MATHEMATICS INVESTIGATION Level 4 The top places to live Strands Topics Number Number concepts Chance and Data Data Location, direction and Space movement Outcomes N 4.1, CD 4.2, S 4.2 Investigation The editor of a travel magazine wants to include an article about the best countries to live in. Your job is to present information that compares the standard of living in with that of three other countries on three different continents. Use a variety of methods including data displays, data analyses and maps to support your conclusions. Overview The following table shows how this investigation is organised in phases associated with thinking, reasoning and working mathematically. Thinking, reasoning and working mathematically 7 2. Understanding and applying 3. 1. Identifying and describing Communicating and justifying Discussing standards of living Understanding data collection Presenting conclusions Students: Students: Students: discuss and of revise data-collection methods, and present their conclusions and define ‘standard data displays describe the procedures and living’ discuss the standard of living in strategies used Understanding number concepts and compare it to other compare their findings with Students: countries. other findings about students’ revise relevant number concepts the same countries and Unpacking the investigation Gathering information from maps review their conclusions. Students: Students: Creating the discuss and clarify the ‘top countries’ list revise how to use conventions of Students: requirements of the maps to extract information investigation compare statistical Conducting the investigation identify prior mathematical information of all countries Students: researched and order knowledge about number, collecting data and using maps countries according to agreed research, gather and record criteria that may assist in carrying out relevant data about the standards of the investigation identify the top countries living in three countries choose countries to investigate according to the ordering of use maps to identify relevant and identify features of the information the data. standards of living about which draw conclusions about the Reflecting on the learning they intend to collect statistical standards of living in their chosen Students: information. countries compared to that of . consider the new learning that has occurred and relate their findings to their own situation.
INVESTIGATION MATHEMATICS Level 4 The top places to live Strands Topics Number Number concepts Chance and Data Data Space Location, direction and movement Outcomes N 4.1, CD 4.2, S 4.2 Investigation The editor of a travel magazine wants to include an article about the best countries to live in. Your job is to present information that compares the standard of living in with that of three other countries on three different continents. Use a variety of methods including data displays, data analyses and maps to support your conclusions. Overview The following table shows how this investigation is organised in phases associated with thinking, reasoning and working mathematically. Thinking, reasoning and working mathematically 7 1. Identifying and describing 2. Understanding and applying 3. Communicating and justifying Discussing standards of living Students: discuss and define ‘standard of living’ discuss the standard of living in and compare it to other countries. Unpacking the investigation Students: discuss and clarify the requirements of the investigation identify prior mathematical knowledge about number, collecting data and using maps that may assist in carrying out the investigation choose countries to investigate and identify features of the standards of living about which they intend to collect statistical information. Understanding data collection Students: revise data-collection methods, and data displays Understanding number concepts Students: revise relevant number concepts Gathering information from maps Students: revise how to use conventions of maps to extract information Conducting the investigation Students: research, gather and record relevant data about the standards of living in three countries use maps to identify relevant information draw conclusions about the standards of living in their chosen countries compared to that of . Presenting conclusions Students: present their conclusions and describe the procedures and strategies used compare their findings with other students’ findings about the same countries and review their conclusions. Creating the ‘top countries’ list Students: compare statistical information of all countries researched and order countries according to agreed criteria identify the top countries according to the ordering of the data. Reflecting on the learning Students: consider the new learning that has occurred and relate their findings to their own situation.