Welcome
to VizTreks

Data Literacy for AI Readiness

Our mission is to give students the tools they need to become smart consumers of data and skillful creators of their own data stories

VizTreks is a self-paced data literacy course for Grades 4–8 that offers

• scaffolded explicit instruction,

• guided practice, and

• ongoing formative assessment

Its design reflects the latest findings in educational research to accelerate growth in data fluency and critical thinking.

As users explore topics of interest, they build their core knowledge and learn how to read & create dozens of useful graphic formats—from bar graphs, box plots, and bubble charts to timelines, treemaps, and word clouds.

Line Graph (Community Tree Planting Project) Copyright © 2023 VizTreks All rights reserved

Pictograph (Honeybees) Copyright © 2023 VizTreks All rights reserved

Treemap (Households with Pets) Copyright © 2023 VizTreks All rights reserved

Infographic (Pets) Copyright © 2023 VizTreks All rights reserved

Pictorial Chart (World's Tallest Tree) Copyright © 2023 VizTreks All rights reserved

Timeline (Video games) Copyright © 2023 VizTreks All rights reserved

Bar Graph (Cat Care Costs) Copyright © 2023 VizTreks All rights reserved

Ranked List (Popular Dog Names) Copyright © 2023 VizTreks All rights reserved

Stacked Bar Graph (Street Tree Biodiversity) Copyright © 2023 VizTreks All rights reserved

Informational Infographic (Video games) Copyright © 2023 VizTreks All rights reserved

Line Graph (Minecraft sales) Copyright © 2023 VizTreks All rights reserved

Infographic (Trees) Copyright © 2023 VizTreks All rights reserved

“It’s fun, and it gets your
brain moving!”

Rowan C., age 9

Integrate AI Readiness Into Your Teaching Routine

VizTreks complements any curriculum you are currently using

▻ Deliver engaging 1:1 data literacy instruction in 20-minute sessions

▻ Chart student progress in data fluency, critical thinking, and standards-based math skills

▻ Empower students to recognize bias & misinformation and make data-informed decisions

VizTreks builds the STEM skills today’s learners need to thrive

Aligned with academic standards and practices, including

Bargagliotti, et al. 2020. Pre-K-12 Guidelines for Assessment and Instruction in Statistics Education II (GAISE II). (2nd ed.). American Statistical Association.

California Department of Education. 2023. Mathematics Framework. Mathematical Foundations for Data Science.

Computer Science Teachers Association. 2017. K-12 Computer Science Standards.

Georgia Department of Education. 2021. Data Science I Course.

International Society for Technology in Education. 2017. ISTE Standards for Students.

National Association for Media Literacy Education. Core Principles of Media Literacy Education.

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. 2000, 2009. Principles and Standards for School Mathematics.

National Governors Association Center for Best Practices, & Council of Chief State School Officers. 2010. Common Core State Mathematics Standards and Practices.

National Research Council. 2012. A Framework for K-12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas. Committee on a Conceptual Framework for New K-12 Science Education Standards.

Next Generation Science Standards. 2013. Science and Engineering Practices.

Oregon Department of Education. 2021. Oregon Mathematics Standards.

Virginia Department of Education. 2023. Virginia Data Science Standards of Learning.

• represent and interpret data
• number sense & problem solving
• critical thinking
• academic vocabulary
• spatial reasoning
• pattern recognition
• operations & algebraic thinking
• estimation & mental computation