Data handling: Introduction to data

Learning what data is, why it is useful and the different ways that it can be gathered and recorded both by humans and computers.

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Lessons

Lesson 1: Zoo data

Lesson 2: Picture data

Lesson 3: Minibeast hunt

Lesson 4: Animal branching databases

Lesson 5: Inventions

Key skills

  • Learning how
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Key knowledge

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Key vocabulary

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A display version of the key vocabulary from the Data handling: Introduction to data unit.

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