Advocacy with Data Arguments
Recognize how data can provide evidence for/persuade others toward positive change and how it can benefit society.
K–2 Competencies
Understand how data can reflect real-world situations and help answer simple questions.
Classroom resources
Data Science Starter Kit Module 5: Telling the Story - Visualization and Communication
Welcome to the culminating skill of data science—communicating your findings effectively so others can understand and act on them! This module focuses on how to create clear visualizations and compelling narratives that make data accessible and meaningful to different audiences.🔗
Visualization and Communication isn’t about creating fancy graphics or impressive presentations. It’s about developing the empathy and clarity to think, “How can I help others understand what this data means and why it matters to them?” The best data science in the world is useless if it can’t be understood and applied by the people who need it.
3–5 Competencies
Develop creative data visualizations to depict an aspect of the student's community or social connections.
Draw simple conclusions about the data from a narrative.
Classroom resources
Data Science Starter Kit Module 5: Telling the Story - Visualization and Communication
Welcome to the culminating skill of data science—communicating your findings effectively so others can understand and act on them! This module focuses on how to create clear visualizations and compelling narratives that make data accessible and meaningful to different audiences.🔗
Visualization and Communication isn’t about creating fancy graphics or impressive presentations. It’s about developing the empathy and clarity to think, “How can I help others understand what this data means and why it matters to them?” The best data science in the world is useless if it can’t be understood and applied by the people who need it.
6–8 Competencies
Collect personal data and use it to benefit their family or classroom.
Assess a current events news story featuring a data visualization and evaluate how effectively the graphic communicates the situation while allowing for a valid comparison.
Classroom resources
Data Science Starter Kit Module 5: Telling the Story - Visualization and Communication
Welcome to the culminating skill of data science—communicating your findings effectively so others can understand and act on them! This module focuses on how to create clear visualizations and compelling narratives that make data accessible and meaningful to different audiences.🔗
Visualization and Communication isn’t about creating fancy graphics or impressive presentations. It’s about developing the empathy and clarity to think, “How can I help others understand what this data means and why it matters to them?” The best data science in the world is useless if it can’t be understood and applied by the people who need it.
9–10 Competencies
Construct a data story to enact change in your community.
Analyze data narratives related to social and/or political issues and explore how different presentations of the data could alter its impact on communities and daily life.
Classroom resources
Who is the Data MVP of the NBA? by DataClassroom
The purpose of this lesson is to help students create sophisticated data visualizations to analyze NBA player performance while critically examining how data-driven arguments compare to human judgment in decision-making contexts. Students will use FiveThirtyEight's RAPTOR statistics to build evidence-based cases for MVP candidates, then evaluate the limitations of data storytelling when complex human factors influence real-world decisions
Data Science Starter Kit Module 5: Telling the Story - Visualization and Communication
Welcome to the culminating skill of data science—communicating your findings effectively so others can understand and act on them! This module focuses on how to create clear visualizations and compelling narratives that make data accessible and meaningful to different audiences.🔗
Visualization and Communication isn’t about creating fancy graphics or impressive presentations. It’s about developing the empathy and clarity to think, “How can I help others understand what this data means and why it matters to them?” The best data science in the world is useless if it can’t be understood and applied by the people who need it.
11–12 Competencies
Explain how data science connects to other disciplines to solve major problems around the globe.
Discuss strategies to mitigate harmful predictions derived from a data story, such as the varying injury rates from crash test dummies among different groups of drivers.
Classroom resources
Too Old to Mango? by DataClassroom
The purpose of this lesson is to help students master professional-level data visualization and communication skills by analyzing agricultural research data on mango tree productivity across different ages. Students will create publication-quality visualizations, conduct statistical analysis, and communicate findings to diverse stakeholders in ways that can influence agricultural policy, economic decisions, and global food security strategies.
Data Science Starter Kit Module 5: Telling the Story - Visualization and Communication
Welcome to the culminating skill of data science—communicating your findings effectively so others can understand and act on them! This module focuses on how to create clear visualizations and compelling narratives that make data accessible and meaningful to different audiences.🔗
Visualization and Communication isn’t about creating fancy graphics or impressive presentations. It’s about developing the empathy and clarity to think, “How can I help others understand what this data means and why it matters to them?” The best data science in the world is useless if it can’t be understood and applied by the people who need it.
Advanced Competencies
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