Session 5 Family Guide

Data Science for Young Minds — Tips for families facilitating Session 5: Asking Yes or No

Overview

Learn to ask questions that can be answered with 'yes' or 'no' and collect answers from friends and family.

Facilitating Each Lesson

Lesson 1: What Is a Yes/No Question?

Tip: Some questions can be answered with yes or no. Learn which questions work and which do not. Take time to let your child explore and share their thoughts.

Try asking: "What do you think about identifying yes/no questions vs. open-ended questions?"

Lesson 2: Asking 10 People

Tip: Pick a yes/no question and ask 10 people. Record each answer. You are collecting data! Take time to let your child explore and share their thoughts.

Try asking: "What do you think about collecting answers from real people?"

Lesson 3: Recording Yes and No

Tip: Use happy and sad face stickers (or check marks and X marks) to record answers. Count the yeses and nos. Take time to let your child explore and share their thoughts.

Try asking: "What do you think about recording yes/no responses with symbols?"

Lesson 4: What Did We Learn?

Tip: Look at your results. More yeses or nos? What does that tell you? Practice saying what you found. Take time to let your child explore and share their thoughts.

Try asking: "What do you think about interpreting results: more yes or more no??"

Conversation Starters

"What did you learn about identifying yes/no questions vs. open-ended questions?"
"What did you learn about collecting answers from real people?"
"What did you learn about recording yes/no responses with symbols?"
"What did you learn about interpreting results: more yes or more no??"