# U2 Day 1-2: Lesson Resources

**URL:** <https://forum.code.org/t/u2-day-1-2-lesson-resources/1764>\
**Category:** Unit 2 Best Practices\
**Created:** [August 31, 2015, 7:11pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/u2-day-1-2-lesson-resources/1764 "2015-08-31T19:11:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![dani](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.code.org/dani/32/285_2.png) [@dani](https://forum.code.org/u/dani)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2015, 7:11pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/u2-day-1-2-lesson-resources/1764/1 "2015-08-31T19:11:23Z")

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Look at these Lesson Resources and share your own

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**Author:** ![dbutera2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c2a13f/32.png) [@dbutera2](https://forum.code.org/u/dbutera2)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 11:32pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/u2-day-1-2-lesson-resources/1764/2 "2015-10-12T23:32:41Z")

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**BIG DATA Videos:**

**Google Data Centers & blade servers storing data (data farms)**:  
[https://www.google.com/search?q=googles+data+centers&rlz=1CASMAE\_enUS661US661&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAcQ\_AUoAWoVChMI6bWaloy-yAIVAh0-Ch2zXQ3G&biw=1366&bih=657](https://www.google.com/search?q=googles+data+centers&rlz=1CASMAE_enUS661US661&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAWoVChMI6bWaloy-yAIVAh0-Ch2zXQ3G&biw=1366&bih=657)

**Privacy Issues Video:** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raJOkguPrH4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raJOkguPrH4)

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**Author:** ![kathryn\_imhoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ce73a5/32.png) [@kathryn\_imhoff](https://forum.code.org/u/kathryn_imhoff)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2015, 1:59pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/u2-day-1-2-lesson-resources/1764/3 "2015-10-16T13:59:38Z")

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Another Bid Data short video from 2014:

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**Author:** ![chapina](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.code.org/chapina/32/29_2.png) [@chapina](https://forum.code.org/u/chapina)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2015, 4:24pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/u2-day-1-2-lesson-resources/1764/4 "2015-10-17T16:24:22Z")

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[http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=big+data+what+is+it&FORM=HDRSC3#view=detail&mid=472D7E3896ADFE4A172A472D7E3896ADFE4A172A](http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=big+data+what+is+it&FORM=HDRSC3#view=detail&mid=472D7E3896ADFE4A172A472D7E3896ADFE4A172A)

This one is great as well!

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**Author:** ![tjohnson\_smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@tjohnson\_smith](https://forum.code.org/u/tjohnson_smith)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2015, 1:52pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/u2-day-1-2-lesson-resources/1764/5 "2015-11-12T13:52:13Z")

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This is a great video to visualize the concept of data! My students loved it!

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**Author:** ![nicole](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.code.org/nicole/32/1671_2.png) [@nicole](https://forum.code.org/u/nicole)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2016, 12:43am UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/u2-day-1-2-lesson-resources/1764/6 "2016-07-10T00:43:01Z")

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Here are some great resources I’ve found from other teachers and some I’ve made myself for U2 Day 1-2:

Solving a Community Problem handout - [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rYE4xix-gzlAIEB0C5FEJE8qS-azkPJIsqZ80WNvKmE/edit?usp=sharing](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rYE4xix-gzlAIEB0C5FEJE8qS-azkPJIsqZ80WNvKmE/edit?usp=sharing)

School Problem Project handout - [https://docs.google.com/document/d/18TkhICNwmALq42Uc1Ozxf9zFgA7a0j9EEyFD453MbIE/edit?usp=sharing](https://docs.google.com/document/d/18TkhICNwmALq42Uc1Ozxf9zFgA7a0j9EEyFD453MbIE/edit?usp=sharing)

Problem Solving Activity handout - [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1d2AJK6JjE1FIz2kJy-lDl-iJTmR-ylrYtvDBPZrfzy8/edit?usp=sharing](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1d2AJK6JjE1FIz2kJy-lDl-iJTmR-ylrYtvDBPZrfzy8/edit?usp=sharing)

AT&T Collaborative Filtering Algorithm for Netflix video link - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImpV70uLxyw&index=21&list=PLHbgghOimk-hFtTpAprJrZ69fEvaucqtJ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImpV70uLxyw&index=21&list=PLHbgghOimk-hFtTpAprJrZ69fEvaucqtJ)

Adobe Marketing Analytics video link - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAfA3D8VSnk&index=22&list=PLHbgghOimk-hFtTpAprJrZ69fEvaucqtJ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAfA3D8VSnk&index=22&list=PLHbgghOimk-hFtTpAprJrZ69fEvaucqtJ)

Life as a Data Scientist at Adobe video link - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doySgcGFZnc&index=23&list=PLHbgghOimk-hFtTpAprJrZ69fEvaucqtJ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doySgcGFZnc&index=23&list=PLHbgghOimk-hFtTpAprJrZ69fEvaucqtJ)

Guided Discussion - Problem Solving website link - [http://www.davis.k12.ut.us/cms/lib09/UT01001306/Centricity/Domain/6975/Unit%202%20Data%20CollectionStudentLed.pdf](http://www.davis.k12.ut.us/cms/lib09/UT01001306/Centricity/Domain/6975/Unit%202%20Data%20CollectionStudentLed.pdf)

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**Author:** ![waldennt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cdc98d/32.png) [@waldennt](https://forum.code.org/u/waldennt)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 3:18pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/u2-day-1-2-lesson-resources/1764/7 "2016-10-08T15:18:33Z")

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Very interesting. Here a link on how data is being used in education:

> **[PBS KIDS: Big Data for Little Kids - CRESST](http://cresst.org/education/pbs-kids-big-data-for-little-kids/)**
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> For the past four years, CRESST has collaborated with PBS KIDS on their Ready To Learn (RTL) program. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, this program leverages content on television, the Internet and other media to help millions of young...

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**Author:** ![msummers](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.code.org/msummers/32/2720_2.png) [@msummers](https://forum.code.org/u/msummers)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2019, 4:38am UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/u2-day-1-2-lesson-resources/1764/8 "2019-06-03T04:38:20Z")

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Has anyone created a worksheet, spreadsheet something that they use to help their students collect their data daily? Or how do you go about getting them to collect data about where they go after school?
