Year 6 · Student investigation
Can one number tell us what a model is thinking?
Draw, point or explain aloud. A partner or adult may record your words.
Will your chosen unit be busiest whenever the answer is red, or will it follow a different pattern?
What did you change? What stayed the same? What did you notice?
Find two cards that challenge a simple “this is the red clue” label. Try another unit and distinguish a silent unit from a useful one.
A proposed clue label, two supporting examples and a counterexample.
This activity can show _ . It cannot tell us _ . A new case I would test is ____ .
Use fictional data. Download or print your work before leaving.