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.
- Curriculum Level: Early (Pre 5 & P1) First (P2-P4) Second (P5-P7) Senior Phase (S4-6) Third (S1-S3)
- Curricular area: Expressive arts Health and wellbeing Languages Maths & Numeracy Religious and moral education Sciences Social Studies Technologies
Unmasking data disasters
An online Cyber Skills Live activity where students uncover the identities of people within an anonymous dataset.
- Curriculum Level: First (P2-P4) Second (P5-P7)
Data Selfie
An online Cyber Skills Live activity where students create a piece of data-driven art about themselves.
- Curriculum Level: First (P2-P4) Second (P5-P7)
Plug in the Numbers
This is a online Cyber Skills live activity where students fight climate change by creating a renewable energy system for their school.
- Curriculum Level: First (P2-P4) Second (P5-P7)
Defend the Rhino
This is an activity made with Cyber Skills live, where students stop a gang of rhino poachers.
- Curriculum Level: First (P2-P4) Second (P5-P7)
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.
- Curriculum Level: First (P2-P4) Second (P5-P7)
- Curricular area: Maths & Numeracy
Feelings Threads
This is a data visualisation feelings tracking activity that combines creativity, emotional awareness, and data collection in a unique and engaging activity for primary school students.
- Curriculum Level: First (P2-P4) Second (P5-P7)
- Curricular area: Expressive arts Health and wellbeing
- Topics and Themes: Data visualisation
- PPDAC Framework: Data
Escape Rooms
Click on the page below for a number of Escape Room Tasks!
- Curriculum Level: First (P2-P4) Second (P5-P7)
Let’s write a story
This is an 'unplugged' activity to help demystify AI, where learners work together to create a simple 'ChatGPT' system to generate a story.
- Curriculum Level: First (P2-P4) Second (P5-P7) Third (S1-S3)
- Curricular area: Languages Technologies
- Topics and Themes: Computer Science Digital Literacy Finding & Using Information Processing and Managing Information Responsibly