Lesson 3: Collecting

Data
Year 7 – Modelling Data – Spreadsheets
 Starter activity: Knowledge Recall

What can we remember?

Open the document and have a go at the sums using spreadsheet

Code (Remember I can see If you have done it or not!) 2
 Starter activity: Knowledge Recall

What can we remember?

= A1 * C1

= A2 / C2

= A3 + C3
= A4 – C4

= A5 * C5

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 Starter activity

How did you do?

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 Objectives

Lesson 2: Collecting data

In this lesson you will:

● Explain the difference between data and information

● Explain the difference between primary and secondary sources of data

● Collect data

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 Activity 1

Data talk

What is the difference

between data and
information?

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What is the difference between data and

information?

Information: data
Data: facts and that has been given
figures in their structure or
raw form meaning
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Sources of data

● Primary – you collected the

data yourself

● Secondary

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Sources of data

● Primary – you collected the

data yourself

● Secondary – somebody else

collected the data

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Sources of data

An article in your local newspaper reads:

“Poll results: we asked what readers thought about smartphones in

school.”

Is this data primary or secondary?

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Sources of data

An article in your local newspaper reads”

“Poll results: we asked what readers thought about smartphones in

school.”

Is this data primary or secondary?

Answer: primary
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Sources of data

The weather station publishes a report comparing rainfall this year

and last year, based on data they recorded.

Is this data primary or secondary?

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Sources of data

The weather station publishes a report comparing rainfall this year

and last year, based on data they recorded.

Is this data primary or secondary?

Answer: primary
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Sources of data

A national newspaper publishes an article titled:

“Most popular GCSE subjects this year”

based on data that was published by the government.

Is this data primary or secondary?

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Sources of data

A national newspaper publishes an article titled:

“Most popular GCSE subjects this year”

based on data that was published by the government.

Is this data primary or secondary?

Answer: secondary
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Sources of data

Your school website has a page showing the popularity of different

subjects based on class sizes in your school.

Is this data primary or secondary?

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Sources of data

Your school website has a page showing the popularity of different

subjects based on class sizes in your school.

Is this data primary or secondary?

Answer: primary
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Sources of data

The government issues leaflets containing new health and nutrition

guidelines published by researchers in France.

Is this data primary or secondary?

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Sources of data

The government issues leaflets containing new health and nutrition

guidelines published by researchers in France.

Is this data primary or secondary?

Answer: secondary
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 Plenary

Match up the words!

Explorer Task:
Once completed use the blank sheets
to create any additional keyword/
Definitions suited to the unit
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 Summary

Next lesson

This lesson you… Next lesson you will…

Discovered the difference between Analyse data

data and information
Create charts
Determined whether sources of data
Use functions
were primary or secondary

Collected some data

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