Datascience Syllabus
Datascience Syllabus
Lecture Topics:
Interactive Activities:
Data Science Trivia Quiz: Kahoot-style quiz with questions about data science concepts,
history, and famous data scientists.
Python Code Pictionary: Teams take turns drawing Python code snippets on a shared
whiteboard and guessing the functionality.
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Interactive Activities:
Data Cleaning Race: Students compete to clean and prepare a messy dataset within a
time limit, with bonus points for creativity.
SQL Scavenger Hunt: Given a set of SQL queries, students search for answers within a
database to complete challenges.
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Interactive Activities:
Visualization Charades: Students act out data visualizations while others guess the type of
plot or chart being depicted.
Data Story Mad Libs: Fill in the blanks in pre-written data stories with insights gathered
from provided datasets.
Week 7-8: Machine Learning Fundamentals
Lecture Topics:
Interactive Activities:
Algorithm Fashion Show: Teams dress up as different machine learning algorithms and
present their "features" and "predictions" in a playful manner.
Model Trading Card Game: Create trading cards for various ML models with attributes
like accuracy, speed, and complexity, and play a card game to understand model
strengths and weaknesses.
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Interactive Activities:
Hyperparameter Bingo: Students mark off hyperparameter values on bingo cards as they
learn about hyperparameter tuning techniques.
Sentiment Emoji Analysis: Analyze sentiment in text data using emojis and create a fun
visualization of sentiment trends.
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Interactive Activities:
Neural Network Charades: Act out neural network layers and processes while others
guess the architecture being demonstrated.
Deep Learning Art: Use deep learning models to generate art and have an art exhibition
showcasing the generated pieces.
Week 13-14: Big Data and Cloud Technologies
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Interactive Activities:
Big Data Treasure Hunt: Students follow clues related to big data concepts to find hidden
"treasure" (e.g., data insights, rewards).
Cloud Data Relay: Teams simulate a data pipeline relay race, where each team member
contributes to processing and analyzing data on a cloud platform.
Project:
Capstone Project: Students propose and execute a data science project from start to
finish, incorporating concepts learned throughout the course.
Interactive Activities:
Project Showcase Fair: Set up booths for each capstone project where students present
their work using creative displays, demos, and interactive elements.
Data Science Escape Room: Create a themed escape room where students solve data
science puzzles and challenges to "escape" and showcase their problem-solving skills.
Assessment: