What are the average blood pressure and heart rate in humans? Grades 9 – 12 According to the World Health Organization (WHO), cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of death worldwide. In 2019, CVDs were responsible for 32% of all global deaths, with the majority of those (85%) being from a heart attack or …
Callysto is now accepting proposals If you teach Grades 5-12 students in Canada, Callysto wants to help fund your classroom activities related to computational thinking, data literacy, and coding. Callysto is a free, online program that helps Grades 5-12 students and teachers in Canada learn and apply in-demand data science skills — including data literacy, …
How has consumer product pricing changed in 2022? Grades 6 – 12 According to recent headlines (e.g. this CBC article), grocery prices in Canada are soaring. Is there any correlation between this surge in food prices and the Covid-19 pandemic? In this exercise, we investigated the monthly average retail price of common grocery store products …
Are fuel costs in Canada reaching record highs? Grades 6 – 12 On March 3, 2022, CTV reported that gas prices have reached record highs across the country. Is this claim true? If so, how dramatic is the increase in fuel costs over the last few years? This week, we hope to inspire you with …
Callysto is now accepting proposals If you teach Grades 5-12 students in Canada, Callysto wants to help fund your classroom activities related to computational thinking, data literacy, and coding. Callysto is a free, online program that helps Grades 5-12 students and teachers in Canada learn and apply in-demand data science skills — including data literacy, …
This past July, the Callysto team had the pleasure to join grades 9-10 students in Alberta as part of the PIMS-led math camp: Diversity in Mathematics. This week-long event was geared towards Indigenous students who are interested in pursuing careers in STEM, and are looking to develop their math skills. The event included instructors from …
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Faculty and research assistants from Athabasca University have created a series of high school teaching plans that teach sustainable architectural design with computational thinking. The free and openly licensed teaching plans was created as part of a Callysto funded project titled Form and Function(s): A Sustainable Design meets Computational Thinking. An animation (above) was also developed to support the …
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The Callysto team would like to thank everyone who submitted ideas for our most recent call for proposals for classroom learning activities. We’re pleased to announce the six individuals and organizations from across Canada who have received funding. Their projects will use new and creative ways to promote computational thinking, coding and data literacy among …
Callysto funding recipients will support Canadian students’ digital skills Read More »
Can MLB pitching statistics be used to visualize differences in pitch types? Grades 6-12 Major League Baseball (MLB) teams can have up to 13 pitchers on their roster during the regular season, and four to six of those are usually starting pitchers. Our goal is to use MLB data to see if there are numerical …
This blog post was written by Callysto team member Dr. Verena Roberts. Dr. Roberts is a Callysto Education Specialist and a former online high school teacher with Rocky View Schools, in Alberta, Canada (she stepped away from her teaching role in January 2021). In my previous blog post, I talked about the value of incorporating …
Using Callysto data visualizations in the classroom: Part Two Read More »
