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LAB LEARNING 21 st
Century #Critical Thinking
Skills #Technology Literacy
Analyse and interpret the data by performing the following tasks:
(a) Enter the data for 5 students in an Excel worksheet. The columns should include Name,
Age, Favourite Colour and Height (in cm).
Sample Data

Name Age Favourite Colour Height (cm)
Ava 12 Blue 145
Rohit 13 Green 150
Muskan 12 Red 140
Nitin 14 Yellow 160
Anika 13 Pink 155

(b) Create a column chart to visualise the heights of the students. Use the students’ names
on the X-axis and their heights on the Y-axis.
(c) Sort the data by age in ascending order (youngest to oldest).

(d) Use the AVERAGE function in Excel to calculate the average age of the students.

CODE CHECK Century #Critical Thinking
21 st
Skills #Technology Literacy
A school is organising a Maths competition and wants to find out how many students are interested
in taking part. A survey was conducted among the 500 students in the school and the results are
shown in the pie chart alongside: Both Maths
Based on the given data, answer the following questions: 22.2% & Science
Only 44.4%
(a) How many students (out of 500) are interested in the Maths 33.3%
Maths competition? Only
Science
(b) How many students are not interested in Maths at all?

SOCIAL SIGHT 21 st
Century #Media Literacy
Skills #Social Interaction
Conduct a survey in your class to find out how students use Data Science tools in their daily lives such
as fitness apps, weather apps or shopping recommendations. Collect the responses and present a
visual summary using a pie chart or bar chart.

PEDAGOGY PATHWAYS

« Explain the difference between structured, unstructured and semi-structured data with examples.

« Explain the tools and technologies used in Data Science.

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