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Middle school

Patterns in Data

Patterns in Data helps students in grades 5-7 move beyond reading graphs into real statistical reasoning: organizing data, describing distributions with mean/median/mode/range, understanding samples and bias, and building probability intuition. Students finish by evaluating real-world data claims and running their own small survey.

Grades 5-713 hours7 units43 lessons
ElementaryMiddleHigh school

Pattern Forest

Course journey

Follow the ideas as they grow

7 units, in the order they build on each other. Each unit's question is the thing it exists to answer.

  1. Statistical Questions

    What kinds of questions can data answer?

    6 lessons · 108 min

  2. Organizing Data

    How can organizing information reveal patterns?

    6 lessons · 108 min

  3. Describing Numerical Data

    How can a few numbers summarize a whole data set?

    7 lessons · 126 min

  4. Visualizing Distributions

    What does the shape of a distribution tell you that a single number can't?

    6 lessons · 108 min

  5. Samples and Surveys

    How can studying just a small part of a group tell you something true about the whole group?

    6 lessons · 108 min

  6. Probability Foundations

    How can you predict how likely something is before it happens?

    6 lessons · 108 min

  7. Data in the Real World

    How do you tell an honest data story from a misleading one — and how do you tell your own honestly?

    6 lessons · 108 min