In this lesson, students will learn how computers are used to collect, store, manipulate, and visualize data in order to answer questions and gain knowledge of the world.
Students will be able to examine and analyze the growing importance of data in technology and their lives
This lesson builds toward the following Enduring Understandings (EUs) and Learning Objectives (LOs). Students should understand that…
In this lesson, students will learn about the impact of visually representing data to make information easier to analyze and use.
Students will be able to:
Students will work with a partner to answer a question of personal interest using a publicly available data set. Students will need to produce data visualizations and explain how these visualizations led to their conclusions. They will develop a computational artifact that illustrates, represents, or explains their findings, communicate their findings to their classmates, and embed their artifact in their personal portfolio website.
Students will collaborate to process data and gain knowledge about a question of interest to them, and present their data driven insight to their classmates
