Computer Science
Evaluate the tradeoffs in how data elements are organized and where data is stored (CSTA, 3A.DA.10)
Create interactive data visualizations using software tools to help others better understand real-world phenomena (CSTA, 3A.DA.11)
Describe what information can be extracted from the data (College Board, 2020).
Identify challenges associated with processing data (College Board, 2020).
Math (Common, 2022)
Summarize, Represent, and Interpret data on one and two categorical and quantitative data.
Analyze linear models to make interpretation of data.
Make inferences and justify conclusions based on sample surveys, experiments, and observational studies
ISTE (2016)
Empowered Learner
Knowledge Constructor
Computational Thinker
Students will be able to independently use their learning to…
Develop a question that data can answer.
Will be able to use a data set, and determine the important information needed for the question.
Utilize a spreadsheet to analyze the data.
Students will understand that…
Not all questions can be answered by data.
Qualitative and quantitative questions are different.
Large data sets need to be examined for accuracy.
The amount of data may skew results.
Technology helps us work through large data sets.
Knowledge can be generated from data.
College Board. (2020). Big Idea 2: Data. In AP Computer Science Principles course and exam description (pp. 43-67). College Board. https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/pdf/ap-computer-science-principles-course-and-exam-description.pdf
Common Core. (2022). High School: Statistics and Probability: interpreting categorical and quantitative data. Retrieved February 1, 2022, from http://www.corestandards.org/Math/Content/HSS/ID/
Computer Science Teachers Association(CSTA). (2022). Computer Science standards. Retrieved February 1, 2022, from https://www.csteachers.org/page/standards
International Society for Technology Educators (ISTE). (2016). ISTE Standards for students. Retrieved February 1, 2022, from https://www.iste.org/standards/iste-standards-for-students