Teaching Activities to Develop Critical Numeracy

Environment

Animal Carnage

What value do we place on survival?
 Grade: 7/8 Stage: 9/10/11
with emphasis on:
Maths Concepts: Number, surveying
Context: Environment
Critical Numeracy: De-coding, Meaning-making,
Using, Analysing
Date of Article: 21/11/08, pg 1

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How cluttered are Australian homes?

What are the implications of valuing stuff?
Grade: 7/8/9  Stage: 9/10/11
with emphasis on:
Maths Concepts: Number, Average, Graphing
Context: Society
Critical Numeracy: De-coding, Meaning-making, Using
Date of Article:24/01/2008
     
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Food miles - how far has my lunch travelled?

What does it mean to eat sustainably?
 Grade: 8 / 9 Stage: 11
with emphasis on:
Maths Concepts: Average, Graphing
Context: Environment
Critical Numeracy: De-coding, Meaning-making,
Using, Analysing
Date of Article:
    
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Costs Soaring

How can payment systems for resources encourage us to live more sustainably?
Grade: 9/10 Stage: 11/12
with emphasis on:
Maths Concepts: Number, graphing
Context: Environment, Society
Critical Numeracy: De-coding, Meaning-making,
Using, Analysing
Date of Article: 04/06/09, pg 1
    
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