Data Viz Superpowers
3#Data Viz Superpowers
3.4 Interdisciplinary ideas
It is possible to use the #Data Viz Superpowers module in other subjects.
Mathematics
This module can be used in maths class in 6eC. The topic of graphs1 features in the new mathematics curriculum for the 6eC. The target knowledge includes: tables, evolving graphs/diagrams, bar graphs/diagrams, pie charts.
The target skills are as follows:
- reading and interpreting data drawn from a graph,
- making a table of values, an evolving graph or diagram, a bar graph or diagram, a pie chart,
- choosing an appropriate graph or diagram to represent data.
These are the very skills on which this module focuses, and which are practiced in the exercises and any evaluations.
Art classes
The artistic component of the evaluation can be organised in collaboration with the pupils’ art classes. The task of collecting the data is part of this module, while the visualization aspect can be conducted in collaboration with an art teacher.
1 Chapter 13 in Amplitude 1re, Éditions Averbode/Erasme S.A., 9782874386848.