No matter what age you’re teaching there’s loads of ways that you can take your data handling lessons outdoors from creating huge graphs on the playground to investigating which mini-beasts are in your outdoor space.

One of our favourite ways to teach data handling skills is by getting the students to take part in a litter / trash pick. This is a very relevant topic and can be linked to loads of other areas of the curriculum. Living near the sea, I normally choose to take the students down to a beach to take part in a beach clean. Once they have collected the rubbish, they will then look into the different materials they have found, collecting data, and representing it on a graph back in the classroom.

Cross-curricular follow up activities:

  • Persuasive letter about the importance of taking part in trash / litter picks.
  • Report Writing / Science – The Harmful effects of pollution.
  • Geography – Plot where in the world / town the rubbish has come from

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