Code Your Own Data Selfie
Interactive hands-on lesson where pupils combine maths, art, and code to create their own data-driven self-portrait.
About this event
Join our YouTube livestreamed lesson where your pupils will combine maths, art, and code to create their own data-driven self-portrait.
In this practical workshop, pupils will learn about data visualisation and code a self-portrait using numerical personal data.
Our data experts will critique their self-portraits which will be showcased in our Maths Week Scotland online portrait gallery.
Participants will follow instructions to edit and customise JavaScript code to create data visualisations based on data they collect about themselves.
Important Info
Target age: P7 to S2
No additional software is required, only a modern web browser like Google Chrome.
Ideal setup:
- Teacher plays the YouTube livestream on projector
- Pupils take part individually on laptops
Supported by the Data Education in Schools team, based at the University of Edinburgh.
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