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Educational Curriculum of You: Quantified
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Educational Curriculum of You: Quantified
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You: Quantified gives middle- and high school students the opportunity to explore data generated by their own brains, bodies, and behavior.
You: Quantified is currently divided into 10 different modules that can be flexibly adapted as relevant and appropriate. Each module discusses a separate data source (e.g., brain, heart rate, voice, video, movement) in the context of meaningful exploration (e.g., attention in the brain, heart rate variability and emotions).
With the support of hands-on lessons that introduce them to basic principles of data, creative data visualization, and data ethics, learners will work with bio-sensing devices and web-based creative coding tools to develop their own representations of their brainwaves, heart rate, sweat, movement, voice, etc. They will pursue their own research questions and curiosity about the data they generate, contextualize their observations within population-wide patterns, and discover ways in which data plays a role across a range of STEM/STEAM careers by connecting with professionals who work with human data.
Age range: adaptable for both middle school and high-school aged children
Format: adaptable for both formal and informal contexts (more below)
Funding: US National Science Foundation’s Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) program.
1: Learning About Data
2: Face & Voice
3: Brainwaves
4: Alpha Waves
5: Heart Rate & Respiration
6: Mindfulness Meditation
7: Social Synchrony
8: Ethical Questions
9: Real-World Applications
10: Final Project Preparation