Students use existing data as a basis to project developments and explore possible future scenarios.
The method supports students in identifying and assessing potential future developments.
Students define the specific topic or trend they want to forecast.
They review relevant reports, statistics, etc., and identify useful data.
The pupils analyse their data by identifying patterns and trends.
Based on the identified patterns and trends, the pupils formulate possible future scenarios.
They justify their future scenarios and reflect on what might create uncertainty or prevent their scenarios from becoming reality.
The methods Similarities and Differences and Venn Diagram can support students in analyzing their data.
Students can plot identified data into a fishbone diagram or create a bar chart to help them project trends.
They can consider positive (optimistic), negative (pessimistic), and neutral (most likely) scenarios to identify various possible outcomes.
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