Introductions all around In class activity A: whole class conversation (5 minutes) * what are different ways you can convey data? * how do you use a "boring" number to convince someone about something? * (Mr. Dan) show examples of graphs, maps, etc. * restate how sensors collect data, that data is on the SD card, the SD card plugs into the computer, the application uploads data to COSM website, data is online for other visualizations In class activity B: MIT students show examples of what they might build (10 minutes) * Cypress Hills students open a laptop in each group * CH students follow links to see project examples that MIT students present In class activity C: reaching out to the community * CH students in groups with big chart paper * who should we tell this to? * what we're saying? * why we're saying it? * how will we say it? * where will we say this? * Group presentations (5-10 minutes) Learning Outcomes * eggs collect data, data is on COSM as line graphs * once we have cool visualizations, we can use them for advocacy (a future conversation)