DataNation - About

About DataNation

DataNation is a fantastic resource which combines official 2011 census data with authoritative Ordnance Survey maps. You can investigate local socio-economic conditions, view, analyse and personalise this data to engender critical thinking.

Use DataNation to:

Involve students in collecting data about themselves and improve understanding of a data gathering process, its purpose and benefits to society
Foster a positive attitude to numbers and statistics through using real data that is of interest to students
Enhance the process of statistical enquiry across the curriculum
Encourage effective Information and Communication Technology (ICT) teaching and learning
Provide access to large and meaningful real data sets
Make comparisons between different parts of the country and seek to explain
Use your own data, visualise and interpret

Numeracy programme	Geography ICT examples
Numbers and the number system
Place, value, ordering and rounding Properties and numbers Fractions, decimals, percentages, ration and proportion	Enter climatic data in a spreadsheet, using decimals for temperature and upload to DataNation Work out values for a map key to map data Use scale
Calculations
Number operations and the relationship between them Mental methods and rapid recall of number facts Written methods Calculator methods Checking results	Calculations of population density either mentally or in a spreadsheet using a formula Work out real distances from scale distances on maps, use DataNation measuring tools Download census data and calculate simple measure of central tendency e.g. mean, mode, median
Solving problems
	Predict best locations, e.g. modelling industrial location using a spreadsheet and plotting these in DataNation Work out car ownership levels in new versus older neighbourhoods
Algebra
Equations and formulae Sequences and functions Graphs	Use formulae in a spreadsheet to work out averages (means) from a weather data logger - upload these to create maps in DataNation Download DataNation census data and graph in a spreadsheet
Shape, space and measures
Lines and angles Properties and shapes Transformations Co-ordinates Construction Measures	DataNation to measure distance and area Use to learn about co-ordinates (OS grids and latitude and longitude)
Handling data
Specifying a problem Planning and collecting data Processing data Representing data and interpreting and discussing results Probability	Enquiry work that collects raw data, e.g. of river flow and upload to DataNation Process and present raw data from DataNation using statistics and graphing functions in a spreadsheet Information to interpret data Presenting quantitative data on maps via DataNation

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