Comparing and interpreting data

  • What's the weather like?
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    What's the weather like?

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    With access to weather station data, what interesting questions can you investigate?

  • Going for Gold in 2012
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    Going for gold in 2012

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Here are the top ten medal winners in the 2012 Olympic Games. How do you think the positions were decided?
  • project

    Terrariums

    Build a mini eco-system, and collect and interpret data on how well the plants grow under different conditions.

  • Now and Then
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    Now and then

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Have a look at the results for some events at past Olympic Games. Can you use these to predict the results at the next Olympics?

  • Olympic Triathlon
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    Olympic triathlon

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Is it the fastest swimmer, the fastest runner or the fastest cyclist who wins the Olympic Triathlon?

  • What's in a name?
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    What's in a name?

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Here's a very elementary code that requires young children to read a table, and look for similarities and differences.

  • It's a scrabble
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    It's a scrabble

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Letters have different values in Scrabble - how are they decided upon? And would the values be the same for other languages?

  • Going for Gold
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    Going for gold

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Looking at the Olympic Medal table, can you see how the data is organised? Could the results be presented differently to give another nation the top place?