Teaching Activities to Develop Critical Numeracy

Health and Wellbeing

How much is too much salt?

(exploring salt intakes) 

What is a healthy amount of salt in our diets?
Grade: 6/7 Stage: 8/9
with emphasis on:
Maths Concepts: Number
Context: Health
Critical Numeracy: De-coding, Meaning-making,
Using, Analysing
Date of Article: 6/2/09, pg 15
    
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Moo Brew

What value do you place on a sip of a beverage?
Grade: 7/8 Stage: 9/10/11
with emphasis on:
Maths Concepts: Number
Context: Health
Critical Numeracy: De-coding, Meaning-making,
Using, Analysing
Date of Article: 03/06/09, pg pg 3
    
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What is the impact of ill-health in workplaces?

How can we be more productive in our work?
Grade: 7/8 Stage: 9/10/11
with emphasis on:
Maths Concepts: Number, average, surveying
Context: Society, Health and Wellbeing
Critical Numeracy: De-coding, Meaning-making,
Using, Analysing
Date of Article: 25/03/08, pg 8
    
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How much is too much salt?

 (Interpreting food labelling)

What is a healthy amount of salt in our diets?
Grade: 7/8 Stage: 9/10/11
with emphasis on:
Maths Concepts: Number
Context: Health
Critical Numeracy: De-coding, Meaning-making,
Using, Analysing
Date of Article: 6/2/09, pg 15
    
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Are students failing to do enough homework?

What does it mean to be a successful student?
Grade: 8/9  Stage: 10/11
with emphasis on:
Maths Concepts: Number, surveying, average
Context: Society, Personal wellbeing
Critical Numeracy: De-coding, Meaning-making, Using
Date of Article:24/10/08, pg 17

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Cyber Bullying

What is the problem with bullying?
Grade: 8/9 Stage: 11
with emphasis on:
Maths Concepts: Number, surveying, graphing
Context: Health and wellbeing
Critical Numeracy: De-coding, Meaning-making, Using, Analysing
Date of Article: 03/06/09 , pg 23
    
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Hectic Lifestyles

What makes a good research study?
 Grade: 8/9 Stage: 11 /12
with emphasis on:
Maths Concepts: Surveying
Context: Health and Wellbeing
Critical Numeracy: De-coding, Meaning-making, Using, Analysing
Date of Article:19/02/08, pg 9

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Diabetes on the increase

How do we manage illness in society?
 Grade: 8 / 9 Stage: 11 /12
with emphasis on:
Maths Concepts: Number
Context: Health
Critical Numeracy: De-coding, Meaning-making, Using
Date of Article:28/03/08, pg 12

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Injuries in the workplace

What does it mean to work safely?
 Grade: 8/9 Stage: 11/12
with emphasis on:
Maths Concepts: Number, graphing
Context: Health and Wellbeing, Society
Critical Numeracy: De-coding, meaning-making, Using
Date of Article:20/10/08, pg 13
    
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Tragic Toll

How can we reduce road accidents?
Grade: 9/10 Stage: 10/11
with emphasis on:
Maths Concepts: Number
Context: Health and Wellbeing, Science
Critical Numeracy: De-coding, Meaning-making,
Using
Date of Article: 26/05/09, pg 5
    
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Tasmanian Fatties

Are we too fat?
 Grade: 9/10 Stage: 11/12
with emphasis on:
Maths Concepts: Number
Context: Health
Critical Numeracy: De-coding, Meaning-making,
Using, Analysing
Date of Article: 05/06/09, pg 3
    
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Smoking Mum's Alarm

Grade: 9/10 Stage: 12/13
with emphasis on:
Maths Concepts: Number, graphing
Context: Health
Critical Numeracy: De-coding, Meaning-making,
Using, Analysing
Date of Article: 1/11/08, pg 3

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It's all about proportion

What does it mean to be in proportion?
 Grade: 9/10 Stage: 14
with emphasis on:
Maths Concepts: Number, graphing, linear modelling
Context: Health and Wellbeing
Critical Numeracy: De-coding, Using
Date of Article:19/01/08, pg 9

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Cheating Partners

Who is better at detecting a cheating partner, men or women?
Grade: 10/12/12 Stage: 15+
with emphasis on:
Maths Concepts: Proportion, conditional probability, 2-way tables
Context: Health and wellbeing
Critical Numeracy: De-coding, Meaning-making,
Using, Analysing
Date of Article: 30/10/08, pg 3
    
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