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Data for Kids – What is Data and Data Visualization

Let’s learn about data Data is facts or information. These facts are collected by observing, asking questions, or taking measurements. Facts often describe different persons, objects or categories. Data is often organized in a table. These tables include facts, numbers or measurements. Data helps us learn about our world, our communities and ourselves. What isContinue reading “Data for Kids – What is Data and Data Visualization”

Weather Charts – Let’s draw data – What is the weather like

In this excercise we will create two charts about the weather without using a computer. We will use a graphing paper, pencils and markers. Graphing paper is great for drawing data. It is devided by horizontal and vertical lines to create little squares across the pages. You can use these squares to measure your labelsContinue reading “Weather Charts – Let’s draw data – What is the weather like”

The Solar System – Inforgraphic for Kids

Space is fascinating! While we should love and protect our own planet Earth, it is important to know about other planets in our Solar System. We should know about our biggest star the Sun and how space science can help and improve lives here on Earth. In this excercise we will create a Solar SystemContinue reading “The Solar System – Inforgraphic for Kids”

Moon Phases Diagram

Meet Moon! She’s more than just a rock―she’s Earth’s rock, her best friend she can always count on. Moon never turns her back on her friend (literally: she’s always facing Earth with the same side!). These two will stick together forever. Moon! Earth’s Best Friend In this excercise we will create a diagram to learnContinue reading “Moon Phases Diagram”

What is the weather like?

In this very simple data viz excercise we will build a bar chart to visualize the weather during a year. How many days in a year are sunny, rainy, windy, cloudy or snowy. Download the Google Sheet with the data. Here is what our bar chart looks like: Notice how we use different colors onContinue reading “What is the weather like?”

Animal Charts – Fastest Birds – a Bar Chart

With the ability to fly at the amazing speed of 242 miles per hour the Peregrine Falcon is the fastest bird on the planet. A few facts about the peregrine falcon: The bird lives in across all continetns except Antarctica It prefers to live and fly in open spaces and is often found near coastsContinue reading “Animal Charts – Fastest Birds – a Bar Chart”

Animal Charts – Fastest Fish Swimmers – a Horizontal Bar Chart

There are around 30 thousand fish species known to us. All of these fish species, large and small, live in our seas, oceans, rivers and lakes. Some of them are capable of swimming at an incredible speed. In this excercise we will build a chart to see the top 10 fastest fish swimmers. Download ourContinue reading “Animal Charts – Fastest Fish Swimmers – a Horizontal Bar Chart”

Weather Graphs – Temperature Changes Throughout the Year – a Line Chart

In one year the weather changes with the seasons. During fall and winter we expect colder temperatures while during spring and summer weather is expected to be warm even very hot on certain days. In this exercise we will build a line chart. Line charts are good to show us changes over a certain periodContinue reading “Weather Graphs – Temperature Changes Throughout the Year – a Line Chart”

Animal Data – Most Teeth – a Bar Graph

Imagine having more than 25,000 teeth to take care of! It would take a long time to brush your teeth every morning and every night! Adult humans have 32 teeth in their mouth. But there are animals that have much more than that. A fun fact about animals and teeth is that one of theContinue reading “Animal Data – Most Teeth – a Bar Graph”

Animal Data – Fastest Runners – a Bar Graph

Animals are really fast runners. In this excercise we learn which animals run the fastest and what are the top 10 animals that are the fastest runners in the world. The Cheetah is the fastest animal in the world being able to run at the impressive 75 miles per hour. Download the Google Sheet withContinue reading “Animal Data – Fastest Runners – a Bar Graph”