Sorting data to solve problems

Digital literacy

Data as clues

Selecting relevant data

Trusting data

Combining and comparing data

Data as evidence

Pupils investigate datasets to solve the mystery of Ruby, the missing rhino. They sort, organise and compare data from different sources, judge which information is useful or reliable and combine clues to form a final theory, presented as a news report.

Data detectives

Which of these helps you notice differences more easily?

Which piece of information would help answer the question:
When did something happen?

Which of these is a place where information might be written down?

Exit Quiz

What does sorting data involve?