Data Handling Lesson 3 Year 7

Target

What is a Hypothesis? How can test that hypothesis to find out if it is correct?

Does a pupils age affect their method of travel to school? How could we investigate this? What kind of information would you need to collect? What questions could you ask people to collect this data?

Question Types

Does a pupils age make a difference to their method of travel to school?

National data What answers do the national data provide to our original question? Is this what you expected? Why? What could explain your conclusion?

Our Data Methods of travel to school First SchoolHigh School carbuswalkothercarbuswalkother Me One generation back Two generations back

Homework In the next lesson you will investigate whether local transport provision is adequate to meet the needs of young people who live in the area. Gather some information about the types of journey that you make, to provide background information for this investigation. Record the actual journeys you have made during the last week, including the weekend. For each journey, you should record: the day of the week, Whether the journey was to school, for social reasons or for another purpose, such as family shopping. You should state the approximate distance, The main method of travel and Why you used this form of transport.

Example collection form Name date Journeys undertaken in one week Journey number dayPurpose of Journey DistanceMethod of travel Reason for chosen method