Logo Appeal

Activity
Te Paki School needs a new logo. The students are trying to nd out what people in the community especially like about their school. The students think carefully about who they should talk to:
If we ask a lot of different people, we will get a range of ideas. We cant ask everyone well need to ask a sample of people from each group.

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We should ask students, parents, teachers, and others who live near our school.

They gather their data and then collate it, using tally charts. Next, they graph the data so that they can look for patterns:
Favourite Feature (Community)
9 8 7 9 8 7

Favourite Feature (Teachers)

Number of votes

6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Aorangi River learning good tidy and happy students teachers clean

Number of votes

6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Learning safe happy tidy and good students clean teachers

Feature

Feature

Favourite Feature (Parents)

9 8 7 9 8 7

Favourite Feature (Students)

Number of votes

6 5 4 3 2 1 0 learning good tidy and teachers clean safe lots of happy books and sport students computers

Number of votes

6 5 4 3 2 1 0 safe good happy students teachers lots of sport tidy and clean camps

Feature

Feature

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Finally, they use their data to try to answer the question they started with:
It seems that each group thinks different features are important. Maybe, but I think that they also agree on some features.

1. 2.

What three features should Aorangi School be sure to include in their new logo? Using data from the graphs, give reasons for your decisions. The logo investigation is an example of the statistical enquiry cycle. Match each thing the students did to the stages of this cycle:
Pose a question

Plan your investigation

Communicate your ndings

The Statistical Enquiry Cycle

Gather your data

Analyse your data

We found out a lot! But now I have some more questions!

3.

Use the statistical enquiry cycle to answer a question that interests you and/or your classmates. When you have nished, discuss how well you followed the cycle.

Focus

Investigating an issue, using the statistical enquiry cycle

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