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Week 8: Become a Data Superhero!

Unit: Problem Solving and Logic (Weeks 6-8)

What’s in Store This Week?

This week, you’ll gain a new superpower: understanding data! Data is just a fancy word for information. You’ll become a “Data Detective,” learning how computers organize information to make it useful. We’ll collect fun facts about our class and learn how to sort them into organized lists. Then, you’ll use everything you’ve learned to build an amazing Digital Scrapbook all about YOU—your hobbies, your favorite things, and your family—to show off your personality and your awesome new programming skills!

What You’ll Be Able to Do!

By the end of this week, you’ll be able to:

  • Explain how computers sort and organize information.
  • Collect fun facts (data) and sort them into neat categories.
  • Create a cool multimedia project about yourself with different pages and interactive buttons.
  • Use your coding skills to express your unique personality!

Lessons This Week

Lesson 8.1: Data Detectives!

Get Ready To: Put on your detective hat again! You’ll investigate how the world organizes information (like in a library) and then collect and sort fun data about our own class.

Lesson 8.2: Build Your Digital Scrapbook!

Get Ready To: Create a project that’s all about you! You’ll design and build an interactive scrapbook with different pages for your hobbies, family, favorite foods, and more.

How We’ll See Our Skills Grow

  • Data Sorting Skills: We’ll see how you collect and organize the fun facts we gather about our class.
  • The Ultimate Creation: Your digital scrapbook will be the star of the show! It will combine all the skills you’ve learned: movement, sound, loops, and logic.
  • Show and Tell: You’ll proudly share your finished scrapbook with your friends.

Connecting to Other Subjects

  • Math: You’ll be a real data scientist, collecting, sorting, and analyzing information.
  • Social Studies: This project is all about identity, culture, and what makes you unique.
  • Language Arts: You’ll practice organizing your thoughts and presenting information clearly, just like in a real report.

Your Creator’s Toolkit

  • Clipboards for your “Data Detective” mission
  • Worksheets to help you plan the pages of your digital scrapbook
  • Your device with Scratch Jr., ready for you to build your masterpiece
  • Fun idea cards to help you brainstorm what to put in your scrapbook

Assessment Highlights

  • Formative: Systematic data collection, quality of digital organization
  • Performance: Digital scrapbook creation with clear navigation and multiple elements
  • Summative: Complete scrapbook with organized sections and functional navigation

Cross-Curricular Connections

  • Math: Data collection, analysis, graphing, and pattern recognition
  • Science: Scientific observation, classification, and hypothesis formation
  • Social Studies: Personal identity, cultural sharing, and community understanding
  • Language Arts: Organization, communication, and multimedia presentation

Personal Expression and Identity

  • Reflection on personal interests and characteristics
  • Cultural sharing and appreciation of diversity
  • Development of digital identity and representation
  • Pride in personal accomplishments and growth

Technology Skills Development

  • Multi-page project management and organization
  • File management and naming conventions
  • User interface design principles
  • Integration of multiple media types

Materials Needed

  • Devices with Scratch Jr. and multimedia capabilities
  • Data collection worksheets and clipboards
  • Personal information prompt cards
  • Portfolio and documentation organization supplies
  • Chart paper for class data displays
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