Telling a Story with DataExploring Computer Science

West High School

Susan M Raymond

Journal Entry #1-8

•What do you think about when you hear the word data? Where can it be found? Where does it come from?

Room Activity

• Group 1

• Group 2

• Group 3

• Group 4

• Group 5

• Group 6

Group 1

• Look at the picture on the next slide.

• Make a list of the objects in the picture

• What does this data tell you about the person who lives in this room? What does it not tell you?

• What are most of the items in this room related to?

• How many toy soldiers are there?

Next

Group 3

• Look at the picture on the next slide.

• Make a list of the objects in the picture

• What does this data tell you about the person who lives in this room? What does it not tell you?

• What are most of the items in this room related to?

• How many toy soldiers are there?

Next

Group 5

• Look at the picture on the next slide.

• Make a list of the objects in the picture

• What does this data tell you about the person who lives in this room? What does it not tell you?

• What are most of the items in this room related to?

• How many toy soldiers are there?

Next

Group 2

• Look at the following list of items found in someone’s room

• Laptop

• Nintendo DS

• Mobile phone

• Ipod with ear buds

• PS3

• Radio (2)

• Television

• Toy car (3)

• Calendar

• Ribbons (3)

• Sprite can

• Plaques (3)

• Gold medal

• Phone

• Mug

• Trophy

• Picture frame

• Posters (8)

• Harry Potter poster

• Lava lamp

• Glasses

• Violin

• Globe

• Person

• Paintings (2)

• Shoe

• Burger

• Books (75)

• Pizza

• Guitar

• Sandwich

• Toy soldiers (3)

• Pringles can

Group 2 Instructions

• Draw a picture of the room including each of the items from the list on the previous slide

• What does this data tell you about the person who lives in this room? What does it not tell you?

• What are most of the items in this room related to?

• How many Radios are there?

Next

Group 4

• Look at the following list of items found in someone’s room

• Laptop

• Nintendo DS

• Mobile phone

• Ipod with ear buds

• PS3

• Radio (2)

• Television

• Toy car (3)

• Calendar

• Ribbons (3)

• Sprite can

• Plaques (3)

• Gold medal

• Phone

• Mug

• Trophy

• Picture frame

• Posters (8)

• Harry Potter poster

• Lava lamp

• Glasses

• Violin

• Globe

• Person

• Paintings (2)

• Shoe

• Burger

• Books (75)

• Pizza

• Guitar

• Sandwich

• Toy soldiers (3)

• Pringles can

Group 4 Instructions

• Draw a picture of the room including each of the items from the list on the previous slide

• What does this data tell you about the person who lives in this room? What does it not tell you?

• What are most of the items in this room related to?

• How many Radios are there?

Next

Group 6

• Look at the following list of items found in someone’s room

• Laptop

• Nintendo DS

• Mobile phone

• Ipod with ear buds

• PS3

• Radio (2)

• Television

• Toy car (3)

• Calendar

• Ribbons (3)

• Sprite can

• Plaques (3)

• Gold medal

• Phone

• Mug

• Trophy

• Picture frame

• Posters (8)

• Harry Potter poster

• Lava lamp

• Glasses

• Violin

• Globe

• Person

• Paintings (2)

• Shoe

• Burger

• Books (75)

• Pizza

• Guitar

• Sandwich

• Toy soldiers (3)

• Pringles can

Group 6 Instructions

• Draw a picture of the room including each of the items from the list on the previous slide

• What does this data tell you about the person who lives in this room? What does it not tell you?

• What are most of the items in this room related to?

• How many Radios are there?

Next

What’s Next

• Share your answer to #2 with the entire class when we come together

• Go back to your group and answer the following questions:

• Are there any advantages to one representation or another?

• Do you think different representations can tell different stories?

• What do you think came first, the drawing of the room or the list?

Homework

• We are going to be adding to the Communications Methods Chart we already did by adding information about data so transfer the Method from the first one to the second one

• Data Journal

• Both of these assignments are due on the first day of Unit 2