Winning ways: presenting scientific data

This article tells how Grace uses diagrams, photographs, tables, graphs, infographics and clear science writing to present data for a science fair project. The article is based on a real, prize-winning science fair entry by Wellington student Lauren Kendon.

Rights: Crown 2016

Connected article: Winning ways: presenting scientific data

An article in the 2016 level 4 Connected journal ‘Getting the Message’ published by the Ministry of Education, New Zealand.

Illustration by Katie O’Neill.

Teacher support material

Check your school resource area for the article from the 2016 level 4 Connected journal ‘Winning ways: presenting scientific data’ download it as a Google slide presentation or order it from the Ministry of Education.

Rights: Crown 2016

2016 Connected level 4: Getting the Message

The cover of the 2016 level 4 Connected journal ‘Getting the message’ published by the Ministry of Education, New Zealand. This issue includes the articles Presenting scientific data, Driving us into the future, Can you hear that? and What now for the Rena?

Photo of wreck © Daryll Torckler

The teacher support material (TSM) can be downloaded from TKI (Word and PDF files available, click on 'Look inside this issue'). It has an overview of the science capability interpret representations and gives examples of the capability in action.

TSM also has a number of learning activities and associated resource links:

• Critiquing data representations – science
• Critiquing scientific writing – science
• Doing it ourselves – science
• Bouncing back – mathematics and statistics
• The great marble challenge – mathematics and statistics
• Investigating shelters – technology