Level Setting Participants Facilitators Time Outdoor Whole group 1 facilitator 50 min

A GRAPHIC SPORTS REPORT

What you will need:Open space or ground (oval)

Two footballs

Suitable goal posts

Whiteboard/paper and markers

Butchers paper for group graphs

For role play: ‘News Reporter’ desk, chairs, and/or props (e.g. tie, clip board, etc.)

Resource to print: Data Representations Guide (1 per participant)

Activity focusConstruct a table for data collected during a football drill

Practise constructing graphs from data presented in table format to interpret

individual and team performance

Practise interpreting data in tables and graphs to answer investigation questions

Practise using key statistical language to report results

Statistical conceptsReinforce: Level 1. statistics, data, graph, percentage

Develop: Level 2. graph, evidence

Extend: Level 3. mean

Statistical capabilitiesThis activity aims to develop the following competencies:

Level 2: Data representation, Data investigation

See: ‘Footy Stats Program – Statistical Competencies’ for more information

Activity Sheet 4

Activity Sheet 4

Learning Activities and Experience Time

Introduction Create two equal teams for a short goal kicking practice activity: 15 min

• Team 1 participants take turns to practise goal kicking. Team 2 assist the facilitator to record the number of goals kicked by each participant on the whiteboard/paper

• Team 2 kicks, while Team 1 assists facilitator to record the results

Body In teams, record individual scores and create a table of results on the 20 min whiteboard/paper

Collectively, create a list of the statistical information within the data, such as the number of goals each participant kicked from the team’s table of results

Each facilitator works with their own group to analyse the data

Participants use the data in the table to create a graph answering questions about the data, such as: • Whichteamscoredthemostgoals? • Whichparticipantscoredthemostgoals? • Ifmixedgame:Didtheboysorthegirlsperformbetterontheday?

Conclusion Set-upatableasa‘NewsDesk’forroleplay 15 min

The two teams present their footy statistics (based on the above questions that they used to create the graph) as sports reporters:

• Participantsusethegraphasevidencetodescribedata

• Participantsdiscussthetypeofgraphtheychosetomosteffectively present the data

• Facilitatortoencourageparticipantstotakepartinthequestionand answer discussion about their graphs.

Activity Sheet 4

Why this is important

TheABSFootyStatsprogramprovidesafunandinteractiveintroductiontotheworldofstatistics.Theprogram enables children to participate in a range of footy activities and learn how to collect, analyse, interpret and communicate basic statistical concepts.

In this activity, participants:

• Drawonpreviouslydevelopedgraphingskillstoproduceagraphtosolveinvestigationquestions;justifying the choice of graph type

• Developskillstorecorddataintables,andtoconstructgraphstoinvestigatedrillperformance

• Demonstratetheabilitytoaccuratelyreadanddescribethedataintablesandgraphsusingkey

statistical concepts

What you do

Evaluate the statistical learning of the participants:

• Are participants able to recall and apply their previous learning to choose a type of graph to best presentdatainanswertoaninvestigationquestion?

• Are participants able to construct tables and graphs from recorded data to answer investigation questions?

• Are participants able to communicate data as statistical evidence to answer their investigation questions usingtheirgroupgraphs?

Explore statistical concepts further with this activity

Percentage:

• Calculate and compare the percentage of goals scored by each team

Mean:

• Each team calculates the mean for the number of goals their team members scored by dividing the total number of goals scored by the number of team members in the team. Compare the two teams’ mean scores.

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