Science

How Old?

What age would you like to live until? There is a starter activity matching the various living things to facts about their age. A main activity discussing and considering both the primary data collected from CensusAtSchool and the secondary data about life expectancy and major causes of death. There is a plenary task where students consider what they have learnt about age and how to use data presented in graphs and charts.

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