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Overview

These badges will help develop data-literate learners who can collect, organize, visualize, interpret, analyze and share data for themselves and other people to use and understand. (www.dataspire.org) These badges offer an opportunity to transform information into actionable instructional knowledge and practices by visualizing, analyzing, and interpreting all types of data. Upon completion of all 3 badges, educators will have a set of practical data literacy instructional tools to use with students in an in-person and/or distance learning setting.This badge, The Data Analysis and Interpretation Educators badge, is the third badge in the series and will take about two hours to complete. We highly recommend that you complete the first two badges in this series Introduction to Data Literacy for Educators and Data Visualization for Educators in the series before completing this badge.

Learning Objectives

Educators will deepen their understanding and skills in teaching data analysis.
Educators will practice uncovering patterns and identifying trends in data sets.

While completing this badge, you will engage in the following activities:

Badge Overview
Analyzing Data using Earth System Poster
Interpreting Data using Earth System Poster
Analyzing vs. Interpreting
How to Teach Storytelling or Posing a Question about the Data

Time Required:
2 hours

Intended Audience:
K-12 and pre-service educators

Relevant National Standards:

Next Generation Science Standards:

The Next Generation Science Standards include eight Science and Engineering Practices; five of these support data literacy as defined in this badge.

Asking Questions and Defining Problems
Developing and Using Models
Planning and Carrying Out Investigations
Analyzing and Interpreting Data
Using Mathematics and Computational Thinking
Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions
Engaging in Argument from Evidence
Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information.

Click here to begin the steps of the badge.