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ACARA Digital Technologies Years 7–8 — Analysing and Visualising Data

Finding trends in data and showing them clearly.

Modules (53)

1 Asking a question the data can answer 2 Spreadsheet rows, columns and cells 3 Cell references like A1 4 Entering data into cells 5 Types of data: numbers and text 6 Organising data in a table with headings 7 Header labels for rows and columns 8 Importing data from a CSV file 9 Cleaning data 10 Formulas start with = 11 Arithmetic operators + - * / 12 The SUM function 13 The COUNT function 14 The COUNTA function 15 The AVERAGE function 16 The MIN and MAX functions 17 Choosing SUM, COUNT, AVERAGE, MIN or MAX for a question 18 Range as MAX minus MIN 19 Copying a formula down a column 20 Absolute cell references with $ 21 The ROUND function 22 Formatting numbers and cells 23 Checking a result with the status bar summary 24 Sorting data 25 Filtering data 26 Number filters: greater than and between 27 Using sort and filter together to find top and bottom values 28 The IF function in a spreadsheet 29 COUNTIF and SUMIF 30 Calculating a percentage of a total 31 Calculating percentage change 32 The MEDIAN function 33 Comparing mean and median 34 Finding patterns, trends and outliers 35 Deciding what to do with an outlier 36 Smoothing a trend with a moving average 37 Choosing the right chart 38 Column and bar charts 39 Line charts 40 Pie charts 41 Scatter graphs 42 Changing a chart's type 43 Adding a chart title and axis titles with Chart Elements 44 Chart titles, axis labels and legends 45 Adding a second data series to compare groups 46 Spotting misleading charts 47 Adding a trendline to a chart 48 Making a prediction from a trend 49 Limits and reliability of predictions 50 Correlation is not causation 51 Drawing conclusions from data 52 Describing a trend in a sentence with evidence 53 Investigating a dataset from question to conclusion

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Printables for this journey

Every module above has its own free printable worksheet with an answer key. These crosswords and word searches cover the same terms:

