Post on 22-May-2020
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