Data Literacy

This backgrounder looks in depth at Computational Thinking (CT) and why it is important for today's students.

This week's episodes and hands-on activity explore Statistical Analysis.

Learn about the branch of mathematics involved with keeping data safe known as encryption.

The skill of recording data involves the documenting of data and observations in a variety of forms in order to preserve it for later use.

Analyzing data is a process of looking for patterns in data that has been collected through inquiry and figuring out about what the patterns might mean. Interpreting the data is a process of trying to explain the patterns that were discovered.

Scientists are training artificial intelligence to diagnose injuries using x-rays and other medical imagery of you (and millions of others). What improvements and other changes might this bring to the health care system?