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Years 5–6 Data & Information Crossword: Data, information and binary representation (Modules 1–10) 10 clues · Data and information, Types of data: numbers and text, Types of data: images, sound and video, Same data, different representations and more
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Years 5–6 Data & Information Crossword: Data, information and binary representation and Acquiring and manipulating data (Modules 11–20) 10 clues · Representing images with pixels, Primary and secondary data sources, Collecting data with a survey, Spreadsheet rows, columns and cells and more
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Years 5–6 Data & Information Crossword: Acquiring and manipulating data and Analysing and visualising data (Modules 21–30) 10 clues · Cleaning data, Formulas start with =, Arithmetic operators + - * /, The SUM function and more
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Years 5–6 Data & Information Crossword: Analysing and visualising data and Digital footprint and privacy (Modules 31–56) 10 clues · Choosing the right chart, Column and bar charts, Line charts, Pie charts and more
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Years 5–6 Data & Information Word Search: Data, information and binary representation and Acquiring and manipulating data (Modules 1–20) 20 words to find · Data and information, Types of data: numbers and text, Types of data: images, sound and video, Same data, different representations and more
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Years 5–6 Data & Information Word Search: Acquiring and manipulating data to Digital footprint and privacy (Modules 21–56) 20 words to find · Cleaning data, Formulas start with =, Arithmetic operators + - * /, The SUM function and more
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VCE Spreadsheets, SQL & Visualisation Crossword: Spreadsheet structure, formulas and functions and Descriptive statistics (Modules 4–20) 10 clues · Naming worksheets consistently, Header labels for rows and columns, Relative and absolute cell references, The COUNTIF function and more
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VCE Spreadsheets, SQL & Visualisation Crossword: Querying data with SQL to Purposes and types of data visualisations (Modules 55–70) 10 clues · SQL GROUP BY, SQL JOIN across two tables, SQL UPDATE and DELETE, Testing a query against the data and more
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VCE Spreadsheets, SQL & Visualisation Word Search: Spreadsheet structure, formulas and functions to Manipulating, validating and testing spreadsheet data (Modules 4–34) 20 words to find · Naming worksheets consistently, Header labels for rows and columns, Relative and absolute cell references, The COUNTIF function and more
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VCE Spreadsheets, SQL & Visualisation Word Search: Querying data with SQL to Visualisation components and design conventions (Modules 55–86) 20 words to find · SQL GROUP BY, SQL JOIN across two tables, SQL UPDATE and DELETE, Testing a query against the data and more
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VCE Data Analytics U3O1 Crossword: Artificial intelligence trends in data analytics and Testing databases, spreadsheets and visualisations (Modules 130–148) 10 clues · Artificial intelligence features in software tools, Writing a prompt to generate a data visualisation, Refining a visualisation prompt, Checking an AI-generated visualisation against the data and more
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VCE Data Analytics U3O1 Word Search: Statistical analysis of data to Testing databases, spreadsheets and visualisations (Modules 94–148) 20 words to find · The shape of a data distribution, Skew in data, Purpose of a data visualisation: exploratory data analysis, Purpose of a data visualisation: presentation of information and more
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VCE Data Analytics U4O1 Crossword: Manipulating data with software tools and Analysing data with statistics (Modules 3–37) 10 clues · Using a spreadsheet template, Writing a prompt that asks an AI tool to chart or summarise data, Checking an AI-made data representation against the source data, Using generative AI tools responsibly and more
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VCE Data Analytics U4O1 Word Search: Manipulating data with software tools to Audience and developing infographics and dashboards (Modules 3–62) 21 words to find · Using a spreadsheet template, Writing a prompt that asks an AI tool to chart or summarise data, Checking an AI-made data representation against the source data, Using generative AI tools responsibly and more
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Years 7–8 Data & Information Crossword: Representing data with binary and Acquiring, storing and validating data (Modules 9–45) 10 clues · 8-bit binary numbers and the range 0 to 255, Converting a larger decimal number to binary, How many values n bits can store, Looking up characters in the ASCII table and more
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Years 7–8 Data & Information Crossword: Acquiring, storing and validating data to Using digital tools and conventions (Modules 47–80) 10 clues · Creating a database table and entering records, Sorting and filtering a database table, Choosing which fields a query shows, Query criteria with comparison operators and more
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Years 7–8 Data & Information Word Search: Representing data with binary to Using digital tools and conventions (Modules 9–80) 22 words to find · 8-bit binary numbers and the range 0 to 255, Converting a larger decimal number to binary, How many values n bits can store, Looking up characters in the ASCII table and more
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Years 9–10 Data & Information Crossword: Data compression to Acquiring, storing and validating data (Modules 17–51) 10 clues · Choosing a compression format for a task, Content, structure and presentation of a document, Restyling one document with a different stylesheet, Why separating content, structure and presentation matters and more
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Years 9–10 Data & Information Word Search: Data compression to Data privacy and the Australian Privacy Principles (Modules 6–132) 21 words to find · Redundancy: repeated data that can be shortened, Lossless compression, Lossy compression, Run-length encoding: encoding text and more
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Crossword: Acquiring and Storing Data and Analysing and Visualising Data (Modules 261–300) 10 clues · Keeping an untouched copy of the raw data, Flagging duplicates with a COUNTIF formula, Flagging out-of-range values with IF and OR, Fixing spelling variations with Find and Replace and more
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Crossword: Analysing and Visualising Data (Modules 302–324) 10 clues · Checking a result with the status bar summary, Number filters: greater than and between, Using sort and filter together to find top and bottom values, Calculating a percentage of a total and more
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Crossword: Analysing and Visualising Data and Structured Data and Queries (Modules 331–360) 10 clues · Describing a trend in a sentence with evidence, Investigating a dataset from question to conclusion, Attributes of an object, Attributes of an event and more
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Word Search: Acquiring and Storing Data and Analysing and Visualising Data (Modules 261–324) 20 words to find · Keeping an untouched copy of the raw data, Flagging duplicates with a COUNTIF formula, Flagging out-of-range values with IF and OR, Fixing spelling variations with Find and Replace and more
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Word Search: Analysing and Visualising Data to Algorithms, Flowcharts and Pseudocode (Modules 331–411) 21 words to find · Describing a trend in a sentence with evidence, Investigating a dataset from question to conclusion, Attributes of an object, Attributes of an event and more

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