As a way to engage all of the students who pass through our classes, the CURV database profiles statisticians and data scientists with backgrounds that aren't typically seen in our textbooks and histories. With dozens of accounts, you can use the database for a statistician-of-the day activity.

This plugin created for CODAP links to data from the Fatal Encounters website. This website was created as an effort to document people in the United States who were killed during interactions with the police. The data ranges from 2000-2021. The plugin opens in CODAP. Users can subset the data by choosing states they are interested in as well as years. The original dataset has over 35,000 people included in it. Students who open the data via CODAP can quickly make graphs to explore variables of interest.

This example can be used to discuss the potential for bias in the U.S. Census and could also be used to demonstrate critical reading strategies.

This worksheet is an introductory statistics activity which uses data from passengers on the Titanic to invite discussions about bias-recognizing it, acknowledging it, and even harnessing it, amongst students. In addition, there are suggestions for expansions of this activity and more details on the underpinning JEDI themes.