First (P2-P4)

Make a Micro:Pet that smiles and sings! In this lesson, learners will code a micro:bit to show a face and make sounds. The learners can then design a papercraft monster to fit round the micro:bit.

• Curriculum Level: Early (Pre 5 & P1) First (P2-P4)
• Curricular area: Expressive arts Technologies

Interested in Pokemon? Hip hop music? Air quality? Gender equality? Football? Space dogs? There's a data set for it!

• Curriculum Level: First (P2-P4) NPA Data Science Second (P5-P7) Senior Phase (S4-6) Third (S1-S3)

'Teach Data Literacy: a guide for primary teachers' is a resource developed by the Data Education in Schools team to support teachers to enhance opportunities for all to build the skills and habits of mind relevant to data problem-solving.

• Curriculum Level: Early (Pre 5 & P1) First (P2-P4) Second (P5-P7)
• Curricular area: Expressive arts Health and wellbeing Languages Maths & Numeracy Religious and moral education Sciences Social Studies Technologies
• Topics and Themes: Activity, Diet, Rest and Sleep Biodiversity and Interdependence Data Analysis Data visualisation Diet Digital Literacy Finding & Using Information Past Events and Societies People in society, economy and business Processing and Managing Information Responsibly
• PPDAC Framework: Analysis Conclusion Data Plan Problem

Our Data Explorer cards introduce children and young people to a data problem-solving approach (PPDAC). The design builds on informal question-asking behaviours and supports learners’ exploration of data in relation to the themes of Lego! Birds! Lost Property! Plastics! or a theme of their choosing. Question prompts on the cards support learners to explore problems, plan, collect data, analyse and draw conclusions.

• Curriculum Level: Early (Pre 5 & P1) First (P2-P4) Second (P5-P7)

Spotify Data Analysis makes use of secondary data from Spotify.

• Curriculum Level: First (P2-P4) Second (P5-P7)
• Curricular area: Maths & Numeracy Technologies
• PPDAC Framework: Analysis Conclusion Data

Helping learners become familiar with the idea of data and how it can be categorised.

• Curriculum Level: First (P2-P4) Second (P5-P7)
• Topics and Themes: Blended or Home Learning Computer Science
• PPDAC Framework: Analysis Data

Using the well known children’s game to help us think about data, categorisation and pattern matching.

• Curriculum Level: First (P2-P4) Second (P5-P7)
• Curricular area: Expressive arts
• Topics and Themes: Computer Science
• PPDAC Framework: Analysis Data

This Excel sheet is a guide to the Experiences and Outcomes in the Scottish 'Broad General Education' curriculum that feature data literacy.

• Curriculum Level: Early (Pre 5 & P1) First (P2-P4) Second (P5-P7) Third (S1-S3)
• Curricular area: Expressive arts Health and wellbeing Languages Maths & Numeracy Religious and moral education Sciences Social Studies Technologies
• PPDAC Framework: Analysis Conclusion Data Plan Problem