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9591D Graphical Numerical Communication 
Module Purpose
The
module provides competency based training in interpreting
and producing simple graphical/numerical material to enliven
material, highlight findings, and ease the audience's path
towards understanding the message and accepting the ideas.
How to use these Resources
These
resources will assist you in finding appropriate online material
to help broaden your understanding of the concepts involved and to
complete assessment events for the module. They are meant to
complement the work done in a classroom with a teacher.
For each
learning outcome this page provides some activities to lead
you to some key sites, some background reading and some
additional sites to explore if you choose.
Learning
Outcomes
When you finish the module you should be able to:
- Outcome
-
Interpret simple graphical and numerical material for a
specified purpose.
- Outcome
- Produce and interpret simple graphical/numerical material for
a
specified purpose.
Outcome
1
- Outcome - Interpret simple graphical
and numerical material for a specified
purpose.
Activity 1
View the slide
show:
Tables
and Graphs. When you finish you may like to complete the
assignment on Slide 17 using an
online newspaper from
a country other than Australia.
Activity
2
Go to
Kids Maths and
select Graphs on the bottom left hand side. Work through the
exercises for level 1, 2 and 3. [Note needs a Java plug-in which
may not be available on old computers].
Activity 3
Visit
Maths
Bridge - Interpreting Graphs. Read the introduction and try to
answer the nine questions on the sample
graph.
Activity 4
Go to
Magic
Bullets - Chemistry vs Cancer and use the graphs to answer the
ten questions about the causes and treatment of
cancer.
Other useful
websites
Interpreting
Graphs - An excellent 3 page document in PDF format
(requires
Adobe
Acrobat Reader) that uses simple graphs and exercises
to teach the vocabulary used to interpreting graphs.
Outcome
2
- Outcome - Produce and
interpret simple graphical/numerical material for a
specified
purpose.
Activity 6
Go to
the
1996
Census of Population and Housing - Basic Community Profiles
- State of New South Wales and select the area that you
live in from the map. Write
a paragraph summing up the demographic characteristics of
your area.
Then construct
a similar chart about a group of people you know well (e.g.
family, friends, classmates). Begin by selecting five characteristics
such as age, country of birth, whether they are working,
marital status etc.
Activity 7
Go to
How
to Construct a Line Graph on Paper and read the steps
on constructing a graph on paper. Then visit
Making Science Graphs and Interpreting Data and do one
of the graphing problems.
Activity 8
Read
Creating
a Chart or Graph and make your own simple Excel graph
of the estimated time you spend on using a computer (or
any other activity you choose) over different days of the
week.
Activity 9
Go to
Using
Chart Wizard in MS Excel and print off instructions
for creating both a line graph and a pie chart in Excel.
The
instructions will direct you to the
World
Climate website. Use this to locate the average temperature
data (broken down by months) for the town you live in and
another town somewhere in the world. Use the Excel Chart
wizard to create the two different kinds of graphs.
Activity
10
Using data from the
CIA
Fact Sheet on Australia produce a simple bar graph to
compare Age Structure (including gender) and a pie chart
to show the relative proportions of Australia's Land Use.
Other useful
websites
Australian
Bureau of Statistics - The website of Australia's
official statistical organisation. A great resource
for graph data.
Last
updated:
23 August, 2006
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