Data and information lesson 3

• Computing
• Lower Secondary (Key Stage 3)

Data and information lesson 3

List the formulas you would use to solve each of these equations.

Do now answers. 

Lesson 3:  Collecting data

Conquer: Explain the difference between data and information

Aspire: Explain the difference between primary and secondary sources of data

What is the difference between data and information?

What is the difference between data and information?

What do these numbers mean? What could they represent?

• Is this data or information?
  

This is data

All of these numbers are currently meaningless. we have no idea what they of for or why they are there 

• Data = information without meaning

This is information

Now we know what these numbers are for. they hold meaning to us. We can check how many medals have been won. 

• Information = Data with meaning

Is this data or information?

1. Data
2. Information

Is this data or information?

1. Data
2. Information

Is this data or information?

1. Data
2. Information

Is this data or information?

1. Data
2. Information

What is data?

1. Information with meaning
2. Information without meaning.
3. A set of numbers
4. Of set of information

What is information?

1. Data with meaning
2. Information without meaning.
3. A set of numbers
4. Of set of information

Sourcing data

We have 2 main ways of sourcing data and information 

• Primary research

• Secondary research

Primary research 

Primary – you collected the data yourself

How could you collect data yourself?
What could you do?

Secondary research 

Secondary– Data other people collected that you can find

Where could you find information that already exists?

An article in your local newspaper reads:

“Poll results: we asked what readers thought about smartphones in school.”
Is this primary or secondary?

1. Primary
2. Secondary

The weather station publishes a report comparing rainfall this year and last year, based on data they recorded.

Is this data primary or secondary?

1. Primary
2. Secondary

A national newspaper publishes an article titled:
“Most popular GCSE subjects this year”
based on data that was published by the government.

Is this data primary or secondary?

1. Primary
2. Secondary

Keyword challenge 

Collected by you

Collected by someone else

Meaningless information

Data with meaning

A location of data

Primary

Secondary

Cell

Data

Information

Extension tasks

If you complete all tasks, use 1 of these 4 extension tasks to develop your skills.

Code combat

Toxicode

Nitrotype

Semantris