Age appropriateness of information

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Quick Questions

Shade in the A or B circle for each question.

1. A dashboard for Year 7 students about canteen sales. Which wording is more age appropriate?

A Most popular items: pies and fruit

B Product demand distribution by SKU category

2. An infographic for primary school children about recycling. Which design suits the audience better?

A Large icons, bright colours and short sentences

B Dense paragraphs with small footnotes

3. Which statement about the amount of detail is true?

A Younger audiences usually need less detail per visual than adults

B Every audience should get the same amount of detail

4. A chart about screen time is made for teenagers. Which example is more suitable?

A Hours per day spent on pension planning apps

B Hours per day spent on phones, games and streaming

5. A report for adult business managers is written for them. Which choice is age appropriate?

A Cartoon characters and playground examples

B Professional terms such as revenue, margin and forecast

Match the Pairs

Draw a line connecting each item on the left to its match on the right.

Left column		Right column
1Reading level: Year 3		AThe vocabulary is too advanced for a Year 4 audience, so the information is not age appropriate. Use simpler words such as repayment plan.
2Detail: key facts only, 1 chart		BTerm: compound interest rate p.a.
3Suitable examples and images for a young audience are friendly, familiar and clear, such as cartoon icons		Cimage: cartoon_piggybank.png
4An adult audience can handle technical vocabulary and detailed data such as full tables		DThe images and amount of detail are too childish for an adult audience. Use professional images and more detailed data.
5Audience: Year 4 \| Text: amortisation schedule		EThe vocabulary and sentence length are kept simple so a young audience can understand the information
6Audience: adults \| Image: cartoon animals only \| Detail: 1 fact		FThe amount of detail is limited so a younger audience is not overloaded with information

Definitions

age appropriate

Fill in the Blanks

Complete each line of code by filling in the missing parts.

IF audience = "child" THEN SET __________ ← "simple" END IF

__ audience = "adult" THEN SET detail ← "high" END IF

IF audience = "child" THEN SET examples ← "school" ______

IF audience = "child" THEN SET detail ← "low" ____ SET detail ← "high"

IF audience = "child" ____ SET images ← "cartoon" END IF

Spot the Error

Shade in the letter of the line that contains an error.

Question 1

A audience ← "tax accountants"

B words ← "short, simple words"

C detail ← "one idea per slide"

Question 2

A audience ← "adult investors"

B words ← "technical terms"

C detail ← "full data tables"

D images ← "cartoon characters"

Question 3

A audience ← "Prep children"

B words ← "legal jargon"

C images ← "big bright pictures"

Question 4

A audience ← "Year 9 students"

B words ← "subject words"

C detail ← "moderate detail"

D example ← "tax returns"

Question 5

A audience ← "Year 2 students"

B maxWords ← 8

C level ← "university reading"

Answer Key

Age appropriateness of information

Section A: Quick Questions

A — Most popular items: pies and fruit

A — Large icons, bright colours and short sentences

A — Younger audiences usually need less detail per visual than adults

B — Hours per day spent on phones, games and streaming

B — Professional terms such as revenue, margin and forecast

Section B: Match the Pairs

Reading level: Year 3 → The vocabulary and sentence length are kept simple so a young audience can understand the information

Detail: key facts only, 1 chart → The amount of detail is limited so a younger audience is not overloaded with information

Suitable examples and images for a young audience are friendly, familiar and clear, such as cartoon icons → image: cartoon_piggybank.png

An adult audience can handle technical vocabulary and detailed data such as full tables → Term: compound interest rate p.a.

Audience: Year 4 | Text: amortisation schedule → The vocabulary is too advanced for a Year 4 audience, so the information is not age appropriate. Use simpler words such as repayment plan.

Audience: adults | Image: cartoon animals only | Detail: 1 fact → The images and amount of detail are too childish for an adult audience. Use professional images and more detailed data.

Section C: Definitions

age appropriate — Information is age appropriate when its content, reading level and design suit the age of its audience, including vocabulary, amount of detail, examples and images.

Section D: Fill in the Blanks

IF audience = "child" THEN
  SET vocabulary ← "simple"
END IF

IF audience = "adult" THEN
  SET detail ← "high"
END IF

IF audience = "child" THEN
  SET examples ← "school"
END IF

IF audience = "child" THEN
  SET detail ← "low"
ELSE SET detail ← "high"

IF audience = "child" THEN
  SET images ← "cartoon"
END IF

Section E: Spot the Error

A — The words and detail lines are written for young children, so the audience must be a young group such as "Year 3 students". Tax accountants would need very different content.

D — Adult investors expect formal, professional images such as charts. Cartoon characters suit young children, so the line should be images ← "formal charts".

B — Prep children cannot read legal jargon. The vocabulary level must be simple, such as very short sentences.

D — Examples should come from the audience's world. Year 9 students relate to school sport, not tax returns.

C — The reading level must match the age of the audience. Year 2 students need a Year 2 reading level, not a university one.