This page includes materials that were shared at the Citizen Science Data Analysis PD on December 14, 2018.
Agenda and Slide Deck
This document is designed to highlight relevant NY State PK-12 Science Learning Standards that are relevant to the Year 1 Citizen Science after-school program.
Identifying Statistical Questions: Below is the Vital Signs program's Statistical Questions activity, which is a great way to build your students' understanding of what a statistical question is, and how they can develop or improve upon statistical questions. You can easily import these questions into a Kahoot or other interactive quiz platform.
Sampling Activity Lesson Plan and Data Sheet: This includes the bean sampling activity that we did at PD - both the lesson plan and the data sheet. Note that while we used beans, you could use any assortment of small things where you have at least 3-4 different colors or types in the mix. We like beans because they are cheap , easy to store, and cause less drama/eating of the samples than M&Ms or other candy. If you don't have any dice, you can use an online random number generator (https://www.random.org/integers/) to give you three random integers between 1 and 6.
Data Visualization Resources: Data Visualization Game and Graph Choice Chart