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SILO 5.3 (DRAFT)Year 5, Term 3: LogisticsScope and sequence: Affordances, Analytics, LogisticsFocus: Logistics |
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Learning
intention: Students
design their own enterprises and explore how the associated
logistics and data can be represented in different ways.
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Overview: This unit builds
on prior knowledge from SILO 1.1
'Graphs' but also has some overlap with design. The main focus
is engaging each child to design their own enterprise where they
use mathematics and design principles to identify logistical
issues. For example, a music festival would involve ticket sales
and other elements relating to event management. An online
jewelry store would involve a web presence. Both would benefit
from a budget created as an Excel spreadsheet.
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NSW Syllabus
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Australian Curriculum
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"A student plans and uses
materials, tools and equipment to develop solutions for a need
or opportunity" (ST3-2DP-T).
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"Students learn to recognise
different types of data and explore how the same data can be
represented differently depending on the purpose" (AC9TDI4K03).
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Introduction to logistics
Logistics involves supply chain management and deals with the strategic flow of goods, services and information from the point of origin to consumption. A major consideration here is efficiency as shown in this short video (0:51) titled, What is Logistics? The Basics.
Mathematics concepts - Angles and percentages
Angles and percentages share a commonality as they are both based on parts of a whole.
- Angles are based on a whole being 360 degrees. Historically, this is generally considered to be based on the fact that 360 is quite close to the number of days which it takes for the earth to orbit the sun (i.e., 365.25).
- Percentages are based on 100 being a whole.
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When something has increased by 200%, what is the calculation to determine how much bigger it is? |
- An increase of 200% will result in a quantity being three times greater (as a 100% will double the quantity).
- An A4 worksheet to explore the commonalities between fractions, decimals and percentages is available here.
Types of data
Descriptive data
Predictive data
Prescriptive data
Data analytics
The following video (3:16) about data analytics further explains descriptive data, predictive data, and prescriptive data and how they related to decision making.
Affordances
The word 'affordances' was first used by Gibson in 1966 but more clearly expounded in his writing from 1979 as follows:
The affordances of the environment are what it offers the animal, what it provides or furnishes, either for good or ill. The verb to afford is found in the dictionary, the noun affordance is not. I have made it up. I mean by it something that refers to both the environment and the animal in a way that no existing term does. It implies the complementarity of the animal and the environment (p. 127).
Affordances are the inherent properties of an object, either virtual or tangible. For example, ropes are good for binding and pulling but not for pushing.
Logos and graphic design
(Image source https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MIT_logo.svg)
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Organising and calculating data in spreadsheets
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Create a spreadsheet in Excel or Google sheets |
Moderated self-assessment
Discussions with students around the key components of conceptual topics and how they fit together can generate insights into student achievement.
We welcome your feedback and suggestions
The chief investigator for The SILO Project is Associate Professor Brendan Jacobs, Head of Department STEM Education, University of New England. The SILO Project thrives on incremental improvement so constructive feedback is greatly appreciated. Please contact Brendan via email at bjacobs7@une.edu.au to share your thoughts and recommendations.
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