Data Science for Young Minds — Grade 3
| Topic | Details |
|---|---|
| Parts of a line graph | Parts of a line graph: x-axis (time), y-axis (measurement), data points, connecting line |
| Reading specific values at specific time | Reading specific values at specific times |
| What the slope of the line tells you | What the slope of the line tells you |
| Practice | Practice: read 5 line graphs and answer questions |
| Increasing trend | Increasing trend: values generally going up over time |
| Decreasing trend | Decreasing trend: values generally going down over time |
| Stable trend | Stable trend: values staying about the same |
| Describing trends in words | Describing trends in words: 'between 2020 and 2024, the data shows a steady increase...' |
| Using trends to predict | Using trends to predict: if it has been going up, it might continue |
| Why predictions are educated guesses, no | Why predictions are educated guesses, not guarantees |
| What can break a trend | What can break a trend: unexpected events, seasonal changes, policy changes |
| Activity | Activity: predict next month's temperature based on a trend, then check |
| Trends in weather | Trends in weather: seasonal patterns, climate over years |
| Trends in personal growth | Trends in personal growth: getting taller, learning more words, running faster |
| Trends in school | Trends in school: grades over a semester, reading levels over a year |
| Activity | Activity: identify 3 trends in your own life and graph one of them |
Learn the parts of a line graph and how to extract information from data shown over time.
Learn to identify and describe three types of trends: increasing, decreasing, and stable.
Use trends to make reasonable predictions about what might happen next. But learn why predictions are not certainties.
Discover trends in your daily life — weather, growth, school performance, and the world around you.