Graph the Rise of Streaming

Explore data representation through pop culture trends.

Teaching context:
Ideal when students are bored with traditional graphing examples. Great for mid-lesson engagement in Years 7 to 9.

Basic AI Prompt:
Give me streaming platform user data to graph.

Enhanced AI Prompt:
Provide fictional but realistic user data for five streaming services across six years. Include enough variety for students to create bar graphs, line graphs and pie charts.

Spice it up:
Ask for the data in spreadsheet format, or ask students to generate their own from AI using prompts.

Lesson implementation:
Start with a class discussion about how people consume music, film and TV today. Introduce the AI-generated data as an example dataset. Ask students to use it to create multiple types of graphs using graph paper or digital tools like Google Sheets. Encourage students to analyse the trends and write short summaries explaining what they observe.

For advanced learners, have them explore concepts like market share or data bias. You can link this to media literacy discussions in English or Health. It also works well during Media Literacy Week or as part of a cross-curricular digital literacy unit. For scaffolding, provide graph templates or model one graph together with the class before students try independently.

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