The current Census at school survey which is the tenth survey is open until the end of November so it is not too late to have your students take part and then explore that data to tell their story
Check out the current survey and then plan a time to have your students take part, then uncover the stories hidden in the data using CODAP
Highlights From live dashboard
- In the last week, a 13 year old used Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Tiktok, Snapchat, Reddit, and Discord
- An 11 year old from Waikato never gets their news from newspapers or magazines
- A 12 year old feels better about learning at home during lockdown compared to learning in school normally
- A 13 year old went to bed at 9:00pm last night
- Someone’s favourite animated movie is The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
- A Year 7 student owns 5 hats
- A Year 8 student from Matamata Intermediate in Waikato just took part
- One Year 8 student’s bag weighs 1.0kg
- One Year 8 student spent 2 hours 30 minutes total screen time after school on their last school day
The Census at school website is a rich resource for teaching and learning.
Have you checked out the new teaching plans added over 2022?
These resources could easily be adapted for learning at different levels
- If the world were 100 people pitched at Year 6
- Teaching statistics and probability Year 5: a sequence of learning sessions to build a programme from
Did you know the data detective poster has been updated ? Download you poster
New questions are coming for the next survey launching in 2023
The final question of the current questionnaire asks participants: If you could ask students throughout New Zealand one more question in this survey, what would it be?
A number of these will be included in next years questionnaire. Here’s a sneak preview of some:
- What is your favourite sport to play?
- Overall, how happy would you say you are?
- Does pineapple belong on pizza?
- What is your favourite type of ice cream?
- Which do you prefer, cats or dogs?
Key dates for census at school survey
- November 30: current questionnaire closes ( you will still be able to access the data
- December 5: Registration opens for the eleventh Census at School Survey
- February 13, 2023 Census at School launches
- Tuesday March 7 2023 is our National Census Day so there is no better time to get excited about statistics
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