Teacher Resource: Activity 2 - Interpreting Dr White's Data and Graphs

Being able to present your data well is an important aspect for any scientist to be able to convey their findings to the broader community. The ability to show your data to people and have them understand and interpret it is a key skill. Dr White’s data is a model example of how to do this. In this activity, you will have a look at some of his data, interpret it and create your own graph using trends identified by Dr White.

Activity 2: Teacher Resource: Research

Science Understanding: Biological Sciences

Levels 7/8

Interactions between organisms can be described in terms of food chains and food webs and can be affected by human activity (VCSSU093)

Levels 9/10

Ecosystems consist of communities of interdependent organisms and abiotic components of the environment; matter and energy flow through these systems (VCSSU121)

Science Inquiry Skills:

Construct and use a range of representations including graphs, keys and models to record and summarise data from students’ own investigations and secondary sources, and to represent and analyse patterns and relationships (VCSIS110)
Use scientific knowledge and findings from investigations to identify relationships, evaluate claims and draw conclusions (VCSIS111)
Communicate ideas, findings and solutions to problems including identifying impacts and limitations of conclusions and using appropriate scientific language and representations (VCSIS113)

Activity 2: Teacher Resource: Text