CIA 2008 World Factbook

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
The World Factbook contains up-to-date information about all countries in the world. This includes information about geography, government, transportation, communication and the people. It also has useful graphics for student research projects e.g. flags and maps.
The factbook provides an excellent source for data activities in Numeracy. It lists statistics related to a country’s geography [...]

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Create A Graph: a free online graphing tool

Thursday, February 28th, 2008

The Data strand in the Mathematics K-6 syllabus “addresses the need for all students to understand, interpret and analyse information displayed in tabular and graphical forms.” In combination with classroom activities, data gathering, spreadsheets and graphics software, there is a wide range of online interactive websites that can be used to develop students’ mathematical learning [...]

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