Weather data representation
In this lesson, students explore various ways to share ideas and information, including using pictures, words and symbols. They also learn about First Nations perspectives on weather, represent weather data, and compare different representations of weather symbols.
Additional details
| Year band(s) | 1-2 |
|---|---|
| Content type | Lesson ideas |
| Format | Web page |
| Core and overarching concepts | Data representation, Abstraction |
| Australian Curriculum Digital Technologies code(s) |
AC9TDI2K02
Represent data as pictures, symbols, numbers and words |
| Keywords | weather, symbols, seasons, First Nations Australian, Country/Place, Indigenous weather knowledge , Tania Taylor |
| Integrated, cross-curriculum, special needs | Mathematics, HASS, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures |
| Organisation | ESA |
| Copyright | These resources may be used under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. These resources were created by Tania Taylor and Kim Martin. |
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