Data Literacy Outcomes in the Scottish Curriculum for Excellence, by level and topic

We have identified outcomes across the whole Broad General Education and grouped them into topics suitable for applying Data Skills.

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Undercover Mission in Norway

This activity is part of our set of Data-themed Escape Rooms. For background info on the DATA Agency and the VIKINGS villains, read our Top Secret Brief.

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Data Cards

In our Teach Data guide we linked to some resources from New Zealand on Cats and Dragons (or Dragonistics).  Unfortunately these fab resources from Dr Nic are no longer being produced, so we thought we'd share some alternatives.

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Fizzy Data

Create your own Zero-waste Data Physicalisation (or Fizzy Data, for short!) In this activity that requires both creativity and understanding a data set, learners will create a fun, physical representation of a provided data set using the materials and tools available.

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Data Viz Quiz

Put your graph-reading skills to the test in our Data Viz Quiz challenge!

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Christmas Graphs Quiz

Put your graph-reading skills to the test in our seasonal Data Viz Quiz challenge!

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Books for discussing data

Below is a list of books which teachers have found useful for starting conversations about data in the classroom. Book reviews from teachers and learners will be linked below each title as we receive them.

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Data Visualisation Examples

We have pulled together an (ever-growing!) set of data visualisation examples, categorised by type—e.g. bar charts, pie charts, line graphs, scatter plots, histograms, heat maps, and many more—as well as curricular level at which we would expect comprehension and creation of each graph.

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Create your own Escape Room

This activity is part of our set of Data-themed Escape Rooms. For background info on the DATA Agency and the VIKINGS villains, read our Top Secret Brief.

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