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
• ongoing formative assessment
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.
“It’s fun, and it gets your
brain moving!”
Rowan C., age 9
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
The innovative design reflects the latest findings in educational research to accelerate growth in data fluency and critical thinking.
Learn about our pilot study and investment opportunities.
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