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Elementary School Data Detectives
It is widely known that students develop opinions of school subjects in elementary school. So why not introduce them to the amazing (and budding) world data science!? Through hands-on activities and curriculum guidance, teachers will learn practical strategies to introduce fundamental data science concepts, fostering critical thinking and problem-solving skills in young learners. Empower your students to explore the world through a data-driven lens.
Target Audience: K-5
What’s Included
- Activity 1: Understanding Data Science – A fun, hands-on activity where students will categorize and collect items based on specific attributes (e.g., colors, shapes) and present their findings to the class.
- Activity 2: Structuring Data – In this lesson, students go further into the collection and interpretation of data, including cleaning and visualizing data.
- Activity 3: Creating and Interpreting Graphs – Graphing is universally used in every subject, so this activity has students graph topics that are relevant to the content they are currently learning about or things that are interesting to them.
- Activity 4: Analyzing Data – Students discuss how data relationships can inform decisions and how to graph information based on similar groupings.
