r16+homework+t2+w5

Room 16 Homework Term 2 Week 5

=Task One: Science Fair= Based on discussions in class, and your own investigation on Science Buddie last week, you need to come up with an idea for what your Science Fair this year will be about. By next Tuesday, you need to have finalised the following: Record these in your homework book. We will be conferencing during this week to clarify everything, but you must have the above things ready to discuss with me.
 * aim
 * background information about your topic
 * variables to be tested (including control, measured and test variables)
 * method

=Task Two: Statistics - Recording data in a tally.= Set up a tally chart like the one below in your homework book. Copy the following exerpt from New Zealand Post Book Awards finalist: The 10 pm Question, by Kate de Goldi into your book (either by hand or computer)
 * || Tally || Total ||  || Tally || Total ||
 * a ||  ||   || n ||   ||   ||
 * b ||  ||   || o ||   ||   ||
 * c ||  ||   || p ||   ||   ||
 * d ||  ||   || q ||   ||   ||
 * e ||  ||   || r ||   ||   ||
 * f ||  ||   || s ||   ||   ||
 * g ||  ||   || t ||   ||   ||
 * h ||  ||   || u ||   ||   ||
 * i ||  ||   || v ||   ||   ||
 * j ||  ||   || w ||   ||   ||
 * k ||  ||   || x ||   ||   ||
 * l ||  ||   || y ||   ||   ||
 * m ||  ||   || z ||   ||   ||

The bus roared to a halt. Cassino, their bus-driver, prided himself on a full-speed, accurate stop, the brakes singing, the air seizing, the doors sucking open precisely in front of the waiting passengers. Frankie and Gigs held their breath every time, anxious that Cassino should maintain his own high standards. In five years, he hadn't failed them.

Keep a tally of the letters as they appear in the text and record them in the chart above. Present your data in a graph that you think would appropriately communicate the information from your tally chart (don't forget titles and labels!)