9-11

Jingle Bells, a Christmas themed activity, published by BEAM. In this activity, students have to identify a range of musical notes. Students are required to construct a tally chart. From the results of the tally chart a bar chart can be drawn. Students then have to interpret their results by deciding which student...

'Data handling' contains tutorials and activities covering the data handling skills pupils will need to obtain good grades at GCSE, especially AQA Double Award. Ideal for use with an interactive whiteboard or data projector, the tutorials clearly explain concepts, with the aid of artworks and animations. Activities...

Data Handling Games For Students Aged 5-7

Published by BEAM, these two games encourage students to develop their skills of sorting shapes using one criterion and numbers using one or two criteria.

*Sorting - a game for two players requiring one student to choose which shapes go inside the circle and to make up a label for the circle. The second...

Data Handling Games for Students Aged 7-9

Published by BEAM, these two data handling games are from the Maths of the Month series. Three digits - a game for two players. Each player takes turns to place a counter on a number. The winner is the first player to have three counters on numbers which contain the same digit. Venn Diagram Game - a game for two...

Data Handling Games for Students Aged 9-11

This game, published by BEAM, poses a number of questions aimed at developing students' understanding of simple probability using a set of number cards. Probably - a game for two players. The chooser chooses a card from the set of cards. The guesser has to guess whether the card id shows an odd or an even number....

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